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Selfies may drive plastic surgery by distorting facial features

source: Southwestern Medical Center Cellphone “selfies” distort facial features, an effect that may be driving an uptick in requests for plastic surgery, UT Southwestern researchers show in a new study. The findings, reported in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, highlight an unexpected consequence of social media and the need for plastic surgeons to discuss this phenomenon with […]

Bella Hadid regrets getting a nose job at 14. How young is too young for plastic surgery?

by Jenna Ryu For years, Bella Hadid denied she’d had plastic surgery. But now, she’s changing her tune and speaking about a cosmetic procedure she regrets: the nose job she got when she was 14. “I wish I had kept the nose of my ancestors,” Hadid told Vogue last week. She’s the daughter of Dutch-born former “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Yolanda Hadid and Palestinian real estate developer Mohamed […]

A Global Pandemic Turned Everything Upside Down. What Has Penn Medicine’s Innovation Team Learned From That?

by Frank Otto It’s from the most harrowing crises that the greatest lessons are often learned. Plagues in the Middle Ages prompted the first organized instances of quarantining to control international disease spread. A yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia following the American Revolution prompted a law that first established hospitals in port cities to keep sailors fit for […]

Hollywood’s plastic surgeons say business boomed during pandemic lockdowns, as celebrities got liposuction, nose jobs, and other invasive procedures

By Sarah DiMuro After a tumultuous few years, the entertainment industry is starting to get back to normal. Canceled movie shoots have resumed, long-delayed red-carpet premieres are taking place, and concert tours have been rescheduled. But as they once again fill multiplexes and stadiums, fans might notice their favorite stars looking especially refreshed. Plastic surgery […]

Inside the Rise of Misleading Plastic Surgery Before-and-After Photos

by Maura Lynch When Kate* arrived at the office — a light-filled, CB2-meets-clinical-chic space in midtown Manhattan — she had one thing on her mind: a crop top. “I’m a pretty small person, but I’d always had these little pockets of fat on my stomach,” she says. So when a friend raved about a minimally […]

Could BOTOX be used to treat anxiety? Injections of the anti-wrinkle treatment can reduce symptoms by up to 72%, study claims

by Jonathan Chadwick Botox injections can reduce anxiety by up to 72 per cent, surprise findings from a new study reveal. Scientists in California have found reductions in anxiety symptoms for people receiving Botox, regardless of where it was injected. Botox, or Botulinum toxin, a medication derived from a bacterial toxin, is injected to ease wrinkles, migraines, […]

Business is booming for local plastic surgeons and dermatologists amid COVID — here’s why

source: South Coast Today DARTMOUTH — While some businesses are struggling to remain open due to staff shortages and lack of business, plastic surgeons and dermatologist offices are booming with appointments. In fact, most of the current clients and patients are those working from home who have found it convenient to recover from a procedure in the […]

Many patients dealing with headaches after recovering from COVID-19

If you noticed you’re still dealing with lingering headaches after contracting COVID-19, you’re not alone. Dr. Emad Estemalik, who is a headache specialist for Cleveland Clinic, said it’s a problem for many people. “When it comes to headaches, there was actually an interesting study that looked at long-term neurologic complications following COVID infections, and headache […]

COVID-19 Special: The pandemic and plastic surgery

source: the Financial Express By Dr Rajat Gupta, While cosmetic surgery initially witnessed a dip due to the Covid-19 pandemic, as “lockdown face” entered the lexicon, the industry faced a spike in cases, now called the “Zoom boom”. It is no secret, two years later, that the global Covid-19 outbreak brought the world economy to […]

How the beauty industry is coping in the era of COVID

The COVID pandemic has been an extreme time for the beauty industry. People have whipsawed between feeling nearly invisible to being super-exposed: Masks covered half of our faces for much of the last 18 months — and, after a brief hiatus, the Delta variant means they’re back — while our looks have moved front-and-center during […]