Many women are seeking breast augmentation surgery to address the size and shape of their breasts to increase their self confidence in their appearance. As with any medical procedure, there are advantages and disadvantages and a positive outcome is reliant on several factors.

In your research and preparation for any cosmetic procedure, it is important to determine if you are a good candidate. Most women who decide to pursue breast augmentation surgery fall into the...

All surgery has risk some more than others depending on the area and what type of surgery. Plastic surgery is not to be taken lighter than surgeries that are deemed "necessary" by surgeons and physicians. Although most plastic surgery is elective the risk does not lessen things can go great and other things can go terribly wrong. Everything that goes in to the surgery as in the surgical room, the medical tools and the surgeon will affect the outcome of the surgery. Because...

Research has shown that 60 percent of Americans above the age of 20 are either overweight or obese and every year thousands of them undergo gastric bypass surgery, a medical weight loss procedure, to shed those extra pounds. Gastric bypass surgery, although popular, comes out with its own flaws such as the sagging, excess skin due to extreme weight loss.

Interestingly, this is where the body contouring surgery comes into play. Cosmetic Harmony, one of the leading medical tourism...

When people undergo health problems, they normally take the advice of health experts (say for instance, physicians, physical therapists, dentists, and the like). They normally trust that the advice you provide is based on your education, training and experience – your expertise – and that you're giving them good advice.

Doctors often require good advice too; more so, when it comes to marketing. But unfortunately doctors do not always know where to get good marketing...

Who's had a nose job and who hasn't? Did she get her nose fixed or is it natural? You may wonder but the only way you may know for sure is to actually know the celebrity in question. But let's face it, for the majority of us, meeting, knowing and rubbing shoulders with a celebrity is not going to happen. Therefore, we have to rely on before and after photographs, or a straight-up admission by the celebrity having the guts to fess up to their fans that yes, I've had a nose job. Just for...

Is your younger teenage daughter struggling with low self-esteem because her breasts aren’t developing fast enough? Perhaps your older teenager is unhappy with small or asymmetrical breasts and fears they will never change. In today’s society, with so much peer pressure about looks and sexuality, and so many superficial rewards available to the ‘beautiful people’, it’s no surprise that teens are demanding breast augmentation surgery at younger and younger...

The skin is not only the body's largest organ, it's also the one that best regenerates itself. At least, that's its ideal. When we are young, our skin is constantly renewing itself by producing new cells and shedding the old ones. As a result our skin looks young because it is young. The skin you wear today is not the same skin you wore just a month ago. However, as we age, our skin sheds and renews itself at a slower rate, meaning that our skin looks older because it is older.

The dismissive nickname ‘boob job’ sounds good around the water cooler but does not do justice to a surgical procedure that has changed many women’s lives. Start with the fact that this society, like most, worships the physical characteristics of youth – it’s just that we’re a lot more crass about it than most.

Millions of women believe that their principal qualities of attraction are physical, and that those characteristics approach ideal...

Juvederm is a new, injectable filler made from hyaluronic acid, the same active ingredient used in Restylane.

Hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring substance that keeps the skin looking fresh by retaining moisture and maintaining the supple elasticity, common to a youthful complexion. When injected under the skin, Juvederm can fill in and smooth out lines and wrinkles, improving your overall appearance.

Benefits of Juvederm

Juvederm injectable filler is designed to...

In a reader opinion poll conducted by the digital edition of the Star Phoenix, this was what Germaine Pearl (a patient) had to say about a reconstructive eyelid surgery procedure .

"In 1976, at the age of three, I was viciously attacked by a dog who bit off a good portion of my eyelid and brow, nearly costing me the eye. As I was being rushed into hospital, a wonderful plastic surgeon was leaving at the end of his shift. He saw me and immediately followed me back into...