News bits and pieces in the plastic surgery world

Not too much going on out there, save for the usual celebrity plastic surgery speculations and denials. Maybe everyone's on summer holiday.

Cosmetic surgery, Hollywood style. From the LA Times online, putting the blame on TV/mass media for the current plastic surgery "craze". Make of it what you will.

12 ridiculous plastic surgeries. A rather entertaining slideshow of "crazy" plastic surgery-type procedures. There are some valid procedures in the mix here; I'll leave it up to you to figure out which ones. And over here, some snarky OC commentary.

The new face of surgery. Not everything in plastic surgery is nip/tuck. This sounds like a great development for victims of facial trauma everywhere.

Frenchwomen's secrets to aging well and 10 ways to age like a Frenchwoman. My favorite bit from this NY Times Style section article is the quote from a Paris plastic surgeon: the point of plastic surgery in France is “to keep the natural beauty and charm of each individual woman, not to fit some current ideal of beauty.” My thoughts exactly - and that's how Dr. Weintraub and I approach every patient at Duet Plastic Surgery.