Women are not letting the continuing economic problems stop them trying to look their best. Research suggests that spending on clothing, cosmetics and plastic surgery continues to be considered a worthwhile expense even when economic conditions are severe. In the eighties, when times were good, mini-skirts and conspicuous spending were all the rage. In the [...]

We are always hearing statistics about plastic surgery procedures and patients, why and what they are choosing to have done.  But what about the surgeons, who are they, how do they feel about things and what are their lives like.  Here is a snapshot. Happiness Plastic surgeons were asked about how happy they were with [...]

It is said that hands give the true age of a person away but you may not know that the same can also be said of the knees. Knee wrinkles or “kninkles”, as they are known, happen to even the thinnest of people and are associated with sagging skin and wrinkles around the knee cap. [...]

A large proportion of plastic surgery procedures take place because of the effects of the aging process on our bodies. They say that from the moment we are born we start to age but why does this happen?  Aging is a problem that is as old as time, so to speak, but what is it [...]

Father’s Day is almost upon us and it seems the days of Dad wanting a bottle of after shave, golf balls or a car-related gift may be well and truly behind us. The male grooming market is now worth $3.5 billion in the US alone and Dad may well prefer to receive some fancy moisturizer [...]

The media it seems is increasingly full of ageless people. Many celebrities are harnessing the improvements and acceptability of plastic surgery to look younger for as long as possible.  But one area that is often ignored, and which betrays someone’s real age, is the hands. Great attention is often paid to the face and the [...]

Frowning, squinting and even smiling all eventually have an impact on the upper face and forehead.  The expanse of skin on the forehead is often one of the first areas to show lines and signs of aging, particularly in a bald or balding man.  A forehead lift (also known as a brow lift) can improve [...]

Nasa do not just send astronauts into space you know.  No, they are also at the forefront of all kinds of research including nutrition. Now a ground breaking Nasa study has shown that a fruit juice concoction, known as AS10, dramatically reduces wrinkles, blemishes and sun damage after four months. AS10 was developed as a [...]

Sex sells. We know this, and images of women in particular, are used to sell every conceivable product, even where the product is not “sexy” and the link is tenuous to say the least. But experts are warning that this constant diet of sexualized images, found throughout every form of mass media – not just [...]

If you wanted plastic surgery ten years ago you would probably have had to head for a major metropolitan city in order to access reputable and quality plastic surgery, but those days are over it seems. The rise in local, quality cosmetic surgery means you no longer have to travel to New York or Los [...]