It’s a scenario faced by many men and women hoping to undergo a plastic surgery procedure: The patient knows what he or she wants and can’t wait to see the changes, but there’s something standing in the way of their big transformation – family. While for the most part, patients undergoing plastic surgery have the support of their family, … Read More
Can Acupuncture Eliminate the Need for Dermal Fillers?
On a recent segment of a San Francisco, California-based news show “Bay Area Focus,” acupuncturist and permanent-makeup artist Kim Peirano discussed how acupuncture can be used to do many of the things dermal fillers like Botox can do. According to Peirano, by injecting an acupuncture needle into areas of wrinkled skin, the treatment can actually regenerate collagen, causing the wrinkle … Read More
Plastic Surgery Trends Around the World
Beauty, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder. What we consider attractive in the United States may not be considered so attractive in England or Egypt or Brazil. So naturally, the popularity of beauty treatments – and plastic surgery procedures – varies from country to country as well.
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