As more people are spending their days on tablets, phones and laptops, technology appears to be takings its toll on the body, especially the neck. Looking down at screens for extended periods of time can result in horizontal creases around the neck that age the area much earlier than in years past. Dubbed “tech neck,” […] Read more

Different types of plastic surgery procedures parallel different kinds of economic indicators, according to research published in the June issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. If the stock market is doing particularly well, people tend to elect to have more expensive procedures like breast augmentations or […] Read more

According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, 15.1 million cosmetic surgery procedures were performed in 2013, and of those more than 13 million were considered “minimally invasive.” Botox injections, chemical peels and laser skin resurfacing are on the rise, but so too are stranger procedures, as recently reported by Salon.  Among the weird and […] Read more

New research from the Miami Breast Center holds promise for patients seeking breast augmentation or reconstruction with their own fat cells. Traditionally, fat cell transfers from one’s own body were limited due to space constraints. But with a new pre-expansion device tested by ASPS Member Surgeon Dr. Roger K. Khouri and his colleagues, this amount may […] Read more

High heel shoes are an almost unhealthy obsession for some. For others, it’s a necessary fashion for work and social functions. We all know these shoes can inflict serious pain and even long-term damage upon our feet, but we wear them anyway. Problems like bunions, hammer toes, corns, calluses, fallen arches and swelling can take […] Read more

New research shows additional benefits of fat grafting plastic surgery, which may help those who suffer symptoms of Raynaud’s phenomenon. A condition that is more common in women than men, Raynaud’s limits blood flow to the fingertips, hands and toes in response to cold temperatures or stress, leaving some patients with stinging, prickly pain in […] Read more

You may have already heard about Beyonce’s infamous thigh gap – that coveted space between the inner thighs that accentuates a woman’s slender form. Whether the singer achieved this bodacious space through the magic of Photoshop or good old fashioned diet and exercise is still up for debate.  But what’s for certain is that thigh […] Read more

Aspiring to look like an icon one finds beautiful or handsome is nothing new, but an alarming number of women and men are taking this to the next level with celebrity lookalike plastic surgery. One woman recently shelled out $25,000 in the hopes of being a Jennifer Lawrence doppelganger. But are such extremes motivated by […] Read more

Plastic surgery in Silicon Valley is becoming big business, thanks to an ageism trend in the tech industry. Tech professionals that are finding themselves unable to compete in an increasingly youthful market are turning to anti-aging procedures to present a more vibrant image. Although age discrimination of any kind is illegal in the United States, aging […] Read more

An innovative breast augmentation procedure has proven to be not only safe but more effective than conventional fat transfer augmentation and enhancement techniques. The technique, called “mega-volume” autologous breast fat transfer takes breast augmentation in NYC to another level altogether. In standard autologous fat transfer, fat cells obtained by liposuction from one part of the […] Read more