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Sept. 23, 2008
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New Survey Reveals Americans Trust Their Faces to Facial Plastic Surgeons
from Market Watch
No one can get away from aging, but the road divides when it comes to how to age; the smart way or the uninformed way. A new study commissioned by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (AAFPRS), the world's largest association of facial plastic and reconstructive surgeons with over 3,000 members, and conducted by Kelton Research shows that the majority of people look for an experienced, certified facial plastic surgeon over generalists when it comes to facial plastic surgery. Americans trust their faces to the expertise of facial plastic surgeons. More



Women Go Bald, Too
from Baltimore Sun
The term "male pattern baldness" is familiar to most people. But many women, too, suffer from hair loss, says Lisa Earnest Ishii, assistant professor for facial plastic and reconstructive surgery in the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine's department of otolaryngology and neck surgery. More

Contemporary Cosmetic Surgeons Need One Eye on Trends
from Cosmetic Surgery Times
Today's top technology trends capitalize on patient and physician demands. Among those demands are devices that continue to offer less invasive approaches and shorter downtimes, but do not fall as short as previous technologies on outcomes. More

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Botox can Improve First Impressions for Attractiveness, Dating Success
from Science Daily
The popular cosmetic enhancement, botulinum toxin A (Botox) positively affects first impression judgments in relation to attractiveness, dating success, and athleticism, says a new research. According to researchers, first impressions of a person are influenced by facial appearance and improved by cosmetic surgery. They wanted to determine whether or not the use of botulinum toxin A would contribute to a person receiving higher scores on a variety of first impression scales. More

Prosthetic Ears Can Improve Hearing And Speech Recognition
from Medical News Today
In noisy environments, prosthetic ears may improve hearing and speech recognition, according to an article released in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. More

Could Cosmetic Fillers Help Your Aging Skin?
from Dallas Morning News
Pump up the volume! That's the latest rallying cry among those in the front lines of the war on aging. The sagging facial skin that was once made taut by going under the surgeon's knife is now being restored to more youthful fullness using needles and cosmetic fillers instead. More


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