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What Is Your Face Shape: Round, Square, Long, Heart or Oval?

Get the facts on how to measure your face to determine your true face shape. Find out if you have a round, oval, long, square or heart-shaped face.

Find Out Your Face Shape Once and for All

3 Steps to Finding Your Face Shape

Find your face shape with these tips from BellaSugar! In the beauty world, your face shape can determine many things, from your next haircut to your makeup tactics. Finding the correct type is a...

10 things plastic surgeons won’t tell you

Beauty is more than skin deep — so this is going to hurt. What to know before you and your wallet go under the knife for cosmetic treatments.

Questions to ask your liposuction surgeon

Get information from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons about what questions to ask your plastic surgeon during your liposuction consultation.

What are the risks associated with a face lift?

As you age, your skin becomes less elastic. This loss of elasticity creates skin that sags, causing wrinkles to form. Many people turn to facelift procedures to reduce and remove the wrinkles that have formed, tightening the skin once again. There are a number of facelift options to consider, based on the area you are trying to treat and the extensiveness of the facelift that you seek.

This Is the Most Important Question to Ask When Heading to a Plastic Surgeon

When it comes to plastic surgery, a good rule of thumb for anyone thinking about going under the knife might be, don't go overboard. That is, according to Cary Deuber. And you might want to heed that advice from The Real Housewives of Dallas 'Wife, who is a registered nurse with an aesthetic injectable practice, and works as an operative assistant at her husband's plastic surgery practice.

How to Choose the Right Aesthetic Surgeon for You

When you first start to think about having an aesthetic surgery procedure or a non-surgical one, picking the right physician is a huge decision. You take time to look at the facts, but with every website touting world-class credentials and fame, how do you know who to choose? I once had a patient, who was …

Cosmetic surgery: Protecting the right to choose

Jeffrey M. Kenkel, a medical doctor and the president of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, responds to The Times' Jan. 4 Op-Ed article, " Is it time to ban cosmetic surgery? " If you would like to write a full-length response to a recent Times article, editorial or Op-Ed, here are our FAQs and submission policyOver the last several weeks, the media have…

Q & A: Choosing a Facial Plastic Surgeon You Can Trust

Learn how to choose a facial plastic surgeon you can trust.

The Scary, Popular Plastic Surgery You've Never Heard Of

"Pumping" is a cheap, fast way to make your lips fuller, increase your breast or buttock size, and smooth wrinkles. It can also kill you, cause

Why should you choose a colorectal surgeon?

Why should you choose a colorectal surgeon? Colorectal surgeons specialize in the treatment of the colon, rectum, and anus. After completing a full general surgery residency, colorectal surg…

Hunched surgeons are facing an epidemic of muscular disorders

Surgeons hunched over the operating table are suffering more painful bad backs, necks shoulders and arms and hands than coal miners and labourers, a new study suggested.

4 Practical Ways to Get Ready for an Upcoming Plastic Surgery

When you’ve made up your mind to undergo plastic surgery because you’re looking forward to enhancing your appearance, the next thing you need to do is prepare yourself for the big day. Since it’s a life-changing decision to have a part of your face or body reconstructed, it’s important to be mentally, physically, and emotionally ready to ensure everything goes according to plan.

Ask E. Jean: How Do I Prepare My Husband for My Plastic Surgery?

He's against me getting a nose job, and I'm afraid when I come home with stitches he'll look at me differently.

Should a General or Plastic Surgeon Do My Aesthetic Surgery?

Dr. Lauren Greenberg explains how a trained plastic surgeon can produce superior cosmetic surgery results with fewer complications than a general surgeon.

Plastic Surgery Enhances Your Appearance but has Its Limits

Plastic surgeon explains what can and can't be achieved through aesthetic procedures