Scott Spear, MD: The Surgeon Who Saved One Million Nipples (and Counting)
The October 2015 cover story features Scott Spear, MD, an early champion of nipple-sparing mastectomy.
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A New Effort to Ban Cosmetic Genital Surgery on Children Launches in California Legislature
California legislators will again consider a bill to ban cosmetic surgery on small children born with atypical genitalia under a bill introduced Friday, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act Making Rounds Through Congress
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) is leading the charge to educate members of Congress on the importance of the Ensuring Lasting Smiles Act, which would require all group and individual health plans to cover medically necessary services related to a patient's anomaly or birth defect.
This Plastic Surgeon Developed a Reconstructive Technique For Breast Cancer Survivors Who Don’t Want Implants
This plastic surgeon came up with an innovative reconstruction technique that allows breast cancer survivors to forgo implants without going flat—all within the same surgery as their mastectomy. Read more at health.com.
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Mastectomy and Reconstructive Surgery May Lead to Patients Becoming Persistent Drug Users
Women who receive mastectomy and reconstructive surgery as part of breast cancer treatment may face the risk of developing persistent use of opioids and sedative-hypnotic drugs, according to data presented at the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 8-11.
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Smile Train and Lifebox Partner on Safer Surgery and Anesthesia Initiative in Low-Resource Countries
Cleft organization Smile Train announces the Safe Surgery and Anesthesia Initiative in partnership with Lifebox, a global nonprofit organization that aims to make surgery safer in low-resource settings.
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This Leg-Lengthening Surgery Could Permanently Extend Your Legs
Doctors have used it for over a century to support congenital abnormalities or following serious accidents, but it has become the newest innovation in severe plastic surgery today, according to Science Times.
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BioAesthetics Announces University Clinical Study for its Nipple Reconstruction Graft
BioAesthetics Corporation announces a clinical study of its nipple reconstruction graft will be performed at Stanford Medicine beginning in 2021.
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Practical Tips on Putting a New Nipple on a Reconstructed Breast
Reconstructing the nipple-areola complex completes the sense of restoration that helps some women put cancer behind them, according to plastic surgeon and breast reconstruction specialist Dr. Constance Chen
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‘Born to Be’ Review: A Compassionate Doctor Changing Lives
A new documentary follows Dr. Jess Ting in his work at Mount Sinai’s Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery, The New York Times reports.
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Smile Train Takes on Operations of Simulare Medical
Cleft organization Smile Train will take on the operations of Simulare Medical, a developer of cleft surgery simulators, it announces.
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American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery Plans 2021 Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting in February
In addition to live surgeries, master sessions with Q&A, led by international cosmetic surgery specialists, will focus on breast and body surgery, hair restoration, cosmetic gynecology, and more.
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Noma Survivors Need Surgery to Regain Mouth, Jaw Functions —Dermatologist
A consultant physician and dermatologist at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Dr. Folakemi Cole-Adeife, tells The Punch that many survivors of Noma disease will require plastic and maxillo-facial surgery to enable them to regain the functions of their mouth and jaw.
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Wounded Vets of England’s Guinea Pig Club Helped Create Reconstructive Surgery
Modern reconstructive surgery owes a huge debt to a group of wounded warriors in World War II who called themselves the Guinea Pig Club. Watch the historical video at Yahoo.com.
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The U.S. Is Winning the Battle Against Breast Cancer, So Why Are Black Women Still Dying?
When caught early, the prognosis for breast cancer is typically very good — but Black women are often diagnosed at a younger age, at a later stage, and with more aggressive tumors, according to PopSugar.
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Congenital Breast Deformities: Surgical Advances Offer Solutions
Plastic surgeon and breast reconstruction specialist Dr Constance Chen offers tips for treating congenital breast deformities.
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The Procedures Plastic Surgeons Say Generation Xers Want Most
Top plastic surgeons from around the country tell NewBeauty what procedures they’re doing the most of on the “My So-Called Life” generation.
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Houston Woman Gets Plastic Surgery to Look Like Kamala Harris
The before-and-after photos of 33-year-old Cynthia Anne appear on radio.com.
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