The Art of Cosmetic Surgery

Source: MSNBC News

Cosmetic surgery is altering not just how people look but how they feel by changing perceptions of middle age, a study showed on Monday.

Global research group AC Nielsen surveyed people in 42 countries and found 60 percent of Americans, the world’s biggest consumers of cosmetic surgery and anti-aging skincare, believe their sixties are the new middle age.

On a global scale, three out of five consumers believed forties was the new thirties. (more…)

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Source: BBC News

Doctors have issued a warning about the dangers of using excessively high doses of the potentially fatal toxin botox in cosmetic treatments.

The Journal of the American Medical Association reports four cases where patients were given doses many times higher than the estimated lethal dose.

The treatments were given using toxin intended for laboratory use.

Experts said UK patients were at risk from delays in deciding if those who can give botox should be restricted. (more…)

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Source: Forbes.com

They’re exercising, they’ve quit smoking and they’re eating more healthy foods. But men who end up in the plastic surgeon’s chair often say they don’t think they look as good as they feel, according to doctors. Some patients are fresh off a divorce or looking for a competitive edge in an office full of young bucks. Others are inspired by wives who have had successful procedures–or are kind enough to ask why their husbands’ once-smooth brows now appear permanently furrowed.

From 2000 to 2005, there was a whopping 44% increase in minimally invasive cosmetic procedures among men, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. While the jump in demand isn’t unique to the gender, doctors say it speaks to many men’s desire to boost their looks–often through quickie treatments that don’t cause a lot of bruising or require lengthy recovery times.
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