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The Historic Origins of Liposuction: Advances and Mistakes Today, liposuction is one of the most commonly-performed cosmetic surgeries in the United States. But did you know that the procedure itself is only about 40 years old? An Italian doctor named Giorgio Fischer developed the first liposuction procedure in 1974. In 1978, a team of French […]

Liposuction is a relatively new medical procedure. First developed in 1974, it has been performed in the United States for about 35 years. Although early attempts at liposuction left patients with sometimes undesirable results, the continual development of improved methods and tools for performing the procedure have helped reduce these negative outcomes and greatly improve […]

Liposuction is a relatively new medical procedure. Its name comes from Latin and means “fat suction.” Unsurprisingly, this is what a liposuction procedure does: it removes fat from the body by means of suction. Liposuction is also known as “suction-assisted lipectomy,” “suction lipoplasty,” and by several other names. In this series, we’ll walk you through […]

The Internet is full of information on breast implants and breast augmentation – but, like any other popular online topic, sorting the trustworthy information from the nonsense can be tough sometimes. We’ve gathered some of the more trusted resources on the topic into a single list for your consideration. AmericanBoardCosmeticSurgery.org The American Board of Cosmetic […]

Type the words “breast augmentation” or “breast implants” into any search engine, and you’ll get millions of results – everything from doctors describing what they do in their own practices to members of the public talking about their own implants or what they think of people who consider augmentation. Everyone has an opinion about breast […]