Latest News

• World News
  • Cosmetic surgery: what the stars say
  • China awaits crowning of Miss Plastic Surgery
  • China Crowns Miss Plastic Surgery - Liu Xiaojing was a man three years ago.
  • Asia’s most popular cosmetic surgeries
  • South Korea's cosmetic surgery boom, BBC News
  • The price of beauty in South Korea
  • Many Russian women use the service of plastic surgery
  • Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi 'has eye job'
  • Russia Offers Plastic Surgery for Info on Chechen Warlord
  • “Peer Pressure Plastics” by Chisu Ko
  • Cutting Through the Plastic (from Audrey online)
  • “Changing Faces” by Lisa Takeuchi Cullen
  • Plastic surgery advertising ban under consideration in Germany
  • Despite risks, more get nips, tucks in Mexico
  • Eyes On Down
  • A Changing Ideal
  • Asian-Americans Criticize Eyelid Surgery Craze Run
• Local News
  • Allergan irons out the wrinkles
  • U.S. breast augmentation surgeries increase
  • Oh Boobie Boobie... Britney's Breast Implants?!
  • Lohan, Spears To Testify Before Congress On Teen Breast Implants
  • Oh Boobie Boobie... Britney's Breast Implants?!
  • Britney's breast implants
  • Jessica: I love my breasts
  • Marge Simpson Gets a Lift
  • Celebrities and Cosmetic Surgery
  • The many faces of Michael Jackson
  • Michael Jackson admits plastic surgery; France unconvinced
  • Celebrities Facial Surgery
  • The body builders: Canadians - women and men - pay the high price of beauty.
  • SBTN, Thuy Nga Video's Comercial
  • Men giving plastic surgery a new look
  • Women Often Uninformed About Breast Reconstruction (12/29/2005, Reuters Health)
  • 97% of Breast Augmentation Patients Satisfied with Results
  • Stories on Bountiful Breast

From the National Institutes of Health

• Breast Reconstruction (NCI)

Overviews

• FDA Breast Implant Consumer Handbook - 2004 (Food and Drug Administration)
• Cosmetic / Reconstructive Breast Surgery

Pictures/Diagrams

• Pictures of Breast Reconstruction

Specific Conditions

• Plastic surgery under challenging conditions – what is it?
• Breast Augmentation Mammoplasty (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
• Breast Lift/Mastopexy (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
• Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy (American Cancer Society)
• Breast Reduction Surgery: Decreasing Your Breast Size (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Breast Reduction/Mammaplasty Reduction (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)

Related Issues

• Breast Implants - Potential Local Complications and Reoperations (Center for Devices and Radiological Health)
• Breast Implants - Potential Local Complications and Reoperations (Center for Devices and Radiological Health)
• Breast Implants: Do They Interfere with Mammograms? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Making an Informed Decision about Breast Implants (Food and Drug Administration)
• Mammography Screening Effective for Women with Breast Implants

Research

• The Next Generation of Breast Implants
• Breast Implant Benefits vs. reality
• Breast Implant Study (09/22/2004, National Cancer Institute)
• High Risk Women Are "Extremely Satisfied" with Breast Reconstruction after Preventative Mastectomy Procedure (07/29/2004, American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
• Immediate Breast Reconstruction OK (10/01/2004, American Cancer Society)
• NCI Study Finds No Conclusive Evidence That Breast Implants Affect Development of Connective Tissue Disorders (10/18/2004, National Cancer Institute)

Directories

• Find a Plastic Surgeon (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)

Organizations

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• National Cancer Institute

Law and Policy

• 1998 Federal Breast Reconstruction Law (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
• Breast Reconstruction Resources: State Laws (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)

Statistics

• 2003 Breast Surgery Statistics (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)

Men

• Gynecomastia Male Breast Reduction (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)