July 2007 Articles

• • New Zealand to set new standards for cosmetic procedures Wednesday July 25, 2007 in: Cosmetic Surgery News Tag(s):

    Technorati Tags: cosmetic surgery, cosmetic surgery policies

    New Zealand has really taken matters seriously with regards to cosmetic surgery policies. It was already established that the problem of quacks and incompetent medical spas that offer cosmetic surgery procedures have been giving clients a lot of burden as the number of botched cosmetic surgery procedures has been increasing.

    To remedy the situation, New Zealand’s Medical Council are in the process of setting new cosmetic surgery rules in order to protect the consumers from incompetent cosmetic surgery services.
    The Medical Council states that the new cosmetic surgery rules are expected to be finalized by the end of next month. The standards will mean that only people with appropriate specialist surgical training and vocational registration can perform procedures that cut beneath the skin.
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  • Men dread looking old Friday July 20, 2007 in: Male Cosmetic Surgery Tag(s):

    Technorati Tags: male plastic surgery

    Experts have noticed a very significant increase in the number of men undergoing cosmetic surgery. Reports say that the figures soared by 140 percent in five years, which tells a lot about how men view beauty and good grooming as important aspects of their lives.
    Cosmetic surgeons have a general statement on this. They say that the baby boomer generation of men cannot face aging naturally, if there are options.
    Liz Dale, Director of the Harley Medical Group has this to say:
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  • Fat-derived stem cells can grow new breasts Wednesday July 11, 2007 in: Breast Enhancement Tag(s):

    Technorati Tags: breast enhancement, mastectomy, stem cell

    It has been a practice in cosmetic surgery for quite some time now to use fat grafting techniques in order to enlarge the size of the breasts naturally. The most common practice of breast enlargement is basically to employ breast implants such as saline and silicone. But due to certain drawbacks of breast implants, a natural breast implant in the form of fat taken from the other areas of the body such as buttocks or the tummy is being considered.
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  • Man-boobs drive more men to cosmetic surgery Wednesday July 4, 2007 in: Male Cosmetic Surgery Tag(s):

    Technorati Tags: gynecomastia, breast reduction

    An increasingly self-conscious group of men aren't laughing at man-boob jokes anymore. According to the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, more and more men are having plasctic surgery to reduce the size of their breasts.

    The exact figures are still unknown but plastic surgeons observed that there has been a dramatic increase on the number of Australian males seeking surgery to combat gynecomastia. A plastic surgeons' spokesman Norm Olbourne notes that local trends followed those in the US and UK.
    "The latest figures from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons show there was a 22 per cent increase in male breast reduction last year, while plastic surgeons in the UK also report a surge in numbers," he said.
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