News tagged with cosmetic surgery


Fewer women need repeat breast cancer surgeries with new service at University of Michigan

Nearly one in three women who have breast cancer surgery will need to return to the operating room for additional surgery after the tumor is evaluated by a pathologist.

Cancer created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Procedure to freeze fat cells helps woman avoid more surgery

Breast cancer, a double mastectomy and kidney cancer - in all, nine surgeries in three years - left Kathleen Bindyke feeling like a battered warrior. But she decided to put herself into better shape than when the ordeal began.

Cancer created Jun 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Web info on 'designer vagina' procedures poor and often inaccurate

(Medical Xpress)—The quality of internet information available for women opting for "designer vagina" procedures is "poor," and in some cases, inaccurate, reveals a small study led by academics at the UCL ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Nov 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Foreigners in India for 'mommy makeover' surgery

When a group of women from Uganda embarked on a trip of a lifetime to India, little did many of their friends and families at home know that a secret surgical "mommy makeover" was on their itinerary.

Other created Jan 15, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Concurrent breast augmentation / mastopexy deemed safe

(HealthDay)—The overall complication and reoperation rate for a one-stage simultaneous breast augmentation/mastopexy procedure is about 23 percent, according to research published in the January issue of ...

Surgery created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1