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Liposuction, New Laser Makes Plastic Surgery Easier, Breast Augmentation

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Liposuction, New Laser Makes Plastic Surgery Easier, Breast Augmentation

The same company that makes the new Zerona liposuction laser has revealed a new product.

The EML 3LT is a hand held version of its bigger sibling intended to assist in traditional plastic surgery such as liposuction, tummy tuck and breast augmentation, although it is not suitable for all surgeries, gastric band for instance.  It works by making body fat softer and easier to work with, enabling procedures to be performed more easily and more comfortable for the patient.  The amount of time needed to recover from surgery is much reduced.

The EML 3LT is still under continuing medical trials.
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Cosmetic Surgery, Women Wrinkle More & Earlier,

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Cosmetic Surgery, Women Wrinkle More & Earlier,

A recent study suggests that women may wrinkle earlier, more and deeper than men.

Although the study is only preliminary (only 25 male and 25 female cadavers where examined) it may point to a gender difference in the skin, particularly around the mouth.

If further studies can confirm the findings, and there are gender differences in the amount and type or wrinkles, then surgeons can take this into account.  Different types of treatment could be applied to male and female plastic surgery clients and greater forward planning could be achieved.

Other surgeries such as liposuction, gastric band and tummy tuck could also have gender factors which could be utilized to improve cosmetic surgery practice.

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Cosmetic Surgery, 80% of British Women Plastic Prefer Surgery To Diet & Exercise

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Cosmetic Surgery, 80% of British Women Plastic Prefer Surgery To Diet & Exercise

A recently published study claims that almost 80% of british women would rather use surgery to reduce their weight than change their eating and exercise patterns.

The most popular method of weight loss was liposuction at 34%, followed by a gastric band or bypass 26% with only 14% opting for cutting calories and 2% for exercising more regularly. 8% would like a tummy tuck.

Asked how they would like to lose excess weight, liposuction was the most popular with women (34 per cent), followed by gastric bypass (26 per cent) and cutting calories (14 per cent).

Over half the men polled would rather lose excess body fat through exercise than cosmetic surgery.

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Gastric Band, Plastic Surgery Adverts Banned In Spain, Tummy Tuck

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Gastric Band, Plastic Surgery Adverts Banned In Spain, Tummy Tuck

Spain has banned cosmetic surgery adverts before 10pm.  The ban also includes adverts for slimming and beauty products.

This step is the most recent in an ongoing campaign by the Spanish government against the so called “cult of the body”.  Spain has the highest number of cosmetic plastic surgery procedures such as liposuction and breast augmentation in Europe and a large number of cases of anorexia and bulimia.

Other steps the Spanish government have already taken is to ban zero sized models on catwalks during fashion week and stopped clothing shops from using the smallest size of dummies.

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Cosmetic Surgery, 17 Million Plastic Surgery Procedures Last Year,

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Cosmetic Surgery, 17 Million Plastic Surgery Procedures Last Year,

According to a recently published report, over 17 million Americans had plastic surgery last year.

Despite the economic downturn, demand for some cosmetic surgery procedures rose considerably.  Nose operation rose 74% compared to the previous year and facelifts rose 44%.  Tummy tucks also rose considerably in popularity, as did gastric band surgery.

Non invasive procedures such as skin peels and botox increased sharply, possibly because people are opting for these less expensive treatments during the economic downturn.

Breast augmentation remains the most popular procedure for women, and rhinoplasty, or ‘nose jobs’ are the most popular amongst men.

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