Dr. Kenneth Dickie, a veteran plastic surgeon, believes that plastic surgery can become a positive life-changing experience. He talked before the members of the Rotary Club of Freeport and discussed about the benefits of plastic surgery in times of war, specifically, World War 1, when injured soldiers would return home with battle scars and physical defects.

Dr. Dickie said that doctors saw many persons coming in with disfiguring wounds, especially to the face. Then came out the necessity for reconstruction and repair --- the birth of plastic surgery.

"And this is where we saw so many of the people that may have had gunshot wounds to the face and things of that nature and this is where plastic surgery really began coming into its own," Dickie added.

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Many surveys claim that good-looking people get better jobs and earn more money, aside from the fact that they are considered to be a lot happier. And this brings the question, “Would you get plastic surgery in order to help your career?”

Penelope Trunk, a career blogger and author, wrote a blog entitled “Plastic surgery is the next must-have career tool.” She stressed the results of the lookist research from Gordon Patzer’s book, Looks: Why They Matter More than You Ever Imagined, which includes a European study that found companies with better looking management consistently billed more hours at higher rates than companies with average looking management. This also seems to support the research that suggests tall, slim, good-looking people earn more money.  

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A growing number of middle-aged men who are geared towards having second marriages are turning to cosmetic surgery to turn back the clock and win the hearts of younger women.

The trend is described as “The Sarkozy Effect”, pertaining to French President Nicholas Sarkozy who married former supermodel Carla Bruni last year. Bruni was 13 years younger than Sarkozy.

The surgeons of the Harley Medical Group revealed that 50 percent more men aged between 35 and 55 had been administered with Botox injections to eliminate the signs of aging. Not only that, the demand for male breast reduction surgery has increased by 47 percent while 43 percent more men have undergone microdermabrasion.

These are the figures of the cosmetic surgery boom dubbed as the Sarkozy Effect:

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The trend of young girls having breast augmentation has become quite alarming especially when an 18-year-old cheerleader from Florida named Stephanie Kuleba underwent a breast augmentation surgery on March 22 and died.

Dr. Frederick Lukash, a plastic surgeon, said that he has performed many breast augmentations on girls under the age of 18 for a number of reasons. He was wondering why there is so much attention has been focused on the fact that Kuleba was having breast surgery but there was little on the fact that she had malignant hypothermia, a disorder that occurs in every 5,000 to 50,000 patients who are given anesthesia.

Not everyone is born with perfect teeth. But come to think of it, does anyone really have perfect teeth these days? Sure, there are people who have been naturally endowed with a beautiful set of chompers, but as the years go by, a number of factors tend to eventually take their toll on them. Diet, vices, illnesses or just plain poor dental hygiene could cost anyone their beautiful smiles.

The same applies to celebrities as well. Lucky are those celebrities whose teeth and smiles are just about perfect, but they could also lose them. And considering that a winning smile is an important ingredient for success in show business, many of these celebrities are understandably taking steps to preserve those million-dollar smiles. And we’re not just talking about brushing or flossing their teeth regularly.

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Plastic surgery experts as well as patients in New Zealand are quite worried about the status of medical tourism in cosmetic surgery. Reports say that those who fly overseas for a cosmetic surgery makeover went back with major complications.

Cosmetic surgeons in New Zealand warn that the growing trend of people going overseas for plastic surgery are returning with more than what they bargained for.

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We don’t normally hear about revision rhinoplasty in the news. But just because news about the procedure doesn’t land on the headlines does not mean nobody is getting the procedures.

According to a plastic surgeon based in Houston, Dr. Michael Siegel, nose job repair or revision rhinoplasty is actually a very common thing. Plastic surgeons are actually bombarded with requests from clients to repair their quite unsuccessful nose jobs (it doesn't stop there - revision liposuction has become increasingly popular as well)

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The music and entertainment world has been shocked by the sudden death of Donda West, mother of famous rapper Kanye West. Reports say that Donda died during a cosmetic surgery procedure but later reports say that her rep is actually clueless about the whole thing. Other reports say that Donda died because of cosmetic surgery complications.

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The common notion that new moms have when they start breastfeeding is that there breasts are going to sag. This is perhaps the main reason why milk supplements are everywhere since mothers are somewhat scared to breast-feed their kids since it might cause their figure to deteriorate. Not to mention the fact that a breast lift surgery, which is designed to give sagging breasts a lift, is quite expensive.

Now, a new study is here to suggest that the preconceived notion that breast-feeding is bad for a mother’s figure is not true at all. Good news for moms at last.

Dr. Brian Rinker, 37-year-old and lead author of the study, showed that breast-feeding does not increase breast sagging. The study was presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons’ annual meeting in Baltimore just recently.

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The State Government of Australia is considering banning the practice of cosmetic surgery for plastic surgery patients under 18. This transpired when the government became alarmed at the increase in the number of teenagers undergoing cosmetic surgery and using tanning solariums.

Health experts are concerned about the growing evidence that more and more teenagers were going under the knife in order to improve their appearance, specifically their breast size and body contours. Among the most commonly requested cosmetic surgery procedures are liposuction, breast enhancement and rhinoplasty.