April is the month of awareness for some pretty interesting things: Fresh Celery Month, Soft Pretzel Month and even National Humor Month! But it’s also an awareness month for something much more serious: the skin condition known as rosacea. Maybe you’ve never heard of rosacea before, or maybe you’ve heard the term but have no idea what it is, … Read More
Ready… Set… SPRING!
With a bizarre winter that gave us everything from Arctic surges to record heat, the weather outside was definitely frightful. In fact, the first week of January 2018 was the coldest week on record for places across the country – even those that traditionally get pretty cold in January – including New York City; Baltimore; Charleston, South Carolina; Tallahassee, … Read More
Can These Leggings Really Help Wearers Lose Cellulite?
If you’re a regular on social media sites like Instagram and Facebook, there’s a good chance you may have seen the targeted ads for a very unique pair of fitness leggings called “Shape Up Smart Leggings.” The ads usually feature a fitness model with a perfectly toned physique wearing the leggings at the gym or posing in front of a … Read More
Are Prisoners Entitled to Plastic Surgery for Protection?
In 1993, two 10-year-old British boys named Jon Venables and Robert Thompson did the unthinkable. The classmates abducted a 2-year-old boy named James Bulger, tortured him, and eventually murdered him. Venables and Thompson were both found guilty of the horrific crime but were released at the age of 18 with the guarantee of lifelong anonymity and new identities.
Plastic Surgery Tourism Victims Taxing Ailing NHS System
When the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS) revealed that it would be facing a 5 percent budget shortfall over the next two years – and an estimated £3.4 billion shortfall by 2021 – health care advocates around the United Kingdom and the world were naturally alarmed. The beleaguered health system had already been making headlines in 2017 for turning … Read More