Blogs, news outlets, and even radio programs in the U.S. are making a buzz about a cosmetic surgery tax proposed to help finance health care reform. According to LA Times blog Top of the Ticket, the tax could attach a 10 percent charge to any elective procedure – your liposuction, tummy tuck, breast implants, [...]

At our Bellevue surgery office, we think hair is pretty sexy actually, but it’s a different story when it’s anywhere other than on top of your head.  But don’t worry!  These days, it seems like the we have an endless array of options to remove unwanted body hair from the bikini line, back arms, and [...]

Last week, we brought you the first segment from the ASAPS series of videos about breast augmentation. Here’s a newer episode in the series in which a patient discusses her satisfaction with breast implants and the reaction of her peers.

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Sometimes in the pharmaceutical world, drugs make their way to the market in an unexpected manner.  It might surprise you to hear what some of the most popular drugs were intended to treat (Viagra anyone?).  In the case of the new eyelash enhancer Latisse, researchers at Allergan Inc. took note of a particular ‘complication’ associated [...]

Do you remember when collagen first received FDA approval over 20 years ago?  If so, you might recall the hope people had about looking better, but also the fear about side effects and painful injections. Now, we have a wider, safer variety of fillers to choose from that really get results.
Wrinkle fillers can be injected [...]

This month, we’ll be posting a series of videos from the the American Society for Aesthetic and Plastic surgery called “Real People. Real Surgery.” In this first segment, a woman recalls her reasons for choosing breast augmentation.

A crucial point she covers is about educating yourself on the procedure and the risks. “I had fears [...]