The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) is stepping up its breast reconstruction awareness campaign after a new survey revealed that 89 percent of women want to see what breast reconstruction surgery results look like. The ASPS has organized a show-and-tell...
If you ever saw liquid nitrogen in your high school science class, you know that it’s cold stuff: −346 °F at most. It’s often used for flash-freezing food and in cryotherapy, but could tiny injections of liquid nitrogen actually reduce the appearance of your wrinkles?...
Autologous fat grafting may be the answer to hand aging – a problem that often confounds efforts at rejuvenation. At least one plastic and reconstructive surgeon argues that fat grafting can provide “long-term skin thickening and rejuvenating functions far beyond its...
Plastic surgeons are widely known for their high standards, but are they more critical of surgical results than the patients who have to live with them? A recent breast reduction study in the August issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery says yes. The results...
