Archive for December, 2016

Breast implants have been around for a long time, since the late nineteenth century in fact. In the early stages of the development of breast implants, many different substances were tried, sometimes with disastrous results. From injecting the breast with paraffin, through implants filled with soya oil, to implants filled with polyethylene chips, implants have had a long and chequered history. Used primarily as a reconstructive mechanism after a mastectomy, the use of implants gradually expanded to encompass cosmetic breast augmentation. The industry has been refined incredibly over the last few decades and now there are only two different fillers used; […]

The tummy tuck, by no means a new cosmetic surgery procedure, is getting itself a new name: the mommy tuck. That’s because young moms, no matter how fit or how slim they are, have trouble with stretched skin over the stomach area, particularly after their second child (and sometimes, even after the first). The skin just doesn’t bounce back no matter how many lotions and creams they try or how hard they exercise. Would you consider a mommy tuck? Not without researching all the facts first. Here’s what you need to know about the mommy tuck procedure. It’s more common than you […]