George Clooney admitted that he had his eyes done on the Oprah pre-Oscars special.

Blepharoplasty is an eyelid surgery that corrects the problems and removes puffiness and bags under the eyes that make you look worn and tired.

If you have droopy eyelids why not try Blepharoplasty?

The excuse given by close friends of the actress was weight gain. But, for the record, there have been rumors that Courteney , aged 42, is too skinny to have such huge breasts without a cosmetic surgery.

Courteney Cox said that she believes that plastic surgery is good in moderation. “A lot of people are overdoing Botox, but I think everything in moderation is fine. If it looks natural and it makes you feel better, do it,”(Harper´s Bazaar, 2004). Subsequently, in a Marie Claire interview in 2006, Courteney repeated her stance, saying that she “believes in the judicious use of plastic surgery.”

Other cosmetic surgery rumors about Courteney includes lip augmentation.

Either way, Courteney Cox is a very good looking actress with talent to boot and any plastic surgery she had resulted in an enhancement of her natural beauty.

Source: www.makemeheal.com/news/?p=171

More than 3,000 individuals younger than 18 underwent liposuction in 2005.

According to a spokesman for one cosmetic surgery society, liposuction is not the solution to childhood obesity.
The American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ASAPS) released a firm warning statement saying there is no evidence liposuction is safe or effective for children.

David Sarwer, Ph.D said: “Childhood obesity is one of our nation´s growing health problems, and there are a number of widely accepted treatments for children and adolescents who struggle with their weight -liposuction and abdominoplasty are not among them…”

ASAPS says liposuction should only be performed on patients whose bodies have reached full development . An even for adults, is not always the best option. Liposuction is best applied to reduce fat deposits in the abdomen, buttocks or thighs that are resistant to diet and exercise.
Source: www.cosmeticsurgerytimes.com/cosmeticsurgerytimes/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=412897x

As revealed by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAP) and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), fat grafting used in breast augmentation procedures is not recommended due to lack of safety and because the procedure can alter the accurate cancer detection by means of a self-examination, or mammography, ulltrasound or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techiques.

Fat grafting or lipoinjection is a procedure by which fat cells are transferred from one area of the body to a different body area, generally used for enhancement of face or hands. There is poor clinical evidence that fat grafting is safer or better than saline or silicone implants. Moreover, fat grafting has a low survival rate of transferred cells (frequently absorbed by the body), and may occur development of cysts, calcification and tissue scarring as well as the already mentioned breast cancer detection.

“Even though fat grafting techniques have become more refined and breast cancer detection methods have become more sophisticated with time, creating a great deal of excitement about the potencial of fat grafting, we simple need more data befote we can recommend that this procedure be generally used to augment breasts”, said Roxanne Guy, MD, President of ASPS.

As there is little clinical evidence to confirm efficacy, ASAPS and ASPS do no recommend fat grafting for breast augmentation.

USA. Consul General Mary Jo Bernardo
Aragon hosted a meeting with members of the Philippine Health and Wellness and Medical Tourism Roadshow at the Philippine Consulate General on last 2nd May

The Medical Tourism Roadshow Delegation is componed by the heads of 9 top medical centres. The delegation visited leading healthcare facilities in California and New Mexico with the purpose of learning from the best practices of their counterparts in USA and promote the Philippines as medical tourism in
Asia.

The Philippine committee promoted the Phillippines as a health and wellness center with affordable medical tourism programmes.

Employers all over the world, and USA as top country, are looking for new alternatives that will help them to cut cost.
Costs for healthcare have been a hot topic for many years. National healthcare expenditures reached $2.2 trillion in 2006 as mentioned by the Blue Cross Blueshield Association. So, small employers are saving money by sending their employees overseas for less expensive medical procedures.
We are referring to health problems such as coronary artery bypasses, hip and knee replacements and spinal surgeries. These procedures cost 30%-80% less in foreign countries than in USA.
Medical tourism is a fast growing industry; experts say that by 2010 it will reach $40 billion

Brazil, India, Singapore, Costa Rica, Thailand and South Africa will encounter about 1million Americans seeking out top quality doctors and hospitals in 2007.

Source: http://www.weltax.com/2007/05/medical-tourism.html

Top model Gisele Bundchen had some doubts about her nose and chose nose-surgery to look better.

Absolutely right, don´t you think?

Many people have negative ideas about those who choose to have plastic surgery without knowing the benefits that may happen from these procedures.

According to a research made by Figueroa-Haas in women between 21 and 57 years old, their perception of self-esteem and sexuality before and after undergoing a breast augmentation surgery has increased.

The participants´¨ average self-esteem score increased from 20.7 to 24.9 on the 30-point
Rosenberg scale; the average women sexual function increased from 27.2 to 31.4 on the 26 point scale. There was also high increases in ratings of sexual desire (a 78.6 % increase from inicial scores), arousal (81% increase) and a 57% increase in satisfaction.

Figueroa -Haas points out that women should not consider platic surgery as a cure-all for self-esteem and sexuality woes. Therefore, plastic surgeons should get aware of this kind of behavior and rule out potencial patients who may have more serious psychological issues.

Many females can be beneffited with breast augmentation, as those who may have breast changes due to nursing or from inevitable natural aging process. These women may not feel attractive, having a negative impact in their levels of self-esteem and sexuality.

Source: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=65837

Melanie Griffith, who is turning 50 in August, is definitely showing signs of aging.

Antonio Banderas, her husand, adviced her not to undergo any surgery concerning her knees.