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Male Breast Surgery: “Newlyweds: The First Year” Star Brandon Liberati Tells All About His Struggle With Gynecomastia
On the latest season of Bravo TV’s “Newlyweds: The First Year”, viewers saw celebrity hair stylist Brandon Liberati and his husband, fitness expert/author Craig Ramsay, deal with Brandon’s gynecomastia surgery. Caused by an estrogen and testosterone hormonal imbalance, gynecomastia (the swelling of the breast tissue in boys and men) affects up to 65% of middle-aged and ... Read more
10 Plastic Surgery Ads From Around the World
1. Dubai is the plastic surgery capital of the Middle East. 2. “You get the credit, someone else pays for it.” Fortis Plastic Surgery Loans, Turkey 3. Close to 7,000 ear-pinning procedures are performed every year in South Korea… 4. … but eyelid and nose surgeries are even more popular (108,000 and 103,000 procedures in 2014). 5. The ... Read more
Balancing Your Breasts with Your Booty for the Ultimate Wow Factor
Proportionate harmony – that’s the key to getting a body that will turn heads. Breast augmentation has been the most popular procedure in North America for several years, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, and I must say that it’s the most requested procedure at my practice as well. I’ve been a plastic ... Read more
Medical Tourism: Planning Your Plastic Surgery Abroad
In 2014 Americans spent almost $13 billion on surgical and minimally-invasive cosmetic procedures, and with some procedures at the hands of foreign doctors costing pennies on the U.S. dollar, medical tourism is booming. According to Patients Beyond Borders, the average range of savings for the most-traveled destinations can be of as much as 90%, with ... Read more
Plastic Surgery for Men: A Rising Trend
According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the number of male cosmetic procedures has more than doubled over the past twenty years. We asked our panel of expert surgeons Dr. Brian D. Cohen, Dr. Robert Brueck, Dr. Jon Kurkjian and Dr. Wayne Wertheim to tell us about their male patients’ motivations, the procedures they’re ... Read more