Plastic Surgery Procedures Maintain Steady Growth in 2007 (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Spending Increases 9 Percent to $12.4 Billion
Plastic Surgery Procedures Maintain Steady Growth In 2007 (Medical News Today)
Despite domestic concerns like inflation and a looming home lending crisis, average Americans continue to spend money on plastic surgery. According to the latest procedural statistics report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), almost 12 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures were performed in 2007 - a 7 percent increase from 2006 and a 59 percent increase from 2000. Also, 5.
5 things you didn't know about acne (Miami Herald)
As prom season looms, here's some advice from Dr. Jason Green, a dermatologist, on treating and preventing acne. 1 Hormones, stress: ''No one's too old to have acne,'' Green says. ''It's not restricted to puberty.'' Factors that can aggravate acne include an increase in male hormones in males and females, menstruation, emotional stress, hair products and oil and grease from cosmetics. Vigorous ...
Plastic Surgery Procedures On Rise (NBC 5 Chicago)
CHICAGO -- More Americans are getting nipped and tucked these days. Plastic surgery is on the rise, with Americans spending more than $12 billion on cosmetic procedures last year, NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reported.
Expert Plastic Surgeon Reports Trends in Breast Implants (PRWeb)
Pump up the volume is one of the trends in breast implants and breast augmentation, according to South Florida-based plastic surgeon, Dr. Paul Wigoda. In bar lingo, it's, "give me a double," in plastic surgery speak, it's, "400 cc" - or better known as moving up breast sizes from an A or B cup to a full C or small D. (PRWeb Mar 25, 2008) Read the full story at ...
Plastic Surgery Focuses On Face, Chest In 2007 (Medical News Today)
Plastic surgery procedures of the face and chest were popular among both women and men in 2007, increasing at similar rates for similar procedures, according to statistics released today by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). Facelifts increased 14 percent for women and 16 percent for men from 2006.
Despite economy, plastic surgery up again (UPI)
Despite the housing slump, the price of gas and the credit crunch, U.S. adults do have money for plastic surgery, plastic surgeons said.
