Skin So Smooth: The New Injectables
from The Washington Post
Botox works best at smoothing wrinkled foreheads and crow's feet around the eyes, but thanks to our ever-increasing obsession with fending off the tides of time, there's a new generation of products - skin plumpers/fillers/injectables - that has cropped up to fill in where Botox leaves off. So many different injectable options mean you practically need a road map, so we consulted Boston-based dermatologist Dr. Rachel Herschenfeld on what works for different areas of the face. More

The New Facelift Procedures: Surgical vs. Non-Surgical Facelift
from Medical News Today
Facial aging has always been associated with the visual signs of sagging skin. For decades, the favored treatment of this sagging skin has been a facelift. When aging recurred, another facelift was done, and so on. After a second or third facelift, the individual no longer looked natural, and instead had a "tight or pulled" appearance. More

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How to Stop Winter from Weathering Your Skin
from Science Daily
All winter flakes are not made of snow. Cold weather wreaks havoc on our skin, sometimes making it dry and flaky. Skin dries out if it's deprived of water and this dryness often causes itchiness, resulting in a condition commonly referred to as "winter itch." More

Cosmetic Doctors Risk Fines Over Ads
from The Age
Cosmetic surgeons risk fines or professional review if they use fake "before and after" photographs in their advertising, under new rules that came into force yesterday. But the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria has backed away from a proposal, in draft rules released last year, to ban such photos altogether. The new advertising guidelines apply to all medical practitioners but many were framed with the cosmetic surgery industry in mind. More

Why We Need Plastic Surgery
from Times Online
The importance of reconstructive plastic surgery that repairs damage caused by scarring, skin tumours or the replacement of severed fingers or limbs is apparent but few people, other than the patient's family and doctors, are in a position to appreciate the renewed vigour and joie de vivre that the removal of a cosmetic blight induces in a patient. A once bullied child will exhibit confidence and a more positive character once his or her bizarre nose, bat ears or receding chin have been treated. Likewise an otherwise attractive and bright adolescent or young adult may have a psyche that has been so riven by some physical defect that his or her confidence and professional advancement has been curtailed. To want this corrected is not narcissistic but realistic. As society becomes obsessed with celebrity and youth, women - and an increasing number of men - whose self-esteem has been punctured by ageing have discovered that their lives can be revolutionised by aesthetic plastic surgery. More

About Laser Eyelid Surgery, Traditional Eyelid Surgery and Asian Eyelid Surgery
from Medical News Today
From the 1970's through the 1990's cosmetic eyelid surgery consisted primarily of cutting out skin and fat from the eyelids and reconnecting the skin for a tighter look. However, as time went on, these patients' eyes began to look hollow. More recent eyelid plastic surgery procedures have moved toward preservation and redistribution of the precious eyelid fat. By preserving the fat and redistributing it throughout the eye area, a plump, smooth, youthful look can be achieved, which lasts much longer. More