Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Blog – Harley Medical Group

As spring, the season of romance, bursts into full bloom, surgeons report that weddings are becoming an increasingly popular reason for booking an appointment to undergo a little cosmetic enhancement.

Dr Payam Jarrah-Nejad has told the Wall Street Journal that the “blissful, exhilarating and nerve-racking” months leading up to a bride’s wedding often nowadays include booking in a reputable cosmetic surgery to ensure that she looks her best as she walks down the aisle.

“A subtle, natural-looking breast augmentation, tummy tuck, or rhinoplasty can provide the self-confidence and aesthetically pleasing look every bride hopes for on her wedding day,” added the surgeon, who is widely known as ‘Dr J’ to his patients. (more…)

With notably hairless role models such as Colin Farrell and Daniel Craig blazing a trail, increasing numbers of Irishmen are heading to their local grooming salon for a little waxing.

One salon owner told the Irish Examiner newspaper that he is seeing up to 30 male clients a week, with from March until September the peak time, as men seek to get themselves buffed up in preparation for their holidays.

“Back, shoulders, chest and eyebrows are the most popular areas,” said Gavan Glynn, whose salon is in Ranelagh, just south of Dublin. (more…)

Avatar star Zoe Saldana says she would “absolutely” use Botox in the future.

Just as her latest film, the new Star Trek: Into Darkness is about to premiere in London, actress Zoe Saldana has spoken about her willingness to follow other well-known stars and use Botox.

“Botox. Absolutely!” she told Indianexpress.com.

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Image-conscious Indian women have been given a series of tips for removing tanning marks by one of the country’s leading cosmetic surgeons.

Dr Manjiri Patanmar Puranik says that signs of a tan can take up to a week to fade, and warns people not to resort to using products containing bleach to remove any marks caused by the sun.

The doctor, who runs clinics in India, Dubai and Kuwait, suggests exfoliating the skin to remove top layers of dehydrated skin, which will result in a more even skin tone. (more…)

Eating too much sugar can have dire consequences for your skin.

That’s according to an article on The Huffington Post website, which has listed the effects of 11 common foods and ingredients, and the toll which an excess of any of them can take on the body.

For instance, sugar can make skin look stiff and inflexible by attaching itself to the collagen in the skin, and hampering its work in helping skin stay wrinkle-free and young-looking. (more…)

Skin faces a daily assault on it which can take a great deal out of it, with factors such as pollution, sunlight, sweat, stress and infections all capable of taking a heavy toll.

In an article for the Times of India, five of the most common results of these have been addressed, and solutions offered which can ease the signs attributed to each of them.

Acne: High atmospheric humidity, stress and sweating are attributed as main causes of acne, and mean that it can be prevalent in people well beyond their adolescence. But the Times notes that an effective treatment can only be found by medical means, as cosmetic products will not provide a permanent solution. That is more likely to be achieved using the dedicated treatment PPx, which is the only laser treatment authorised for use in such circumstances. (more…)

Aussie men, never known for their willingness to embrace the modern trend for modern grooming methods, are being tempted to try some of the treatments available at their local health spa.

Perthnow.com.au, a news website covering the Western Australian state capital, has produced a list of five treatments which it says will help men improve their feeling of well-being.

That list includes deep tissue and hot stone massages, but also takes in a handful of more cosmetic treatments. (more…)

Her curves have helped make her a star, thanks to her role in TV series Mad Men – but as a new series of the show based in the heady world of the advertising business began this week across America and Canada, the rumours were again flying about whether Christina Hendricks has had cosmetic help to achieve her renowned hourglass figure.

And the actress’s refusal to either confirm or deny the rumours means that they are re-emerging with each new series.

Gossip website Dose.ca is just one which has re-ignited the talk – especially among Mad Men’s male fans – by publishing a picture of her from a Playboy photoshoot in 1999, sporting unremarkable-looking boobs, alongside a more recent one of her, complete with her now-trademark flame red hair, but also a copious helping of cleavage.

“There were also rumours of a nose job, but that’s minor compared to the huge – and you know that’s the right word for it – difference in her breast region,” remarked the Dose team.

Either way, it doesn’t make a jot of difference to the fact that Ms Hendricks was named sexiest woman in the world in 2010 by Esquire magazine, say her fans at Dose, who conclude: “Just admit it if you’ve done it.”

Anyone who still has a stash of Easter eggs stored away around their homes by their children might well use have used the argument that eating it will give them spots as a way of persuading them to go easy.

But recent scientific research has implied that threatening that youngsters will suffer an outbreak of spots after tucking into chocolate is on dodgy scientific ground.

It suggests that susceptibility to acne depends more on family history, age and possibly stress levels than on the amount of sugary food eaten, the BBC reports. (more…)

A new American study has set out to bridge the gap in our knowledge of how age actually manifests itself in our faces.

The study is being carried out among a number of cosmetic surgeons themselves, including the doctor co-ordinating it, Val S Lambros, who practises in Newport Beach, California.

Explaining why the study has been established, Dr Lambros said: “Typically, facial aging has been understood by what we do to improve the look of the face.

“For example, when all we were doing was pulling on the face using the facelift, it was thought that the face largely aged by descent. Now that we have the tools to fill the face, we think of the face as deflating as it ages,” she added.

“But what really happens?”

Dr Lambros started looking for an answer to this question in 2005, using a 3-D camera to take pictures of some of her colleagues at annual meetings, and evaluating the changes noted year by year.

“This is the first comprehensive attempt to scientifically document facial aging, and I think it is an extremely interesting and worthwhile effort,” said Dr James Stuzin of Miami, Florida, who officiated at the public unveiling of Dr Lambros’ research on Saturday.

Read the full story here: http://www.timesunion.com/business/press-releases/article/Long-Term-Study-Looks-at-What-Really-Happens-to-4431958.php#ixzz2QWujqS77