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Breast Lifts Outpacing Breast Implants?

New survey results from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) show that since 2000, breast lifts have been outpacing breast implants by two-to-one. Although three times as many women undergo breast augmentations as breast implants, the number of women undergoing breast lifts has increased 70% since 2000. What is this from? I think there […]

  • Posted on: Apr 1 2014
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Official 2013 Plastic Surgery Statistics – Most Plastic Surgery Since the Great Recession

The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery recently released its annual plastic surgery statistics from the year before.  Here are some highlights: ·         There was a 6.5% increase in the total number of surgical procedures performed last year as compared to 2012. Almost 2 million procedures were performed among the core group last year ·         Americans […]

  • Posted on: Mar 25 2014
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What To Do About Your Bad Breath

From one of my latest CNN.com articles: I’m sitting cramped in the window seat of an airplane, awaiting takeoff for a flight that will bring me from Detroit to Los Angeles. The large man in the middle seat has his arm draped over the arm rest, leaving me leaning and squashed against the side of […]

  • Posted on: Mar 19 2014
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2013 in Plastic Surgery: Year of the Butt and Labiaplasty?

Last year was the Year of the Butt. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, there was a 58% increase in buttock enhancement surgery in 2013 compared to the year before. This operation had the largest gains of all cosmetic procedures for the year. So why are so many Americans undergoing surgery to […]

  • Posted on: Feb 28 2014
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Check Out “the Doctor Oz Show” Wednesday 2/12 For Extreme Plastic Surgery!

Set your DVR’s!  I will be on The Doctor Oz Show this Wednesday, February 12th, to discuss extreme plastic surgery.  I’m accompanied by Dr. Drew Pinsky, whom I met for the first time during the taping.  I found Dr. Drew to be a very nice, genuine guy.  Very likeable and down-to-earth. I’ll post a link […]

  • Posted on: Feb 11 2014
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Extreme Plastic Surgery – My Strange Addiction

video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player This is from today’s Bethenny show. The woman interviewed here was profiled on TLC’s My Strange Addiction and has breasts that are “one cup short of a gallon” on each side. And somehow she’s found a cosmetic or plastic surgeon who has agreed to make […]

  • Posted on: Jan 28 2014
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How Plastic Is Too Plastic?

The Bethenny Show had a very interesting series of segments this past Wednesday on Extreme Plastic Surgery. They interviewed a plastic surgery enthusiast, who was previously seen on the TLC special Plastic Wives, and a woman who regretted her previous plastic surgery. They also brought up the question of how young is too young for […]

  • Posted on: Jan 20 2014
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