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Younger Looking Hands With Fat Transfer? The hand, as well as the face, is one of the most visible areas of the human body where one can detect aging. Even with a successful facelift to make one look youthful, one can determine the presence of aging by looking at one's hands. A youthful hand is not a "fatty hand". However, aging dissipates the fullness of the dorsal hand which makes the tendons of the hand more visible through the thinner skin of the aged dorsal hand. Wit

BOTOX for Migraine Headaches: Is it Effective? Migraine headache is a disabling medical condition that affects 11 out of 100 people in the United States. Majority of these patients are women (3 out of 4 people with migraine headaches.) With the serendipitous discovery of BOTOX reducing the frequency of migraine headaches in women who underwent BOTOX treatment for their forehead wrinkles, the idea of using BOTOX to treat migraine headaches seem promising. Does BOTOX really

Can Blindness Occur After Blepharoplasty? Losing one's eye sight would be the most devastating complication after a blepharoplasty procedure for both the patient and the surgeon. Fortunately, blindness after an eyelid procedure rarely occurs (1 in 10,000 cases.) Before one undergoes an eyelid procedure, one should be cognizant of its potential complications, such as blindness. It is also very important to recognize the symptoms of an impending visual loss after a blepharopl

Buttock Augmentation Using Silicone Implants The desire to have a firm and sensuous buttocks, like that of Beyonce or Kim Kardashian, has sprouted over the past several years. Unfortunately, exercise alone is not sufficient to acquire this voluptuous buttock that some women desire. During the past decade, buttock augmentation has gained popularity in the United States. Before one contemplates on having a buttock augmentation performed, whether with the use of silicone impl

Does "Tickle Liposuction" Really Tickle? Several liposuction techniques/machines, such as the VASER and Smart Liposuction, have been developed during the past decade which has drawn significant attention from the media. Recently, a new liposuction technique, the "Tickle Liposuction", has emerged. Does the "Tickle Liposuction" really tickle? That is the question. Photocredit: celebritylaserspa.com Fast Facts about the "Tickle Liposuction" Tickle liposuction is FDA-approved

With the emigration of physicians and lack of plastic surgeons in the Philippines treating children with cleft lip and palates, the need for surgeons performing this life-changing procedure becomes magnified when one visits the Philippines. Non-profit organizations, like the Smile Train and Operation Smile, help millions of children all over the world who are born with cleft lip/palate. Please visit Smile Train and "help ensure a child born with a cleft lip/palate has the s

The Effects of Smoking and Nicotine on Your Plastic Surgery Not only smoking been known to increase one's risk of developing lung cancer, chronic lung disease and coronary artery disease, but it also been found to hasten aging. The risk of development of wrinkles at an earlier age is two to three times greater in smokers than non-smokers. So does plastic surgery reverse the effects of aging among smokers? Does smoking has any effects on your plastic surgical procedure?

The Brazilian Buttock Lift With the popularity of Jennifer Lopez, and Kim Kardashian's shapely buttock curvature, buttock augmentation has been reported to be one of the top cosmetic procedures predicted to increase in 2011 according to the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Recently there has been an increasing demand of having a youthful, prominent and perky buttock to obtain a more sensual body profile. The classic hourglass shape (full buttocks, narrow wa

The Use of Fat Graft for Breast Augmentation Fat grafting for breast enhancement has been thought to be a recent advancement for breast plastic surgery. However, the concept of fat grafting was already pioneered in the late nineteenth century by Franz Neuber from Germany. The idea of harvesting fat from areas where there's excess of fat (such as in the lower abdomen, hips or thighs), and using this fat for breast augmentation seems like a great idea. Before one contemplate

What do you need to know about Radiesse? Fast Facts about Radiesse Radiesse is an injectible filler made of calcium hydroxylapatite microspheres, which has the same chemical constituent of teeth and bone. Radiesse has been approved by the FDA on December of 2006 for correction of moderate to severe facial wrinkles and folds, such as the nasolabial fold. When Radiesse is injected into soft tissue, such as the dermis, this causes fibroblasts proliferation and new collagen forma