A new study found 75% of women and 68% of men wanted body contouring procedures after weight loss following bariatric surgery. Post weight loss surgery is often a last and necessary step in a patient’s weight loss surgery journey. Medically-assisted weight loss often results in loose and hanging skin on the upper arms, breasts, abdomen […]
Image of Paul Brian via drivechicago.com Excess skin is common after weight loss from bariatric surgery and can be corrected with body contouring procedures. Less common is extra skin on the face and neck, but when this occurs, facial surgery may be necessary. Msnbc.com reported on one man’s struggle to get surgery for the removal […]
Looking ahead to the New Year, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) spoke with cosmetic plastic surgeons from around the country to come up with a list of 2011 cosmetic surgery predictions. Face Lifts & Facial Rejuvenation One area where surgeons believe there will be growth is in face lift surgery. As they […]
There were an estimated 200,000 bariatric surgeries performed in 2009, according to the Endocrine Society. As the number of patients undergoing weight loss surgeries continues to grow, the society saw the need for standards of care following these procedures, so they created a task force that has published guidelines for post-op bariatric surgery follow-up and […]
A recent study from George Washington University titled “A Heavy Burden: The Individual Costs of Being Overweight and Obese in the United States” found that it costs more to be overweight, and, more specifically, it costs more to be an overweight woman than an overweight man. Researchers found that the annual cost of being obese […]
With bariatric surgery, you can lose a significant amount of weight in a short time. But to truly succeed and improve your health, surgeons and fitness experts will both tell you to initiate lifestyle changes. Last week in Austin TX, doctors from the American College of Sports Medicine met for 14th annual Health and Fitness […]
A researcher says waist-to-height ratio is better than BMI at predicting whether a person is at risk for obesity-related illnesses. Your BMI, which stands for body mass index, calculates a number based on your height and weight that shows if you are a normal weight, overweight, obese or underweight. However, it doesn’t take muscle mass […]
Curves are in. And cosmetic surgery can give you more curves, whether in the breasts, buttocks or even thighs. For instance, RealSelf, a social media website for sharing information about cosmetic procedures, reported that in 2011 searches for butt augmentations on the site rose 39 percent, making it the “fastest moving topic on the site […]
There has been an increase in the number of people traveling abroad for cosmetic surgery, but what are the risks of medical tourism? The CDC notes that “medical tourism is a worldwide, multibillion-dollar phenomenon that is expected to grow substantially in the next 5 – 10 years. However, little reliable epidemiologic data on medical tourism […]
A new survey revealed that women would be willing to trade years of their lives if that meant they could have their ideal body shape and weight. Sixteen percent said they would trade 1 year of their life for their ideal body, and 10 percent would trade 2 to 5 years of their life. The […]