Silicone breast implants have a history dating back to 1992. Deemed unsafe by the FDA after it was discovered they cause health problems in women, the implants were removed from the marketplace for further study. In 2006 a new gel filled breast implant was introduced that the FDA thoroughly tested a ... Continue Reading

Skin care is a wide open field and understanding the terminology is important for safety reasons. There are lots of people offering skin care services who call themselves skin specialists but have no training. One of the skin specialist terms is esthetician. In most states a person who claims to be ... Continue Reading

As people age the skin begins to lose its elasticity and firmness. The skin sags and becomes dimpled as collagen production declines and elastin erodes. There are a number of surgical and non-surgical treatments available for skin tightening and variable results can be achieved. The non-surgical tre ... Continue Reading

American culture values youthful appearances and that has spurred the growth of the cosmetic surgery industry. Women and men purchase billions of dollars in cosmetics and undergo a variety of procedures in the quest to slow down aging. There are many signs of aging but it's wrinkles that seem to get Continue Reading

Sex reassignment surgeons specialize in performing sex change surgeries. A sex change operation involves a surgical modification of the body that results in the body having the appearance of the opposite gender. In the past it has been difficult to find a doctor who performs sex change surgery. Majo ... Continue Reading

Sex reassignment surgery involves a series of surgical procedures to change a person's appearance. The goal of sex reassignment surgery is for the male patient to appear female and the female patient to appear male. Patients who seek to have sex reassignment surgery are termed transsexual which refe ... Continue Reading

Sex reassignment surgery FTM refers to the female to male sex change procedure. This type of surgery alters the female genitalia and other female characteristics and gives them a masculine appearance. The majority of sex reassignment patients, female to male, choose to have the surgery because they ... Continue Reading

Sex reassignment surgery SRS is often completed to give males a female appearance. This is known as male to female, MTF, or M2F sex reassignment surgery. The central focus of the entire process is the reassignment of the male genitalia. The testicles are removed and the skin of the penis is used to ... Continue Reading

Short scar facelift cost is similar to the cost of an average traditional face lift. A relatively new procedure, it was designed to reduce scarring and recovery time. It was also intended to prevent the unnatural look skin stretching can create. This procedure works to improve the appearance by lift ... Continue Reading

Sex reassignment surgery statistics are difficult to verify due to the fact that many patients choose to have their surgeries outside the United States and UK. Sex change operations are extremely expensive and this cost forces many people to travel to clinics in other countries that offer sex reassi ... Continue Reading