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Plastic surgery has been overtaken by technology. There are now new iPhone applications that are designed to give your body a total makeover. People contemplating plastic surgery can now get to know what their post-procedure look will be thanks to these apps.
Shafer Plastic Surgery App
a. This was created by New York-based Dr. David Shafer.
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Recently, today.msnbc.com published their list of the 8 craziest beauty treatments of the decade.  While their list certainly includes some treatments that give us pause, some of these aren’t only not crazy, some are even FDA approved.
1 – ‘Different’ facials: Facials come in all shapes, sizes and colors and may use many different materials. [...]

If you weren’t blessed at birth with adorable dimples, check this out…
Now, along with other lunchtime procedures such as Botox injections, you can update your smile with a 20 minute procedure that will give you dimples.
If eyebrows act as frames to the eyes, then dimples act as quotation marks to a smile. The latest cosmetic [...]

You may have your mom to thank for those wrinkles…
Friends and family say you inherited your mother’s eyes, but plastic surgeons want you to know that you’ve probably inherited her bags and crow’s-feet, too, even if they haven’t shown up yet.
According to members of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, women can expect to age [...]

Dermatologists have discovered yet another gender inequity…
(HealthDay News)   Women develop more and deeper wrinkles around their mouths as they age than men do.  The disadvantage had long been suspected, but a new study provides “irrefutable scientific evidence,” said Dr. Foad Nahai, a plastic surgeon practicing in Atlanta and editor-in-chief of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal . [...]

Tara Reid is showing off her revised plastic surgery in the January issue of Playboy.
Tara Reid (it’s been a while, we know) has starred in American Pie, The Big Lebowski and Van Wilder before becoming most well known for her botched plastic surgery, partying and that one time [...]

Cosmetic surgeons and dermatologists are asking for patient help to fight the Botox Botax. Here’s what the ASDS (American Society for Dermatologic Surgery) is giving it’s members to solicit the support of Botox consumers: View the form here.
The U.S. Senate health care reform bill  (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) contains a proposed 5 percent tax [...]

Have you ever wondered what you would look like with bigger breasts or poutier lips? Now you can find out using a simple app made for the iPhone. There are now two plastic surgery applications for the Apple iPhone that offer users information, games and the chance to see what they would look like [...]

Facelifts have become a common cosmetic surgery for men and women. But surgery patients face a number of unwanted effects. Scarring, extensive recovery time, that artificial "stretched" look, and a permanent result that may be unwanted.
Fortunately, newly developed medical alternatives offer results to people wanting look younger without going under the knife.
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New options in cosmetic surgery and the ability to undergo less invasive procedures have made it a really exciting time in the field. The growth of non surgical procedures has taken off with no signs of slowing down. One of the newer techniques available, the thread lift is a non surgical alternative to a facelift [...]