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Teens, Children Heal More Quickly Following Surgeries Like Male Breast Reduction

As recently reported in a Skin & Allergy News article, teenagers who undergo cosmetic surgery have greatly improved recovery periods and healing rates. In addition, it was also determined that patients under the age of 18 have cosmetic surgery procedures at a more even break across genders. While over 90% of adult cosmetic […]

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Period TV Show Had Trouble Finding Actresses Without Breast Augmentation

Producers of Magic City, a 1950s-era period TV show on the Starz Network, had significant difficulty finding suitable female actresses in Miami that have not had breast augmentation, according to a recent article in The Miami Herald. As the most popular surgical cosmetic procedure in the US, breast augmentation was performed over 300,000 times last year. Rhinoplasty […]

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First Silicone Breast Implants in History Still Healthy 50 Years Later

Timmie Jean Lindsay, the first woman in history to receive breast implants, is still healthy and completely satisfied with her breasts, according to an article in The Guardian. Over those 50 years, the breast implantation procedure has gone from just one patient to over 1,600,000 procedures annually in the United States alone. It is the […]

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New Study: Lumpectomy Beats Mastectomy in Early Cancer Survival

Study shows that, for early-stage breast cancers, survival rates are higher for women opting for lumpectomy rather than mastectomy A new study questions previous research that lumpectomy and mastectomy are similarly effective in terms of beating breast cancer. Published online in the journal Cancer, the study revealed that, in early stage breast cancer, […]

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Personality Factors Affect Quality of Life after Breast Reconstruction

Women Who Want ‘Revenge on Cancer’ May Have Better Psychological Responses Certain personality traits are linked to higher quality of life scores in breast cancer patients who undergo breast reconstruction after mastectomy, reports a study in the January issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the […]

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