May 10, 2010

Trade in breast implants like an old car?

Women shouldn’t get the idea that changing breast sizes is as simple as trading in a used car.

But some Hollywood celebrities are acting that way.

“Stars are treating breast surgery like getting a new car,” says Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon Dr. Nicholas Nikolov. Celebrities decide that their implants “are too big, too small, or they are uncomfortable. So they trade them in for a different model.”

He cites TV personality Sharon Osbourne, singer/designer Victoria Beckham and actress Denise Richards among the stars who have had their breast implants removed or plan to do so.

April 09, 2010

Cosmetic Surgery Isn't Vain - It's Survival

When does cosmetic surgery stop being about looking better and start being about survival? 

It is no secret that beautiful people are revered.

We are all painfully aware that each A-list celeb can be described as beautiful…if not drop-dead gorgeous. Just take a look at George Clooney, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt…

And now a recent study proves that human beings are hard wired to actually prefer beautiful people. Couple that with the legion of books which all hail the science of beauty, including "Survival of the Prettiest" by Nancy Etcoff… all which lead us to conclude that beauty is not quite as "skin deep" as stipulated by the popular expression. A recent study conducted by ABC's 20/20 shows that human beings react more warmly to a person in distress if they are beautiful. Which begs the question, are people really that shallow? The answer, which is based in scientific fact, lends some much needed insight…human beings are simply reacting to their own genetic instinct when they appreciate and are drawn to beautiful people. But when you combine the symptoms of "coveting beauty" to what can best be described as a rocky economy you get an outcome that few could have predicted, a spike in what many are labeling "survivalist" plastic surgery.

Some Docs Find Lap-Band Ads Tough to Stomach

HEALTH CARE & BIOTECH: Beverly Hills practitioners fear treatment is pushed as a quick fix.

By Deborah Crowe

The thousands of dollars that a controversial Beverly Hills surgery center spent promoting its Lap-Band weight-loss procedure on billboards around Los Angeles has been a mixed blessing for some lower-key competitors in the 90210 ZIP code.

Dr. David Davtyan and Dr. Nicholas Nikolov appreciate the benefit their own practices have received from the free publicity given to the Lap-Band as a less invasive alternative to gastric bypass surgery.

Dr. Nikolov talks with GMTV

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