Dr. Barnouti's research paper “Social Media Body Image Disorder – A New Diagnosis Facing Surgeons” uses a sociocultural model to understand body dissatisfaction. This model asserts that media plays a significant role in shaping our perceptions of [more...]
Dr Craig Coghlan – Specialist Anaesthetist IV (intravenous) sedation is a common and safe form of anaesthesia used every day at Australia Plastic Surgery. Combined with local anaesthesia (medicine which makes the operative site numb), this combination ensures [more...]
Making the most out of your breast augmentation consultation Have you booked a breast augmentation consultation and looking to make the most out of it? If so, then there are a number of things that you have to [more...]
So you’ve just undergone a surgical liposuction procedure – what’s next? Well you’ll have to go through the recovery process. Unfortunately such a process can be difficult for many people as it brings much discomfort and it’s [more...]
The history of rhinoplasty (Greek: rhoiotasigma rhis, nose pilamdaalphasigmasigmaepsiloniotanu plassein, to condition), started in antiquity. Surgical rhinoplasty started in early India and ancient Egypt. In India, it was developed by the ayurvedic doctor Sushruta (c. 800 BC). Nonsurgical [more...]
16th century Surgery Prof. Gasparo Tagliacozzi devised a new eponymous rhinoplasty technique.(Bologna, Italia) In Italy, Gasparo Tagliacozzi (1546-1599), professor of surgery and physiology at the University of Bologna, released Curtorum Chirurgia Per Insitionem (The Operation of Flaws by [more...]
The 19th century breast implants Since the late nineteenth century, breast implants have been used to surgically augment the size (volume), change the shape (contour), and improve the feel (tact) of a girl's breasts. Dr Vincenz Czerny (1842-1916), [more...]
Are you interested in undergoing a liposuction procedure? Liposuction can be a big step for many people especially those who are having it as their first cosmetic surgical procedure. There are several things that people ought to [more...]
There are various preparations that women ought to look into prior to getting breast augmentation surgery done, this is so patients are fully prepared for what they are getting into. More importantly, thinking ahead with such preparations [more...]
LIPOSUCTION General Information Body Parts: Buttock, hips, belly, interior part of thighs, interior part of knees, arms, double-chin, among other regions of the body Recommended Age: After adolescence Anesthesia: Local (in most cases) or epidural Surgery time: [more...]