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  • Types of Plastic Surgeries

    Plastic surgery is a popular remedy to help reshape and transform the many imperfections with which people are faced. Men and women of all ages seek out plastic surgery to ward off signs of aging, ...

  • Signs of Infection After Minor Surgery

    Minor surgeries typically have short recovery times and are performed on an outpatient basis. Minor surgeries do not have major body cavities opened. The anesthesia for minor surgery can be general...

  • How Is Breast Cancer Surgery Performed?

    A mastectomy is the name for a major type of breast cancer surgery, in which all of one of both breasts is removed. This includes the entire breast, nipple and generally the surrounding tissues. A ...

  • 4 Ways to Stay on top of Your Cancer Care

    A cancer diagnosis can throw you into a state of shock and confusion. There's just too much information for you to absorb it all. It's hard to think of what to ask the doctor and hard to remember ...

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  • Burdock

    Burdock is native to Europe and northern Asia. The root is used most often in herbal preparations. More research is n...

  • Bilberry

    Bilberry is an herb made from the wrinkled, black berries of a small deciduous shrub. The use of bilberry fruit in tr...

Conversations On Surgeries

  • For those that use the child care at your fitness center...


    • Posted On May 26, 2008 09:40:20 PM

      ...es fitness center...then I had two back surgeries and never been the same. I still however workout and I incorporate my daughter in my workouts...whether we walk the dog or do Yoga Booty Ballet... Read More

    • Posted On May 26, 2008 07:09:55 PM

      I work at a fitness center babysitting room (when I'm not working out!) and am just wondering for those of you that utilize the child care at your fitness center - is there anything that you reall... Read More

  • Have you had surgery post MWL?


    • Posted On October 23, 2008 06:07:15 PM

      ...nds... Sorry I can't help you with any surgeries though.... Read More

    • Posted On October 23, 2008 06:05:31 PM

      I am looking to talk to people who have had plastic surgery post Massive Weight Loss to remove excess skin. I am considering a full upper arm lift, thigh lift, breast lift, and a tummy tuck. I'm on... Read More

  • Swimming or Running


    • Posted On July 28, 2008 03:36:34 PM

      ...e points of view. I've had way too many surgeries on my ankles from the Marine Corps to really go running anymore. That leaves me with a few options for cardio that I've been really trying to de... Read More

    • Posted On July 28, 2008 03:53:09 PM

      ...e points of view. I've had way too many surgeries on my ankles from the Marine Corps to really go running anymore. That leaves me with a few options for cardio that I've been really trying to de... Read More

  • Knee Replacement (Biomet Partial Knee)


    • Posted On August 4, 2008 02:16:41 PM

      ...ive 53 yr old male who (due to old knee surgeries in the 70s) had a partial knee replacement. My surgeon does not have much info on recovery on "young", active patients. I used to cy... Read More

  • Has anyone else had lap-band surgery?


    • Posted On February 8, 2007 05:24:14 AM

      ...pass or the lap band: these are serious surgeries - about the same mortality risk as open heart surgery. Definitely, like OctMagyck says - talk to your doctor! There's a 1% mortality rate nation... Read More

    • Posted On February 23, 2007 09:14:54 AM

      ...ck out.... We researched weight loss surgeries for ten years. During that time, I learned a LOT about the Roux-en-Y (also called R-Y) Gastric Bypass (also called simply, Gastric Bypass), Min... Read More

  • Is this woman for real???


    • Posted On October 2, 2008 07:26:55 AM

      ...ress" and has had a ton of plastic surgeries and is in her 20s but she looks so much older because of the surgeries. Read More

    • Posted On October 2, 2008 08:35:23 AM

      ...ress" and has had a ton of plastic surgeries and is in her 20s but she looks so much older because of the surgeries. I just went to her site and looked up a few pictures... she's in her 20... Read More

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Surgeries Blogs

Your Prayers Needed

As some of you know already, I am going into the hospital and having surgery on Thursday, May 28, 2009. This blog will (I hope) be quiet until I am able to return. Your prayers are needed that what is going to be removed is all benign and that I get...

Celebrity Plastic Surgery Gone Wrong

Celebrity Plastic Surgery Gone Wrong Can you match these stars to their over-injected big lips? Got a few minutes to kill? See if you can identify these plastic surgery offenders by their big lips alone. Match the lips

Your Prayers Needed

As some of you know already, I am going into the hospital and having surgery on Thursday, May 28, 2009. This blog will (I hope) be quiet until I am able to return. Your prayers are needed that what is going to be removed is all benign and that I get...

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...ve had trauma to ankles/heels. multiple surgeries possible angle replacements or who has had one.

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...allenges with fitness from limb salvage surgeries

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karencruz: @QueenOfTheHaven bitches who need plastic surgeries deleted us off facebook #talkaboutpussies

triomarketers: Lifecell Cream: How to Turn Yourself into a Hollywood Celebrity or Royalty minus Cosmetic Surgeries and Botox http://bit.ly/07QKKOd/

stockers46: @PatrickAvis I'm doing IT support, currently working for a medical software company doing a rollout of their latest product into surgeries.

scotthiga: Shopping at Costco. What else should they sell in bulk? I say they should offer cosmetic surgeries in bulk at a discount.

Robertski: @ironluvr a lot will depend if i can get my left quad in to shape....I still have major atrophy from 2 surgeries....but i am getting there

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