Archive for April, 2009

The Ethical Challenges Facing Plastic Surgeons

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

In a provocative article in the journal Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, three physicians discuss how cosmetic surgery is “passing through an identity crisis as well as an acute ethical dilemma.”
Here’s an excerpt:
“Aesthetic surgery that works only according to market categories runs the risk of losing the view for the real need of patients and [...]

More Research on Cryolysis

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Another study from Anderson, Manstein et al has been published on the new technology of cryolysis and its potential for removing unwanted fat.
In this latest study, which appears in the journal Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, the researchers from the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital describe the non-invasive cold-induced selective destruction of [...]