Plastic Surgery Gone Wrong Not Just News
As with just about anything in life, there are many things that can go wrong with plastic surgery. But just as we don't hear news reports about the millions of planes that have taken off and landed safely, there is not the same attention devoted to the many success stories of cosmetic surgeries as there is to plastic surgery gone wrong. There are risks involved with this type of surgery, as there are in undergoing operations of any kind, but the usual difference is that while no doctor can force a patient to have surgery of any kind - even if it is a life-saving operation to remove a cancerous tumor - plastic surgery is generally a little more elective than the other. And perhaps this is why we seem to delight in hearing about plastic surgery gone wrong. Nowhere is our interest in celebrities as heightened or as vicious as in this arena.
While assigning the delight we find in the personal disaster of another human being to jealousy might be overly simplistic, there is doubtlessly a sense here of revelling in the fall of someone we thought - or felt they thought themselves - to be untouchable. It seems that regardless of the expensive doctors they might have access to, the rich and famous are as susceptible to the vagaries of happenstance as the rest of us - sometimes, things simply just go wrong. Plastic surgery has literally been the death of some, and side effects can be life threatening. Even relatively minor mishaps can be unsightly and embarrassing, and plastic surgery gone wrong includes an enormous range of problems, from capsular contraction in breast implants (where the implants harden painfully) to problems with the wound and the slippage of implants inserted in a range of locations, including cheeks, chin, and butt. Surely we wouldn't wish these accidents on our worst enemies - unless they were in the public eye.
So celebrities might have thousands of things we think we want, but they are as subject to the whims of higher powers just as the rest of us are. Above all, we are all human, and plastic surgery gone wrong, regardless of the paycheck of the life it affects, is a painful and upsetting time. Let's just hope they get well soon..
Jeff Lakie is the founder of http://www.botox-treatment-information.com a website providing information on cosmetic surgery.Why You Should Demand A Plastic Surgery Specialist?
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What makes a doctor a plastic surgery specialist? Does it take special requirements, or is it an easy process?
It starts with education and training. If a doctor chooses to become a plastic surgery specialist, he should focus his education and skills on this specialty. The surgeon should have completed an accredited residency program in plastic surgery, and have a number of years of intensive training and experience covering the full spectrum of reconstructive and cosmetic procedures. Typically, when a doctor chooses to become a plastic surgery specialist, he or she will also become board certified to enter the field of plastic surgery. Certification requires rigorous qualifications and strict membership requirements.
Once a doctor chooses to become a plastic surgery specialist, he must turn his training into experience.
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Dr. Ronald Feinman Joins the Atlanta Center for Cosmetic Dentistry
(ContentDesk) March 11, 2006 -- Dr. Feinman has been a spokesperson for cosmetic dentistry throughout the years and is a founding and accredited member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. In addition he has frequently appeared on CNN, WSB and WAGA, speaking as an expert on cosmetic dentistry and other dental topics.He is as enthusiastic today as he was 40 years ago about the future of cosmetic dentistry and about the incredible collaboration of doctors that he will now be joining at the Atlanta Center for Cosmetic Dentistry. We are so excited about having such a renowned dentist of Dr. Feinmans caliber joining our team, said Dr. Debra King, partner of the Atlanta Center for Cosmetic Dentistry and cosmetic dentist featured on ABC's hit show Extreme Makeover.
Dr. Feinman's extensive knowledge and experience in dentistry will be a great asset to our practice. About the Atlanta Center for Cosmetic Dentistry:
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“Vanity Tax” on Plastic Surgery is Unworkable, Says Dallas Surgeon
Dallas, TX (ContentDesk) April 12, 2006 -- Under pressure to increase tax revenue, a growing number of states across the US are considering a so-called vanity tax that would levy a sales tax on plastic surgery procedures.New Jersey has enacted a 6% tax on cosmetic procedures. Washington, Illinois and several other states are considering similar measures. In Texas, Governor Rick Perry has proposed expanding the state sales tax to include elective cosmetic surgery as part of an effort to boost school funding.But such taxes are a bad idea, says Dallas plastic surgeon Dr. Fred Hackney (http://www.hackney-plastic-surgery-clinic.com).
While I can see how this might appeal to people, says Hackney, its based on a misconception that most plastic surgery is elective. Hackney says that any tax on plastic surgery would be unworkable because of the difficulty in determining what surgery really is elective...
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New York Cosmetic Surgeon Gets Extreme Makeover
San Luis Obispo, CA (ContentDesk) December 3, 2005 -- New York-based cosmetic surgeon Dr. Mark A. Erlich uses new web-based technology by Etna Interactive to quickly and inexpensively maintain a before-and-after photo gallery of his patients.Dr. Erlich knew that his potential patients wanted to see his case results online, but the expense and difficulty of transmitting photos to his old webmaster discouraged regular gallery updates. With the new Photo Gallery management system from Etna Interactive, virtually anyone in the practice with the most basic online experience can maintain the before-and-after gallery in real time.During each of the last six years Etna Interactive has surveyed Internet users considering cosmetic surgery about what they hope to find at cosmetic surgery websites.
The most common answer is always before and after photos. Its technology makes it easy for staff in the cosmetic surgery practice to manage their own detailed gallery of before and after photos....
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Useful stuf About Rhinoplasty
Reconstructive cosmetic surgery is a surgical procedure that is used to correct some serious injuries or birth defects. The reconstructive cosmetic surgery is the oldest form of plastic or cosmetic procedure and it
has been developing out of the constant need to treat wounded soldiers in wartime. Nowadays, the reconstructive cosmetic surgery is very often performed on burn and accident victims. It may include the rebuilding of some fractured bones, reattachement of an amputated finger or toe, or the implant of a prosthesis. These are artificial materials used in reconstructive cosmetic surgery to replace missing teeth, limbs or knee joint.
In other cases, the reconstructive cosmetic surgery is used to reconstruct parts of the persons's body that were missing at birth or remove by this type of operation.
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Medical Travel Vacations Now Include Body Lifts
Scottsdale, AZ (ContentDesk via ContentDesk Direct) October 28, 2005 -- Demand for body lifts, a new cosmetic surgery procedure that is almost a necessity after massive weight loss from gastric bypass surgery, is growing fast. People are especially interested in having the procedure done in Thailand as part of a medical travel vacation. Our clients save 50% to 80% of the cost of the same procedure in the U.S. by having it done by our surgeons in Bangkok, Thailand, says Julie Munro, CEO and Chief Medical Concierge at Cosmetic Surgery Travel LLC, Americas leading medical travel planning service. For instance, one of Munros clients went in for a consultation at a well-known Chicago clinic and received an estimate of $80,000 for a two-stage body lift procedure.
It included a belt lipectomy, abdominoplasty, breast lift and implants, brachioplasty (upper arm reduction) and a lower body lift. In Thailand, her body lift will be completed...
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The Liquid Facelift Has Arrived
Austin, TX (ContentDesk) April 21, 2004 -? Dr. Gregory Nikolaidis of Westlake Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery is one of only a few select physicians in Texas chosen to use Sculptra, a product created by Dermik Laboratories.
Already commonly used throughout Europe, Sculptra is known as the "liquid facelift."
Patients are able to safely and non-surgically receive the benefits of traditional facelifts through the product's effect of plumping up the skin.During the Sculptra procedure, a patient is numbed with topical numbing cream and given a series of injections in the desired area.
The material used in Sculptra is lactic acid, the substance that is naturally produced by muscles during exercise.
This acid stimulates the skin to produce more collagen, thus producing a plumping effect.
Dr. Nikolaidis believes that "this product will transform the field of cosmetic surgery."
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Atlanta Cosmetic Dentistry
Dental care in Atlanta runs the whole gamut of services from general dentistry and pediatric dentistry to cosmetic dentistry. The new buzzword among dentists in Atlanta is smile designs.
The Atlanta Center for Cosmetic Dentistry in Georgia was founded Dr. Debra Gray King offers a full range of dental services including cosmetic bonding, whitening, aesthetic gingivectomy procedures, gum contouring and porcelain.
The Center founded in 1987, has a full team of cosmetic dentists and aestheticians who treat, professional athletes, models, actors and beauty queens among others.
Dr King, a Fellow in the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, is also an acclaimed instructor in cosmetic dentistry and Georgia's only accredited cosmetic dentist, one of 35 dentists the world-over. Her team includes Dr Richard Creasman, who specializes in smile makeovers with years of experience in cosmetic dentistry. Also on the team are Dr Shannon Waits, who has worked in public health...
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