Yearly Archives: 2016

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Using Snail Slime to Help Smooth Skin

We have been providing our patients with beautiful, youthful looking skin with the DermaPen, but our friends over in Japan have been using a slightly different technique to smooth skin: snails. Yes, snails. Those squirmy, shelled slugs that slowly scoot across your grass all day eating up all your plants. A spa in Tokyo is …

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Greater Complications in Obese Women Post Breast Surgery

Recently published in November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), a new study has found evidence that obese women experience a higher risk of complications after undergoing elective breast surgery, in comparison to non-obese women. After analyzing the insurance claims of nearly 8,000 …

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Why You Should Never Sleep With Your Makeup On

If you are among the 1/3 of women climbing into bed without removing the makeup, you’re going to want to read this. The Daily Mail’s Anna Pursglove recently finished up a daring experiment to find out how sleeping with makeup is affecting the healthiness of your skin. The results were not pretty. Anna went on …

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Benefits of a Breast Lift

The breasts that you had in your younger years can quickly fade as the years pass. Factors like aging, childbirth, weight gain and breastfeeding can take their toll on your breasts and cause them to lose their former appearance. If you want to turn back the hands of time, we invite you to learn more …

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New Study Reveals Liposuction May Increase Stomach Fat for Sedentary Patients

Liposuction results in rapid fat loss, prompting thousands of people to seek out liposuction each year. But according to a new study, abdominal liposuction may put you at a higher risk for gaining unhealthy fat – if you’re sedentary. The study, published by Brazilian researchers at the University of Sao Paulo, found that women who …

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Breast Augmentation & Lift

Women who have given birth and breastfed their children are often interested in a combination breast augmentation and lift. In Guilford, CT, Dr. Beth Collins performs these procedures together to help moms enhance their breast size and shape. Why do the breasts change after pregnancy and breastfeeding? A woman’s breasts grow during pregnancy, which expands …

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What is Ear Pinning Surgery?

Many individuals are unsatisfied with the appearance of their ears. Some people are just a little unsatisfied and may use their hair to cover their ears. Others are so affected by the appearance of their ears that it causes them to be withdrawn and even feel depressed. Sadly, many individuals who have large ears that …

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