In a Hairy Job Market, Can Transplants Aid the Balding?
from Los Angeles Times
The recession has caused patient volume at cosmetic-surgery facilities to fall by a third, according to the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. With money so tight, it's hard for many people to contemplate spending thousands of dollars on face-lifts or boob jobs. More

Nine Cosmetic Treatments to Rethink
from MSN
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Are Teens Mature Enough to Elect Cosmetic Surgery?
from Cosmetic Surgery Times
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Dueling Docs
from The Huffington Post
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Give Yourself a Lift?
from Yorkshire Evening Post
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Over 60s Turn to Plastic Surgery
from This is Essex
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Enhancing Genitals the Latest Cosmetic Surgery Trend
from The Sun Daily
Women are showing more interest in having their genital area surgically enhanced, according to the authors of an article in a medical journal on midwifery and gynecology published in Stuttgart, southern Germany. Cosmetic surgery to alter the labia is the third most sought-after operation after facial and breast augmentation surgeries, the authors, psychologist Ada Borkenhagen and gynecologist Heribert Kentenich, said. More

A Boom in Busts for Scottish Cosmetic Surgeons
from The Scotsman
In these times of belt-tightening and cutbacks, you would have thought cosmetic surgeons would be left twiddling their scalpels. But it seems the credit crunch is actually providing an unexpected boost for the industry, with the number of people in Edinburgh, Scotland undergoing expensive cosmetic surgery – particularly breast enlargements – on the rise. More

Get a Prescription for Long Lashes
from NBC News – Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX
Some women are putting down their mascara and picking up a drug that promises longer and thicker eyelashes. Lumigan was originally produced to treat glaucoma. But after patients noticed it also grew their lashes, Allergan got the Food and Drug Administration to approve the drug for lash treatments. "We finally have a cosmetic drug that will give us the benefits that we wanted to have -- longer lashes, darker lashes, thicker lashes," Dr. Fiona Wright said. "But we also have the safety to back it." More