Summer's Not Over Yet! Protecting Your Skin From the Sun.
By Dr. Daniel Kaufman--Brooklyn, N.Y.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Sun safety includes multiple modalities of sun protection, as well as close follow-up with a dermatologist or plastic surgeon for skin health maintenance and early cancer detection. Many simple and easy methods must be employed to make your life sun-safe.
How Plastic Surgeons Got Their Name
By Dr. Gary Culbertson--Sumter, South Carolina
Thursday, August 16, 2012
The term Plastic Surgery comes from the Greek word plastike (teckhne) or the art of modeling or sculpting. The profession dates back to approximately 800 BC in India where forehead flaps were utilized to reconstruct amputated noses.
Confessions of a Plastic Surgeon: I've Had a Little Work Done
By Dr. Anu Bajaj--Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Friday, August 03, 2012
When people find out that I'm a plastic surgeon, they always ask, "So, have you had anything done?" And of course, by "anything", they mean plastic surgery. I usually tell them that I've had "lots" done - how else do I look so young?