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Cosmetic facial fillers have been available for almost 30 years now.
In the past they used substances like paraffin, silicone and collagen, although results have been less than desirable and in some cases have lead to serious complications.
In 1934, researchers out of Columbia University discovered a substance that appears naturally in the human body called [...]

More than 240,000 women are subject to the realities of breast cancer each year. The physical after-affects of breast cancer can have a profound impact on a woman’s mental well being. However, there has been great strides made in how to treat this once deadly disease.
Surgery is often recommended, and new methods that [...]

Massive weight loss, heredity and age can all contribute to excessive skin that sags and droops off the upper arms in some people. Building muscle mass through exercise can strengthen and help tone this area but it cannot remove the excess of skin that has lost its elasticity.
A surgical procedure to correct this problem [...]

Liposuction was first invented in 1974 by Italian gynecologist dr. Giorgio Fischer. Several years later this procedure was taken to France where it became extremely popular by Dr. Illouz, a plastic surgeon. In the mid 1980’s Dr. Jeffrey Klein and Dr. Patrick Lillis, both Dermatologists, invented and pioneered the Tumescent Technique [...]

Tuberous breast deformity can be one of the most challenging anomalies for a plastic surgeon to correct. Many surgeons feel that roughly 5% of all breast augmentation patients have a condition known as “hypoplastic tubular breast” or under developed breasts.  According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 12 percent of breast augmentations [...]