Posts Tagged ‘Cosmetic Surgery’

Plastic Surgery in Your Golden Years: ‘The Only Time I Go to the Doctor is For Plastic Surgery’

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

Orange County resident and full-time property manager Marie Kolstad is making headlines; but it’s not her business deals that make this mother of 12 newsworthy. At 83 years old, Ms. Kolstad is just one of thousands of seniors who are undergoing cosmetic surgery to improve their looks in their golden years. Ms. Kolstad underwent a [...]

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Should Your Tax Dollars Be Spent on Buying Plastic Surgery to Help Reform Criminals?

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Before criminals complete their sentences and rejoin society, prison systems generally try to rehabilitate these inmates to ensure that they don’t become repeat offenders. Often times, rehabilitation means job training, life skills classes, drug education, or even therapy, but there is another, more controversial approach: plastic surgery. That’s right, plastic surgery. The theory is that [...]

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Does Plastic Surgery Help Self Esteem?

Tuesday, July 26th, 2011

 If you’re considering plastic surgery, you must be honest with yourself. Why do you want surgery and what do you expect surgery to do for you? The number of people choosing to have plastic surgery has soared in recent years. Technological advances have increased the options you can consider. However, all surgery carries some risk. [...]

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The Underlying Threats of Plastic Surgery

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

Although reports frequently surface concerning botched plastic surgery procedures, we are more often bombarded with positive (often celebrity) experiences going under the knife. But what about the other, lesser known costs of cosmetic surgery? A recent Forbes blog asks experts to “detail the full spectrum of unintended physical, emotional and cultural side effects that may [...]

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Why Men Love Plastic Surgery

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Not long ago, we reported about a budding trend of an increasing number of men opting to get plastic surgery. As we move forward into an ever growing society of appearance-conscious individuals, men are feeling the pressure nearly as much as women have for decades. In the U.S., women still dominate the world of cosmetic [...]

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Ethnic Cosmetic Surgery Procedures on the Rise

Tuesday, May 17th, 2011

Flipped down noses for Chinese patients, enlarged breasts for Russian women, and a buttocks lift for Dominican clients reveal just a few of the different plastic and cosmetic surgery requests dictated by cultural and ethnic preferences. A recent New York Times article surveyed various plastic surgery clinics in New York to find out which demographics [...]

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Uneven Breasts and What You Can Do About It

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Did you know that all women have uneven breasts to some extent? That’s right, no two breasts are exactly the same, but the difference in size varies from unnoticeable to very pronounced in some women. Asymmetrical breasts could be genetic or caused by hormonal fluctuations, like one breast tissue beginning to develop earlier than the [...]

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