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Friday, May 09, 2003
Surgeons to protest awards in lawsuits. Doctors will halt elective surgeries
Some South Florida surgeons are planning to stop performing elective surgery later this month to protest the Florida Legislature's lack of action on medical malpractice lawsuits, a prominent Broward surgeon announced Thursday. ''After talking with influential people, we anticipate at the end of May having a slowdown very similar to the one they're experiencing in Jacksonville,'' said Arthur Palamara, a surgeon who is on the board of governors of the Florida Medical Association and legislative chairman of the Broward County Medical Association. The stoppage in Jacksonville, which started Friday evening, has caused three of the city's five largest hospitals to delay elective surgeries. The Associated Press estimated that 100 of the city's 1,500 physicians are participating. Linda Quick, president of the South Florida Hospital and Healthcare Association, said she has already had preliminary conversations with state officials, who would require hospitals to notify the state if they cannot provide certain services. - copyright Miami Herald - Read more of this article: Surgeons to protest awards in lawsuits. Doctors will halt elective surgeries and then find out more about law suits and cosmetic surgery As always you can email Dr. Hudson if you have any questions. E-sthetics ... comprehensive information about cosmetic surgery Free RSS feed: http://www.e-sthetics.com/rss.xml
Just one look. Cosmetic surgery may be pointing more individuals toward an aesthetic sameness that could change the way we view identity.
Plastic surgery is common enough in American culture that people don't think twice when they see it on The Learning Channel or in the pages of Oprah's magazine. But "Extreme Makeover," a reality series launched recently by ABC, may be adding some edge to the question of where society is headed with all the nipping and tucking.The fact that the prime-time show has drawn about 12 million viewers per episode - and that participants say their experience is an "education process" for those considering procedures - focuses the concerns: What would it be like if everyone had cosmetic surgery? Would we all start looking alike? Changing your features is not as controversial as, say, being cloned (unless, perhaps, you're Michael Jackson). - copyright Christian Science Monitor - Read more of this article: Just one look. Cosmetic surgery may be pointing more individuals toward an aesthetic sameness that could change the way we view identity. and then find out more about research into the moral and ethical aspects of cosmetic surgery As always you can email Dr. Hudson if you have any questions. E-sthetics ... comprehensive information about cosmetic surgery Free RSS feed: http://www.e-sthetics.com/rss.xml Thursday, May 08, 2003
Get The Look You Want At A Price You Can Afford
With summer coming, everyone wants to look their best for days at the beach and evenings out. Those extreme makeovers on television cost thousands of dollars, and plastic surgery is invasive and it's not an option for everyone. There are affordable alternatives for people looking for a change and 9News got someone to test them out! 52-year-old Nancy Morgan looks great but has a few changes she would like to make. "I just want to feel good about myself," Morgan said. She once thought about a getting facelift, but said it was too expensive. "I don't remember the exact cost, but it was pretty costly. Very costly. Too costly for me." So, the makeover started where many woman want a change. In their chest. First stop, Lazarus and a consultation with certified bra fitter, Sandy Harrison. - copyright WCPO-TV - Read more of this article: Get The Look You Want At A Price You Can Afford and then find out more about the cost of plastic surgery As always you can email Dr. Hudson if you have any questions. E-sthetics ... comprehensive information about cosmetic surgery Free RSS feed: http://www.e-sthetics.com/rss.xml Tuesday, May 06, 2003
Smokers over three times as likely to have healing problems after abdominoplasty
Wound Healing Problems in Smokers and Nonsmokers after 132 Abdominoplasties To study the effects of smoking on wound healing, the authors retrospectively analyzed the records of 132 patients (121 women and 11 men) who had undergone abdominoplasty in the previous 5 years. All patients had received a full abdominoplasty, with large mobilization up to the ribs and a belly transposition. Patients were excluded from the study if they had arteriosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, or other systemic diseases, and if they had received a simple pannus resection without a belly transposition. Among the 132 patients, 53.8 percent admitted to smoking and 46.2 percent reported being nonsmokers. No significant difference was seen between smokers and nonsmokers concerning age or body mass index. Smokers reported consuming, on average, 18.4 cigarettes per day. The rate of wound problems and wound dehiscence showed a statistical difference between smokers and nonsmokers (p < 0.01); 47.9 percent of the smokers showed wound healing problems before hospital discharge versus 14.8 percent of the nonsmokers. The patients had been asked to quit smoking 2 weeks before the operation through 2 weeks postoperatively. The retrospective telephone inquiry found that just 14.7 percent stopped smoking preoperatively and only 41.2 percent quit temporarily after the operation. - copyright Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins - Read more of this article: Smokers over three times as likely to have healing problems after abdominoplasty and then find out more about the complications of abdominoplasty As always you can email Dr. Hudson if you have any questions. E-sthetics ... comprehensive information about cosmetic surgery Free RSS feed: http://www.e-sthetics.com/rss.xml
Radiance is the newest panacea in the battle to fend off aging
A road map in blue ink was drawn on Cyndi Riling’s face — the route her doctor planned to follow as he injected the newest product in the cosmetic surgeon’s arsenal to help battle wrinkles. “One of my clients said, ‘You are so vain,’ ” says Riling, 41, a Washington Twp. hairdresser. Riling, however, thinks she is the opposite. “I’m sane,” she says. “Why should I look worse than I have to?” Since February, Dr. Kurtis Martin has been administering Radiance, a synthetic material that is supposed to be identical in composition to the mineral portion of human bone and teeth. The product has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in dental and orthopedic applications, and, although it is now being used cosmetically, it has not been FDA approved for this purpose. “It’s all the rage,” says Martin, an associate professor of plastic surgery for the University of Cincinnati Department of Plastic Surgery and official team plastic surgeon for the Mighty Ducks, Cincinnati’s professional hockey team. Martin has been in private practice for almost 10 years in the Cincinnati area and has a new satellite office in Washington Twp. Martin says Radiance is one of the newest soft tissue augmentation procedures available in the United States. It promises to reduce wrinkles for three to five years, but Martin says he has not performed enough procedures to know if it will live up to those claims. He says he’s treated a little more than two dozen patients — including Riling —during the past two months. - copyright Dayton Daily News - Read more of this article: Radiance is the newest panacea in the battle to fend off aging and then find out more about what is available to fill in the fine lines of aging in the skin As always you can email Dr. Hudson if you have any questions. E-sthetics ... comprehensive information about cosmetic surgery Free RSS feed: http://www.e-sthetics.com/rss.xml
Exposed and infected breast implants do not always have to be removed
Fate of Exposed Breast Implants in Augmentation Mammoplasty. Exposure of silicone breast implants usually leads to infection and extrusion. According to the literature, implant extrusion rates are not higher than 2% 1 and removal of the implant is recommended. 2 During the past 3 years, the authors dealt with eight implant exposures (six women: two cases of bilateral exposure and four cases of unilateral exposure). All the pockets were infected. Patients were offered two alternatives: immediate removal of the implant and reimplantation after a few months or conservative treatment with an effort to close the exposed area after the discharge stopped. All the patients in this study chose the latter alternative. Four out of eight implants were saved. - copyright Annals of Plastic Surgery/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins - Read more of this article: Exposed and infected breast implants do not always have to be removed and then find out more about complications of breast augmentation surgery As always you can email Dr. Hudson if you have any questions. E-sthetics ... comprehensive information about cosmetic surgery Free RSS feed: http://www.e-sthetics.com/rss.xml
Moms Have Double Standard for Fat Sons, Daughters
One in three mothers is likely to say that their overweight child is "about the right weight," a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has found. However, daughters are less likely than sons to be seen as slim by Mom, according to the study published in the journal Pediatrics. "Mothers are more likely to identify daughters who are at risk of overweight as being 'overweight' than they are sons," writes a team led by Dr. L. Michele Maynard of the CDC in Atlanta, Georgia.In response to the ever-increasing waistlines of American children, public health experts are interested in how parents perceive weight status among children since the battle of the bulge for kids starts at home. In an effort to understand a mother's perceptions about her child's weight status, the team of researchers calculated the body mass index (BMI) of 5,500 children and asked mothers if they thought their child was underweight, "about the right weight" or overweight. BMI is a measure of weight in relation to height and is used to gauge obesity. While 67 percent of mothers correctly identified their overweight child as being overweight, 32 percent of mothers classified their overweight child as "about the right weight." Among children who were not overweight, but heavy enough to be considered at risk for overweight, the researchers found that 14 percent of mom's reported that their sons were overweight, whereas 29 percent of mothers reported that their daughters were overweight. - copyright Reuters - Read more of this article: Moms Have Double Standard for Fat Sons, Daughters and then find out more about eating disorders in men As always you can email Dr. Hudson if you have any questions. E-sthetics ... comprehensive information about cosmetic surgery Free RSS feed: http://www.e-sthetics.com/rss.xml
Fergie suffers fat lady syndrome
The Duchess of York, once dubbed by the media as the Duchess of Pork, said she still suffered from "fat lady syndrome" despite shedding nearly 40kg in the past decade. Sarah Ferguson said that even after dropping from 101kg to 63.5kg remained insecure about her figure. "I've still got fat lady syndrome, when clearly I'm not overweight," she told the New York Times. "Once you have a weight problem, you believe you'll always have a problem." - copyright The Age/ NY Times - Read more of this article: Fergie suffers fat lady syndrome and then find out more about eating disodrers, bulimia, and cosmetic surgery As always you can email Dr. Hudson if you have any questions. E-sthetics ... comprehensive information about cosmetic surgery Free RSS feed: http://www.e-sthetics.com/rss.xml
A Family Affair
Two divorces left Leon Seidman, the King of Catnip, feeling self-conscious about his body. More than one million men chose plastic surgery last year. And that number is still rising. Jeff Seidman, 20, who used to weigh 240 pounds, is now a relatively svelte 218. Daniel Seidman, 26, is in great shape, but he says he wants to fix some spots on his body. Meet Leon Seidman and his sons – Jeff, 20, and Daniel, 26. They are three regular guys, more or less. Only they want to emphasize the less. “I’ve always wanted to deal with my body,” says Leon. “I don’t want to look the way I do now,” adds son, Jeff. “I look in the mirror and I see love handles,” says his brother, Daniel. “I want them to be gone.” The three Seidmans have spent most of their lives in Hagerstown, Md. Leon is known as the King of Catnip, a business he founded and is handling down to his sons. “This is a pretty cool way to make a living,” says Leon. “This is a lot of fun. You get to play with cats and make people happy.” But Leon was not happy about his social life. Two divorces left him feeling self-conscious about his body. “I have always had very large breasts,” says Leon. Jeff and Daniel also have their own issues. Jeff was always a very big kid. And Daniel says he’s always been a perfectionist about his body. All three began thinking seriously about having plastic surgery. But in a place like Hagerstown, the very idea of suctioning fat from your body can seem downright un-American. - copyright CBS News - Read more of this article: A Family Affair and then find out more about removing large breasts in men As always you can email Dr. Hudson if you have any questions. E-sthetics ... comprehensive information about cosmetic surgery Free RSS feed: http://www.e-sthetics.com/rss.xml Monday, May 05, 2003
Complications can occur after all surgery and liposuction is no exception
 Contour or surface irregularities: these may be indentations or fine pitting like a cellulite pattern. Cellulite is not usually improved by traditional liposuction and may be made worse.
Pigmentation change: the skin above the area of fat removal may develop a brownish discoloration. Loss of skin: extensive liposuction can damage the blood supply to the skin leading to loss of skin. Bleeding: traditional liposuction can cause bleeding which may be severe. In some cases this may collect as a blood clot called a hematoma under the skin. This may require surgery to remove. Seroma: especially when large volumes of fat are removed a space is formed between the skin and the underlying muscle. This may become filled with serum producing a seroma. Drainage may be required to correct this. Swelling or Edema: persistent swelling may occur especially in the lower leg and when suctioning extends circumferentially around the leg. Bruising: almost all patients develop bruising after surgery which can persist for several weeks. Pain or unusual nerve sensations: during liposuction nerves may be bruised and damaged. As they regenerate the patient often experiences an aching pain and unusual sensations like pins and needles. Satisfaction after surgery: whether or not you like the result depends on your expectations. For example, you should discuss with the surgeon the location of the fat, because fat under the abdominal muscle will not be removed with liposuction. Lax abdominal muscles will only be tightened if you have an abdominoplasty. In large volume extraction risks due to volume loss and fluid changes can occur. Ultrasonic liposuction is a relatively new procedure and may have additional complications. All surgery has the risk of anesthetics, local or general, and unusual reactions to drugs and medications do occur. Unknown or undiscovered medical problems or illnesses can also cause serious or life threatening problems. You must tell your surgeon about any medical problems that you know of or have had in the past. - copyright Patrick Hudson MDPA 505/242 0070 - Read more of this article: Complications can occur after all surgery and liposuction is no exception and then find out more about liposuction As always you can email Dr. Hudson if you have any questions. E-sthetics ... comprehensive information about cosmetic surgery Free RSS feed: http://www.e-sthetics.com/rss.xml
Tags would detect sponges left in surgical patients
A report in the New England Journal of Medicine in January noted that surgical teams accidentally leave sponges and other items inside about 1,500 patients a year in the United States. That's out of a total of 28 million operations. Whatever the number, it's too high, as far as Dr. Carl Fabian is concerned. Objects left behind can cause infections; to be removed, they require additional surgery. The retired radiologist has come up with something he thinks could eliminate the problem: Sew markers or tags into the edge of the sponges -- the cotton cloths used to soak up fluids during operations. The magnetic tag is about a 1 ½-inch-long strip embedded in inert plastic. The plastic already has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for other medical products, said Fabian, 68. - copyright Miami Herald - Read more of this article: Tags would detect sponges left in surgical patients and then find out more about board certification and training of plastic surgeons As always you can email Dr. Hudson if you have any questions. E-sthetics ... comprehensive information about cosmetic surgery Free RSS feed: http://www.e-sthetics.com/rss.xml
Survey Finds People Aware Of The Dangers Of The Sun, But Sun Protection Not Necessarily Practiced, Age affects sun safety behaviors
New American Academy Of Dermatology Survey Finds People Aware Of The Dangers Of The Sun, But Sun Protection Not Necessarily Practiced, Age affects sun safety behaviors. It’s been almost two decades since the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) first asked the public what they know about skin cancer, sunscreens and sun exposure. Despite countless health messages about the dangers of the sun and the alarmingly high rates of skin cancer in the United States, the results of a new AAD survey show that Americans, particularly young individuals, recognize that overexposure to the sun is unhealthy but are still not protecting themselves when outdoors. However, as people age, attitudes towards sun safety begin to change – not only for themselves but for the children in their care. Speaking at the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Melanoma/Skin Cancer Detection and Prevention Month Press Conference, dermatologist Darrell S. Rigel, MD, Clinical Professor, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, discussed the results of a new AAD survey on attitudes and practices towards sun safety and how insufficient sun protection habits are continuing to influence the rising skin cancer rates. “Today, people are more aware of the serious health consequences associated with overexposure to the sun,” said Dr. Rigel. “However, as this most recent survey and previous studies show, people are continuing to spend long periods of time in the sun without appropriate sun protection which greatly increases their risk of skin cancer.” The AAD conducted its most recent survey in 2003 on sun exposure and primary prevention efforts. These results were compared to those of previous AAD surveys taken in 1996 and 1986 to assess how trends may be affecting the rising skin cancer rates. Adults age 35 years and older, appear to be heeding the warnings about overexposure to the sun. Since 1996, these adults have reported a 16 percent decrease in the number of sunburns they received this past summer and their use of sunscreen has remained stable at 31 percent. “As people age they seem to become more aware of the dangers of the sun,” said Dr. Rigel. “This may be because they are seeing the first signs of sun-induced aging and therefore are beginning to practice sun protection habits to reduce the appearance of aging skin and decrease their skin cancer risk.” - copyright American Academy Of Dermatology - Read more of this article: Survey Finds People Aware Of The Dangers Of The Sun, But Sun Protection Not Necessarily Practiced. Age affects sun safety behaviors and then find out more about aging change and sunlight damage to the skin As always you can email Dr. Hudson if you have any questions. E-sthetics ... comprehensive information about cosmetic surgery Free RSS feed: http://www.e-sthetics.com/rss.xml
The Cost of a New You
Despite economic times, more people are spending their hard-earned cash for harder bodies. The top five surgical procedures in the nation include liposuction, facelifts, eyelid surgery, nose reshaping, and breast augmentation. What is the cost of a new you? Suzanne Turnauer shared her excitement with KATU in the moments before experiencing her own ultimate makeover. "I'm really excited to get it done. I've talked about it for a long time," said Suzanne. Suzanne is a housewife, mother of two and is having liposuction on her lower abdomen and inner thighs. - copyright KATU TV - Read more of this article: The Cost of a New You and then find out more about the price for cosmetic plastic surgery operations As always you can email Dr. Hudson if you have any questions. E-sthetics ... comprehensive information about cosmetic surgery Free RSS feed: http://www.e-sthetics.com/rss.xml
Americans unite for plastic surgery
Oh beautiful for lipo-ed thighs For ample nips and tucks For purple bruises from face lifts Above the eyebrow plucks America, America God shed Botox on thee And crown thy chins With glycerins From knee to rebuilt knee. Last year, more than 6.5 million Americans had cosmetic plastic surgery. Not limb-enabling, burned-skin-replacing or life-saving plastic surgery, but cosmetic surgery, the process of submitting healthy flesh to a knife for the vanity of scar tissue. - copyright Orlando Business Journal/American City Business Journals - Read more of this article: Americans unite for plastic surgery and then find out more about pros and cons of cosmetic surgery As always you can email Dr. Hudson if you have any questions. E-sthetics ... comprehensive information about cosmetic surgery Free RSS feed: http://www.e-sthetics.com/rss.xml Sunday, May 04, 2003
Why I had a bodylift
Lucinda Ellery, 49, has spent £30,000 perfecting her body and was the first woman in Britain to undergo the controversial Total Body Lift. This radical procedure involves almost severing the body in half to remove excess skin and tighten the stomach, thighs and buttocks. But, despite nearly dying on the operating table and being left in excruciating pain, she's still determined to have more surgery.Here, Lucinda, from Richmond, Surrey, who has three grown-up children, Mickey, 27, Chris, 26, and Dax, 24, explains why she can't resist going under the knife. Look here too... Often I see myself as two people. The 'Before Me' was an ugly, frizzy haired, fat girl with no self esteem, and the 'After Me' is a blonde, slim sex siren who turns heads whenever she walks into a room. Obviously I prefer the 'After Me', but I'm still a work in progress. Looking good is the main driving force in my life. But instead of buying a new dress or fancy make-up, I've invested in cosmetic surgery. I don't think there's anything wrong with it if it makes you feel good. - copyright Femail - Read more of this article: Why I had a bodylift and then find out more about reshaping the body with cosmetic surgery As always you can email Dr. Hudson if you have any questions. E-sthetics ... comprehensive information about cosmetic surgery Free RSS feed: http://www.e-sthetics.com/rss.xml
CAR-SEAT SURGERY
Nurse out on bail, faces two charges.Unlicensed cosmetic surgeon could be jailed for six years if convicted A former nursing assistant suspected of performing nose jobs and breast enhancements in parked cars and beauty parlours is being formally charged at Northern Phra Nakhon district court in Bangkok today. Uenjit Pothongnark, 43, was arrested on Friday in a sting operation while performing a nose procedure on an undercover female police officer in a borrowed Toyota sport utility vehicle parked in front of Ho Wang School in Bangkok’s Chatuchak district. Captain Daenchai Pool-ong of Phaholyothin Police Station said that police would charge Uenjit with operating a medical premises and providing medical services without licences. - copyright The Nation - Read more of this article: CAR-SEAT SURGERY and then find out more about how to check your surgeon's training As always you can email Dr. Hudson if you have any questions. E-sthetics ... comprehensive information about cosmetic surgery Free RSS feed: http://www.e-sthetics.com/rss.xml Call for your free consultation with Dr. Hudson NOT with a nurse 505.242.0070 Prices for surgery with Dr. Hudson - financing available  |