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Tag Archives: Plastic surgery

25Sep/17

Computer says no – beauty not in the eye of the beholder

September 25, 2017ScienceAesthetics, Beauty, Beholder, Bradley Cooper, Dungeons & Dragons, Eye of the Beholder, Face, Fashion, Geometry, George Clooney, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Idris Elba, Interpersonal attraction, Julian De Silva, London, McDill, Medicine, Perception, Physical attractiveness, Plastic surgery, Role-playing video games, Stuart McDill, United Kingdom, United Statessmbale

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder but now a computer facial mapping technique is proving geometry also plays an important part and the ancient Greeks knew all about it, as Stuart McDill reports. Continue reading →

08Jan/16

Eight-year-old Dunia Sibomana, left, poses for a photo with Dr. Alexander Dagum

Congolese boy attacked by chimps getting rare face surgery in New York

January 8, 2016MedicineAfrica, Alexander Dagum, Democratic Republic of Congo, Dunia, head, Human anatomy, Leon Klempner, Lip, Lip reconstruction, Medical Subject Headings, New York, Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Plastic surgery, Sharon Reich, Sibomana, United Statessmbale

Eight-year-old boy to get a rare, risky, reconstructive surgery in New York after being mauled by chimpanzees in Africa. Sharon Reich reports.
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07Dec/15

First penis transplant in the United States to be performed within a year

December 7, 2015MedicineAfghanistan, China, Clinical medicine, Human penis, Iraq, Medical specialties, NEXT MEDIA, Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Organ transplantation, Penis, Penis transplantation, Plastic surgery, South Africa, Surgery, The New York Times, THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, u.s. department of defense, United Statessmbale

Surgeons at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine are hoping to within a year perform the first penis transplant in the United States on a young soldier injured by a bomb explosion in Afghanistan, the New York Times reported.
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08May/15

The science behind Kylie Jenner’s plump lips

May 8, 2015CelebrityFox, Glycosaminoglycans, head, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Hyaluronan, Hyaluronic acid, infections, Juvéderm, Kardashian family, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kylie Jenner, Lip, Lip augmentation, Lip enhancement, Matthew Schulman, Medical specialties, Medicine, New York City, NEXT MEDIA, Oral and maxillofacial surgery, Oral surgery, Plastic surgery, Surgerysmbale

USA (Next Media) – Kylie Jenner, the youngest “Keeping up with the Kardashians” star, admitted to using lip fillers, after insisting for months her plump lips were all natural.

“It’s just an insecurity of mine, and it’s what I wanted to do,” the 17-year-old said during a sneak peek of an upcoming episode.
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