Undergoing a breast-augmentation surgery can be an exciting yet confusing time in your life. On one hand, you have the look you’ve been dreaming of, but on the other hand, though usually well tolerated by most patients, recovery can be painful, and getting used to your new look can be a challenge. Whether you are already healing from a … Read More
Should Plastic Surgeons Operate on Kids?
It was the otoplasty procedure heard ’round the world – or at least the country. When 11-year-old Bella Harrington’s otoplasty (otherwise known as an ear-pinning surgery) was featured on the tabloid news show “Inside Edition,” reaction to the procedure was mixed at best. Harrington received the procedure from Midlothian, Virginia-based plastic surgeon Dr. Joe Niamtu, and was shown sobbing with … Read More
Should American Parents Worry About K-Pop’s Obsession with Plastic Surgery?
You may have never heard the term K-Pop before, but your teens probably have. It sounds like it could be anything from the latest energy drink to a colorful new breakfast cereal, but believe it or not, it isn’t food – it’s a generic name for an anything-but-generic music movement based in South Korea, and it’s sweeping the globe at … Read More
What’s Really Behind This New Designer Trend?
When the hit reality TV show “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” debuted in 2007 on the E! Network, few could have predicted what the show would do for the careers – and popularity – of its stars. That popularity is no more apparent than with model Kendall Jenner. Though she was only 12 years old at the time of the … Read More
Plastic Surgery Apps: Useful Tool or Bad News?
A quick search of your phone’s app store with the keywords “plastic surgery game” is enough to leave any parent aghast – and many medical ethics groups dismayed, too. As reports come out about games like Plastic Surgery Princess, in which users can perform plastic surgery on brightly colored cartoon characters, many are turning to app stores like iTunes and … Read More