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An article published in Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery includes the results of a clinical study for the new wrinkle relaxer, Reloxin.  The long-term (13 months) safety of Reloxin for repeated use in moderate to severe forehead wrinkles was evaluated by doctors.
The product manufacturer, Medicis Pharmaceutical expects to receive FDA approval for Reloxin later this [...]

A talented group of surgeons, doctors and various medical professionals at Cleveland Clinic have completed the first-ever “80 percent facial transplant”  on a female patient that was suffering from the residual effects of serious trauma.
No personal information about the patient will be released, but Wall Street Journal reports that the procedure was one of the [...]

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CNN aired a news segment this week about the Japanese surgeon Kotaro Yoshimura and his innovative, but somewhat controversial breast augmentation method, which uses stem cells to successfully perform fat grafting during breast augmentation procedures. Yoshimura has received public notoriety for the technique and according to the news report, [...]

An Orlando plastic surgeon recently outlined the status of modern breast cancer treatments and the efforts of the medical community to minimize its adverse effects through reconstruction and prevention.
Dr. Richard Bosshardt writes that society’s value of the breast is an ancient phenomenon since historically, many people have viewed them as symbolic of “femininity and desirability.”  [...]