About Face: Specialty News for AAFPRS Members
November 3, 2009

Domestic violence victim wipes past off her face with free plastic surgery
WHAS11
A plastic surgeon is erasing the scars that often impede the healing process for domestic violence victims for free. WHAS11's Adrianna Hopkins talked to a domestic violence victim who says the surgery wiped her past off of her face.More

Plastic surgery: Korean Wave growing among Asians
The Plastic Surgery Channel
People from China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Singapore and Hong Kong are flocking to Korea these days for facial bone contouring and cosmetic surgery on their eyes and noses. The trend was reportedly spawned by what many are calling the "Korean Wave" - the rising popularity of Korean celebrities.More

Bob Woodruff after traumatic brain injury
WebMD
Every so often, ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff feels a rock "emerge" from his face "like a zit," he says. But it's not a pimple; it's a not-so-subtle reminder of what he has been through over the past four years. On Jan. 29, 2006, a mere 27 days after he was tapped to succeed Peter Jennings as the co-anchor of ABC World News Tonight, Woodruff was nearly killed when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle while on assignment near Taji, Iraq.More

Domestic Violence
NBC Sunday Today in New York
Segment featured Dr. Miller, New York City-based Face to Face member, and his Face to Face patient Martha Carr. Both Martha and Dr. Miller were incredible supporters of the program, and the news anchor directed for all viewers to visit AAFPRS.org to learn more information about both Face to Face and AAFPRS.More

AAFPRS 10th International Symposium for Facial Plastic Surgery - Full program now available
AAFPRS
The 10th International Symposium—sponsored by the AAFPRS Foundation in conjunction with the IFFPSS is a comprehensive academic program incorporates in-depth knowledge of all aspects of facial plastic surgery. There are 108 focused learning opportunities, 20 breakfast meetings and six major plenary sessions conducted by distinguished faculty from around the globe covering the full scope of our specialty. Combined with an enhanced video learning center, this meeting is an exceptional educational experience for all.More

A new face emerges for formerly disfigured man
ABC News
No one could blame James O'Neal for looking in the mirror a few times a day and admiring the contours of his face—chiseled jaw, straight nose, smooth planed cheek. They are, after all, brand new. Disfigured by an 11-pound mass of tumors so large they dominated the left side of his face, O'Neal, 47, from Woodinville, Wash., had surgery in August to remove the tumors and to reconstruct his face. More

Cosmetic surgery experts: Female ageing is more noticeable
Zenopa
A cosmetic surgery expert has claimed that women are more likely to notice ageing around the eye area than their male counterparts. This, according to U.K. facelift surgeon Norman Waterhouse, is because men and women age in different ways. While men's faces tend to remain square regardless of their age, the shape of a woman's face tends to shift from oval to square as she gets older and skin begins to sag. More

Did India invent the nose job?
AFP
An Indian doctor working in 600 B.C. might have been the world's first plastic surgeon, according to a new exhibition that challenges Western domination of the history of science and technology. The Science and Technology Heritage Exhibition opened last week at New Delhi's National Science Centre, showcasing the advances and discoveries with which the country says it should be credited. More