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What Is Your Face Shape: Round, Square, Long, Heart or Oval?

Get the facts on how to measure your face to determine your true face shape. Find out if you have a round, oval, long, square or heart-shaped face.

Here’s How Much to Tip at the Nail Salon

Don't let a headache over how much to tip at the nail salon ruin the fun of getting your next manicure. We've done the math for you!

12 Things A Massage Therapist Knows About You After An Hour

Sure, we expect massage therapists to ease muscle tension and help us work through injuries. But that hour on the table reveals a lot more than just the stress we've asked them to soothe. We talked to a few massage therapists to find out just how much they can tell about us and our health. MORE: The 1-Minute Neck Massage

How to Contour Your Face Shape

All contouring techniques are not created equal. Any makeup artist will tell you that your face shape will make a big difference in determining what type of shading and highligh...

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10 things plastic surgeons won’t tell you

Beauty is more than skin deep — so this is going to hurt. What to know before you and your wallet go under the knife for cosmetic treatments.

9 Health Rules That Doctors Never Break

Top doctors share the best health tips and health advice they themselves follow to prevent skin cancer and breast cancer, reduce back pain, prevent stress and more.

The No Surprises Act: What Do Plastic Surgeons Need to Know? : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

of this review is to briefly summarize the history of surprise billing, describe the regulations of the No Surprises Act, and examine the impact this legislation will have on the field of plastic surgery<br>Methods<br>A PubMed and Google Scholar literature search was conducted on out-of-network billing, or surprise bills, and the No Surprises Act. Media outlets, governmental agencies, and local and national medical organizations were…

Social Media Guidelines for Young Plastic Surgeons and... : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

e highly ranked have social media opportunities for their residents, yet clear rules to guide implementation of social media programming in residency have remained unspecified. These guidelines and pitfalls can be used to inform a productive and professional entry into plastic surgery social media use for the resident and young plastic surgeon. Details regarding specific platform use to maximize exposure are provided. The core principles of…

Useful Flaps for Plastic Surgeons to Know : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

tion. This article describes the use of different flaps that the author has found useful in his practice. Some of these flaps are mainstream, whereas others are not. The article does not suggest that these are the only flaps that one should use, nor does it go into great detail on the dissection of each flap except where the author has identified pitfalls or where he can offer tips and tricks that facilitate use of these flaps. Flaps are described from head to…

Is 3D Bioprinting the Future of Reconstructive Surgery? : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Is Your Plastic Surgeon REALLY a Plastic Surgeon?

In this Plastic Surgery Secrets, learn why it's important to verify that your doctor is actually a board certified plastic surgeon, and not something else.

Find a Trusted and Reliable Plastic Surgeon

Making the decision to get plastic surgery is a very important one. Equally important is choosing a trusted and reliable plastic surgeon to perform...

The Role of Checklists and Human Factors for Improved... : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

of patient involvement for patient safety. 3. Recognize the potential for improvement regarding patient safety in their own environment and take a leading role in the patient safety process. 4. Assess their own safety status and develop measures to avoid unnecessary distraction in the operating room<br>Summary<br>Over the past 20 years, there has been increased attention to improving all aspects of patient safety and, in…

Refinements in Upper Blepharoplasty: The Five-Step... : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

of any facial rejuvenation procedure. This five-step procedure provides key steps in the correction of upper lid age-related changes and provides a reliable and reproducible method of achieving excellent results. Furthermore, the addition of fractionated fat restores volume and youthfulness of the upper lid, and also improves the skin quality of the upper lid....

Survey: 70% of plastic surgeons use fat grafting techniques

Autologous fat grafting has re-emerged as a popular option for breast reconstruction following cancer treatment, according to a survey of American Society of Plastic Surgeons members by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh. According to the findings in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 70% of surgeons said they used fat grafting techniques, and 62% said they used it for reconstructive applications while 28% used it for aesthetic purposes.

Techniques and Innovations in Flap Engineering: A Review : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

operations. Researchers in the field of tissue engineering are trying to generate novel tissue flaps requiring small or no donor site sacrifice. At the base of existing technologies is the tissue’s potential for regeneration and neovascularization<br>Methods<br>A review was conducted identifying relevant published articles in PubMed on the subject of flap engineering, with the focus on plastic surgery. This review article surveys contemporary technologies in…

Why Do Manuscripts Get Rejected? : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Modern Fat Grafting Techniques to the Face and Neck : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

hniques for fat processing and infiltration and develop a plan for patients based on site-specific facial anatomical zones. 3. Appreciate the utility of fat grafting as an adjunct to other facial rejuvenating procedures such as face lift and blepharoplasty procedures and list the potential complications from fat grafting to the face and neck<br>Summary<br>Fat grafting to the face and neck aids in volume restoration, thereby…

Five-Step Scapula Tip Flap Harvesting for Oromaxillofacial... : Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

ystematic surgical approach for the harvesting of the scapula tip free flap. Herein, a step-by-step surgical approach and some technical tips are described to make the scapula tip flap dissection simpler, safer, and more straightforward....