“Boytox” = Men having Botox
May 5th, 2010
According to a recent report by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) their survey found men’s relatively infrequent injections of Botox rose to 330,000 in 2009, an increase of 10%. This is compared to the numbers of women having reached a plateau at 2.8 million procedures last year.
The Harley Medical Group, the UK’s largest cosmetic surgery provider, reveals the non-surgical cosmetic surgery market has seen continued growth in 2009, with dermal fillers and chemical peels driving the increase by 26% and a whopping 306% respectively. In perhaps an emerging new trend, 2009 also saw a continued rise in the number of male patients (up 10%). Men now account for 18% of all patients seen in the UK. The numbers are slightly lower in the US.
This growing market has coined two new terms, ‘Boytox’ (male Botox) and ‘Sweatox’ (anti-sweat Botox).
Debut of World’s 1st Total Face Transplant
May 4th, 2010
The Spaniard who had one of the world’s first total face transplants has appeared in public today to thank the donor and surgeons who operated on him. The photo below appeared today in the UK’s The Sun.
The face transplant, this time for a man that blew his face off in an accidental shotgun blast. London’s Daily Mail reports that a new total face transplant has been performed by a plastic surgery team lead by Dr. Joan Pere Barret in Barcelona. This is cosmetic surgery in its most extreme form. Face transplants to date have been partial replacements of soft tissue (skin, fat, muscle). This stunning new operation involves the entire face soft tissue and the underlying bone, extending the usefulness of the surgery for more extensive deforming facial defects.
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