Dr. Konstantin's Blog

Without a doubt, cosmetic surgery is growing with each year’s passing; but have you ever wondered where most cosmetic surgeries occur? It turns out that the United States tops the charts as the number one country for most cosmetic surgeries. The U.S. has recorded more than one million surgical procedures and over two million nonsurgical procedures in one year alone, with breast augmentation topping the charts — this according to a study from 2011 completed by the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Cosmetic surgeries vary from country to country, but the most completed surgeries include breast augmentation and lipoplasty, … Read More

It’s happened to us all. A friend posts a picture of us on Facebook or Instagram, and there it is: a dreaded double chin shot or sagging, droopy skin; under-eye circles, wrinkles everywhere… The list goes on and on. Some experts are beginning to question if social media are actually causing or at least resulting in a correlation with the increasing number of cosmetic surgery procedures. For example, Facebook hit one billion users last year; and at the same time, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons recorded 14.6 “minimally invasive cosmetic surgeries” having occurred in the United States. Is this … Read More