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Most common cosmetic surgery for Asians is ... a facelift?

Results of a survery from the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery...

 

Asian tip rhinoplasty with glue

A new technique for better defining the tip of the Asian nose...

Extreme Japanese beauty treatments

Try flesh-eating eels to munch away dry skin...

Anime plastic surgery

Anime-oriented surgical techniques that may soon be coming to your favorite plastic surgeon's office...

Big in the Land of Milk and Honey

The largest medical complex in Asia is being constructed in Chengdu, China to tap into one of Asia's fastest growing medical sectors...

Barbie in China ... a plot?

Is Barbie an attempt to reset the beauty preferences of young Chinese girls?...

Sixteen plastic surgeons performing 40,000 operations ... a year

How's this for amassing a solid experience with cosmetic surgery?...

Japan's non-surgical beauty secret

The Japanese are turning to the traditional and the organic instead of plastic surgery...

Do silicone gel sheets speed healing of normal surgical scars in Asians?

Conspicuous scarring is a major concern after cosmetic plastic surgery...

Freckles are now "in," even on Asian skin

Just in time for summer, freckles are joining the ranks of cool...

Putting Heidi Montag to shame

Think Heidi Montag got carried away? Looks like she may need to play catch-up...

Plastic surgery donation girl

This could be the start of something big...

Latisse is perfectly safe, right?

Savor the idea of eyelids turned purple, blue eyes turned brown, eyelashes curled against your eyes, or watching hair start to sprout along your upper cheek...

A society that rotates around appearance

Take a look at a land where everyone thinks they're fat...

Politically inCorrect Asian plastic surgery

Why do attractive young men and women of East Asian descent choose to undergo cosmetic plastic surgery to alter inborn natural features?...

Leg lengthening miracle worker?

From catastrophic complications to none at all...

China warns on Korean plastic surgery

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has issued a warning to women thinking about undergoing eyelid surgery in South Korea...

Love Me - Bodies homogenized to global ideals

Globalization hasn't just given us Starbucks in Beijing and shopping malls in Africa. It is also creating an eerily homogenized look...

Korean eyelid surgery: Any cheaper and it's free

How does one dollar for two eyes sound to you?...

For Asian Americans, the eyes have it

Surgeon survey shows eyelid surgery to be the most popular cosmetic operation among Asian Americans...

Is plastic surgery becoming the new Wild West?

Has the mind set of plastic surgeons changed to an "anything goes" mentality?...

Why have radish calves when you can have drumsticks?

A woman's legs, thin or not, can always be thinner...

"Tissue threads" replace sutures in double eyelid surgery. But are they better?

An alternative to using sutures during crease formation in "non-incisional" double eyelid surgery...

USC surgeons say Asian rhinoplasty patients often unrealistic

Two Los Angeles specialists caution that patients seeking Asian nose reshaping may harbor unrealistic expectations...

Cambodian Prime Minister warns against cosmetic care

Cambodian PM Hun Sen has warned women to beware of lax medical standards and poor oversight...

Asian-Americans not as eager to have cosmetic surgery

The rate of plastic surgery in American Asians is about 15-20% less than in the general U.S. population...

Korean artist challenges Eurocentric standard of beauty

Debbie Han has won the 2009 Sovereign Asian Art Prize...

Sex ratios in China and... cosmetic surgery?

Increased pressure on the marriage market in China is inducing men and parents with sons to do things to make themselves more competitive...

A new non-incisional "thread" method for correction of eyelid ptosis

Three plastic surgeons in Tokyo have described an entirely new approach for the correction of ptosis, or droopy upper eyelids...

Higher self-esteem in Asian cosmetic surgery candidates

A psychological study on patients considering Asian plastic surgery showed findings contrary to widely-held views......

Frequent flyers to get free facelifts

Granted, this isn't exactly about Asian plastic surgery or even the world of medical tourism. But it could be an indication of what's to come...

iPhone app for medical tourism

The first mobile application that helps travelers locate hospitals and clinics in fifty top tourist destinations has been announced...

Medical tourists victims of inflated fees in Korea

A state-funded think tank concluded that medical tourists have been victims of "exceedingly inflated" medical costs...

Plastic surgery in Asia Pacific won't stay cheap for long

As demand for plastic surgery rises in the East, so will its prices...

Asian Americans getting too much sun

A significant number of Asian Americans adopt unhealthy sun-exposure behaviors as they become more westernized...

Latest on Asian hair restoration surgery

A comprehensive text authored by a group of experts sharing their collective experience with hair transplantation and restoration has just been published...

A new non-invasive method for brow lifting

A new category of cosmetic device has been approved by the FDA to allow for focused ultrasound energy to be used as a completely non-invasive alternative to surgical brow lifting...

Korean beauty trends of 2009

Large Korean companies as well as the media were hard at work last year trying to generate consumer trends and buzzwords...

Injectable fillers not recommended as first-line option in nasal reshaping

The use of any soft tissue filler in the nose should always be approached with caution...

The Fold by An Na

An Na, a Korean-born author now living in Vermont, has published a novel exploring the dilemma facing teens feeling coerced about undergoing cosmetic surgery...

American surgeon says there's no reason to place artificial implant in Asian rhinoplasty

Artificial implants made of materials like medical-grade silicone are typically used in augmenting the Asian nose, especially in Asia. Now an American surgeon is coming down hard on this practice...

Taiwan to increase competition for medical tourists

Watch out South Korea. While presently the frontrunner in East Asian plastic surgery, Taiwan is intent on drawing its share of big money from patients seeking high-tech medical care at low cost...

Korean plastic surgeons good at handling delicate operations

Why is South Korea so popular as a destination for cosmetic medical tourists? According to Dr. Kim Byung-gun, plastic surgeon director of the largest plastic surgery clinic in the country, "Koreans are quite good at handling small and delicate operations."...

Seoul plans to dominate South Korean medical tourism industry

Seoul City has announced ambitious plans to increase its number of medical tourists by nearly 50% this year to 52,000...

Fingerprint plastic surgery

A young woman deported from Japan illegally re-entered the country after undergoing plastic surgery to change her fingerprints in China...

LED eyelashes and plastic surgery fetish

These are clearly not your ordinary fake eyelashes...


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