News tagged with plastic surgeons

Nation's first face transplant patient shows face

(AP) -- Five years ago, a shotgun blast left a ghastly hole where the middle of her face had been. Five months ago, she received a new face from a dead woman.

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 3

Australia hopes for living skin for burns victims

Australian scientists are working towards creating a living, full-thickness replacement skin for burns victims and hope to begin animal trials later this year.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 04, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Did India invent the nose job?

An Indian doctor working in 600 B.C. might have been the world's first plastic surgeon, according to a new exhibition that challenges Western domination of the history of science and technology.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Big Breasts Can Be an Even Bigger Pain Requiring Surgical Relief

(PhysOrg.com) -- Contrary to pop-culture portrayals, big breasts aren't always an asset; for some women, they can be a literal pain in the neck.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Face transplant recipient: 'I'm not a monster'

(AP) -- When Connie Culp heard a little kid call her a monster because of the shotgun blast that left her face horribly disfigured, she pulled out her driver's license to show the child what she used to look ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Divorce, antidepressants, or weight gain/loss can add years to your face

Your mother's wrinkles — or lack there of, may not be the best predictor of how you'll age. In fact, a new study claims just the opposite. The study, involving identical twins, suggests that despite genetic make-up, certain ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Surgery in patients with RA is often 'too little, too late'

A new study published by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reveals that one of the most common conditions caused by Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is best treated surgically, sooner rather than later.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Taking unpleasant surprises out of cosmetic surgery with 3D 'before-and-after' tool

For some plastic surgery patients, expectations are unrealistically high. Basing their hopes on the before-and-after albums offered in surgeons' offices, they expect to achieve a perfect body or to look just ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Texas man gets first full face transplant in US

(AP) -- A Texas construction worker horribly disfigured in a power line accident has undergone the nation's first full face transplant in hopes of smiling again and feeling kisses from his 3-year-old daughter.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0