Janna Durkee, a nurse and active mother of four, was having unexplained symptoms for years, but testing always yielded normal results. After two severe allergic reactions a few months apart—one being so severe that she’d called an ambulance—she was scared. “Something is desperately wrong with me,” she remembers thinking. Mrs. Durkee had a feeling of…
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Reality star Blac Chyna, whose real name is Angela White, has turned her life around, removing implants, fillers, and demonic tattoos, and getting baptized. As culture warps minds to a dark side, Angela White proves to be an outlier in stepping back into the light. When right and wrong and left and right get blurred,…
A Conversation With a Real Facial Plastic Surgeon
A Q&A with Dr. Oscar Trujillo, MD, the director of Cosmetic Facial Plastic Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center on what you really need to know about facial plastics: Q: Dr. Trujillo, how do I know if my surgeon is qualified? Facial plastic surgeons are medical doctors who undergo many years of surgical training, licensure…
[PREMIERING AT 10 AM ET] Does Cosmetic Surgery Make Life Better?–I Ask Two Leading Surgeons
What if we could bring our face or body closer to “beautiful”—closer to the movie star or supermodel ideal, or just bring them closer to “normal”—to be more accepted, less judged in our day-to-day lives? Would we do it—if we could afford it? In this #VitalSigns episode, two leading cosmetic surgeons shed light on what…
Does Cosmetic Surgery Make Life Better?–I Ask Two Leading Surgeons
What if we could bring our face or body closer to “beautiful”—closer to the movie star or supermodel ideal, or just bring them closer to “normal”—to be more accepted, less judged in our day-to-day lives? Would we do it—if we could afford it? In this #VitalSigns episode, two leading cosmetic surgeons shed light on what…
Medical Experts Call for Greater Regulation in Cosmetic Surgery
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the Australian Medical Association (AMA) have called for greater regulation into cosmetic surgery following announcements of commissioned reviews into the industry. “The recent reports of patients who’ve suffered due to poor quality practices in the cosmetic surgery industry have been disturbing to say the least—clearly greater regulation…
Do You Really Need That Nose Job? Selfies Distort Facial Features, Study Shows
With the advent of smartphones came the rise of selfies, shared daily by “like”-seeking millions across social media. But a small new study suggests that, unlike photos taken with regular cameras, smartphone selfies distort facial features in a not-so-flattering way. And those unappealing — if inaccurate — results may be fueling a hankering for plastic surgery….
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