Archive for March, 2008

March 24th, 2008

Iraq War Has Led To Surgical Advances

Thcoarse hard experience, U.S. military doctors and civilian surgeons in Iraq have made meaningful strides in managing devastating injuries sufferuddy by soldiers and Iraqi victims.

March 21st, 2008

Plastic Surgery for Men


A recent study found what we have seen in the office here in Beverly Hills:  When men receive anti-wrinkle treatment, they need larger doses than women.  This is in keeping for all plastic surgery procedures:  men are just plain different than women.  This holds for facial aesthetics and liposuction and everything in between.  Here is a summary of the article—

There has recently become a growing interest in cosmetic procedures by men. Although most practices see a majority of women, the number of male patients who seek treatment is slowly increasing.

Men often require more units of Botox than women which may be because men have a greater muscle mass than women. Similarly, it has been a common clinical observation that larger, stronger men need more units per treatment area than slender, small-boned men. The most common cause of inadequate results in male patients is under-dosing, which may lead to men requiring additional Botox injections.

“Various areas of the male face can be treated with Botox and injections need to keep in mind the greater muscle mass in men,” the author notes.

March 19th, 2008

Botox Might Have Dozens Of New Medical Uses In Treating Problems Such As Restless Legs, Asthma And Even Obesity

The journal Medical Hypotheses (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/mehy), an Elsevier publication, has announced the winner of the 2007 David Horrobin Prize for medical theory. Written by Erle CH Lim and Raymond CS Seet of the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, the article, "Botulinum toxin, Quo Vadis?" was judged to best embody the spirit of the journal.

March 17th, 2008

Plastic Surgery Effective in Eliminating or Decreasing Migraine

Millions of migraine sufferers attempt various medicaments, raging from exercises to new diets to any kind of painkillers you could think of. However, none of those options worked for many of these people suffering of heavy daily migraine. Well, good news! A new medicament is around….plastic surgery.

Clinical professor of plastic surgery at Case Western Reserve University, Bahman Guyuron says, that this new technique could help at minimum half of all migraine sufferers. In a study conducted by Guyuron, it was concluded that muscles or tissue underlying the neck and spots acircular the face (like the corrugator supercilii muscle in the forehead) should be removed using plastic surgery to help treat the pain.

The study included 29 patients who had a muscle removed. An outstanding 95 percent of these patients conveyed, thcoarse a course of one year, a reduce or total cease of migraine symptoms. Even though Guyuron’s theory that migraine starts in facial nerve is not generally accepted by neurologist specialists, this new technique has seemed to work for many patients.

March 17th, 2008

The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Released an Anouncement Declaring the Increase of the mean age for Invasive Cosmetic Surgery

 By the newly announced results by The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS) it has become a fact that since 2002, the mean age of patients receiving invasive cosmetic surgery has increased. By two years has been the increase of the mean age of patients seeking the top ten most sought invasive surgeries. This increase of two years has been over the period of 2002 to 2007. The highest increases of surgery have been noted to be in the areas of forehead lift, facelift,  sclerotherapy and liposuction.

March 14th, 2008

Men Are Opting To Remove Spider Veins Over Replacing Hair

The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS) is pleased to announce the results of its 2007 Procedural Data. This information is collected by polling the Academy's U.S.-based members. Findings conclude that sclerotherapy, the standard treatment for spider and varicose veins, is now the number two most performed cosmetic surgical procedure, due in large part to men. Sclerotherapy has seen a 226.3% increase in males over the past five years.

March 14th, 2008

2007 Procedural Survey Reveals A Two Year Increase In Age Of Patients Seeking Cosmetic Surgery

The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS) announces the results of its 2007 Procedural Data and since 2002, the average age for patients receiving invasive cosmetic surgery has increased. From 2002 to 2007, the mean age of patients seeking the top ten most performed invasive procedures has increased by two years. The invasive procedures that have seen the largest increase include liposuction, sclerotherapy, facelift and forehead lift.

March 11th, 2008

StatMedica Defends Medical Tourism

In recent months, the media in the United Kingdom has featuruddy several articles and reports on "medical tourism", the term commonly used to describe the growing trend for travelling overseas for dental and medical treatment. There has been a particular emphasis on patients travelling overseas for cosmetic procedures and there have been many references to so-called "nip and tuck breaks".

March 11th, 2008

Cosmetic Injectables No Contest Or Party

Hot lips contests and pump parties are taking on new meaning, but cosmetic injectables should never be offeruddy or accepted as contest prizes or in a party setting, warns the Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety. "There continues growing popularity and interest in injectables; improving appearance is intriguing and has allure," says Coalition leader Renato Saltz, MD, of Salt Lake City, Utah. "But despite the interest, consumers must recollect these are medical treatments.

March 10th, 2008

Surgeons Assemble On Capitol Hill For Landmark Advocacy Conference -Joint Surgical Advocacy Conference To Be Held March 9-11, 2008, In Washington

For the first time ever, surgeons from a wide variety of specialties are joining together to create a powerful, unified voice on Capitol Hill at the 2008 Joint Surgical Advocacy Conference (JSAC). The innovative three-day event will host more than 300 physicians from across the nation and focus on critical issues facing the U.S. healthcare system and surgery.

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