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all cancers, whether breast, brain or blood, start when a single cell’s DNA gets a mutation or is damaged. This means that a normal gene, that produces a protein that goes on to provide a certain function, becomes abnormal. This abnormal gene produces an abnormal protein. Now our cells are really smart and there are other proteins that detect abnormal genes and remove them or even signal for the entire cell to be destroyed. However, it’s often these removing genes, known as tumor suppressor genes, that are abnormal…..

You might remember our 2008 post about the “near-total face transplant” performed by surgeons and doctors at the Cleveland Clinic.  It took 22 hours to restore a patient’s face. She had suffered severe facial trauma years before the operation.
According to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, doctors and plastic surgeons at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center are [...]

This is a guest post by Michelle in Denver, who had a breast augmentation many years ago. She is now considering a revision surgery, so she did some research on the subject.
Do breast implants really need to be replaced every ten years?
Breast implants do not have an expiration date and there is no [...]

So you’ve met the parents.  Now I guess if you twist my arm I’ll talk about myself.  Remember this wasn’t my idea!
As I’ve said, I’m the youngest of four.  The “baby” of the family is the end of reproductive life of the mother.  So my theory is that the youngest gets spoiled because the mother [...]

During a conversation with a 26-year-old lady last weekend, I mentioned my profession (including my web writing for plastic surgeons) and she said, “I don’t think I’ll ever need cosmetic surgery… but maybe I’ll get Botox when I’m older.”
I wondered when exactly she would decide she was “old enough” for Botox.
That perfect age probably comes [...]

Like many cancers, the treatment for breast cancer has gone through its evolution.  Surgical treatment in the beginning and well into most of the 20th century consisted of the radical mastectomy.  This procedure involved removal of the breast, pectoralis major muscle and all of the lymph nodes of the axilla or armpit through a large [...]