Welcome to the our Aesthetic Medicine news roundup, 03 June 2022.
Facial Plastic Surgeons Go Under the Knife at 30x Compared to Public, New Study Finds
Do Facial Plastic Surgeons practice what they preach?
In the first survey of its kind, Dr. Jordan Sand, of Sand Plastic Surgery, co-authored a survey of facial plastic surgeons about their personal use of facial plastic surgery procedures and found far higher utilization than the public at large.
People lifting weights for aesthetic reasons run the risk of bigorexia
New research from The University of Queensland has found people lifting weights for aesthetic reasons run the risk of developing muscle dysmorphia.
Intensification of ISSEA validations in aesthetic medicine clinics
Due to the increase in the number of clinics dedicated to aesthetic medicine, the Directorate of Health Regulation of the Institute of Health Services of the State of Aguascalientes (ISSEA) has doubled its health monitoring operations in these places, to ensure that they have the requirements required by law.
Our social media beauty ideals are warped, is there any turning back?
Social media has distorted our idea of what beauty is and what a ‘normal’ looks like – causing a boom in cosmetic surgery. So what now?
Lack of affordable childcare is still a burden for plastic surgery residents – Especially women
Plastic surgery residents face persistent barriers accessing affordable childcare, with high costs and a major impact on surgical training – with most of the burden falling on women residents, reports a paper in the June issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
Perspective: The personal need not be political
Something has gone wrong when our most personal decisions have to fall in line with political ideology.
Concerning cosmetic cowboys
My wife and I were walking by the beach the other evening. We got talking about wrinkles and scars, tattoos and beauty, and cosmetic surgery.
