New frontiers in regenerative medicine
The 2014 annual international BioBridge Foundation conference was held in October in Venice.
Each year the world’s best minds in regenerative medicine meet in the...
ASAPS statistics: cosmetic procedures world wide
The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) recently released its global statistics on cosmetic procedures.
More than 23 million cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures...
Crossing the final frontier, the blood brain barrier
DRUG DELIVERY ACROSS THE BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER COULD CHANGE THE PARADIGM FOR TREATING BRAIN DISORDERS.
Recently Scientific American Mind Magazine (Nov/Dec 2014) reported on focused ultrasound...
Evolutionary roots of Ebola
New research published in the peer-reviewed journal Peer J in September 2014 reveals that the roots of the Ebola virus are more ancient than...
Study evaluates the safety and efficacy of a simultaneous 3-plane surgical approach to facial...
A study published in The American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery in September 2014 evaluated the safety of combined extended-SMAS rhytidectomy, mid-face implant placement and...
New injectable drug being trialled for double chins
Surgery has long been the standard for reducing submental fat in this area, but new research presented at the Annual Meeting of the American...
Few adverse events found in minimally invasive cosmetic procedures
Recent data analysed from 20,000 non-invasive and minimally invasive procedures administered by dermatologists show such procedures are associated with only a tiny fraction of...
What is the most aesthetic nasal tip rotation?
A nasal tip rotation of 106 degrees was considered the most aesthetic in a study published in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery. The study was...
Detecting ruptured implants: MRI more accurate than ultrasound
A study published in the July 2014 issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has found that MRI is more accurate than ultrasound in detecting...
The rise of the selfie and its impact on cosmetic surgery
2014 has been dubbed the “year of the selfie”, and with the rise of digital imagery comes an increased awareness of self-image and the...
