Liposuction

Women opting for surgery to get Michelle Obama's arms

2013-04-29 05:47:00

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons released its latest cosmetic and resconstructive surgery statistics on Monday.� Many of the trends were familiar.� In all, the group reported, Americans underwent 1.6 million cosmetic surgeries, including face-...

Nonsurgical cosmetic treatments growing in popularity

2011-07-24 00:00:00

Dr. W. Grant Stevens calls it his fire and ice room. Stocked with lasers, skin-tightening devices, fat-zapping machines and, on a recent Wednesday, a 65-year-old woman named Helen, the brightly lighted corner of the Marina del Rey medical facility is a...

Space NK to open store in Brentwood on Monday

2011-06-25 00:00:00

High-end beauty chain Space NK could be considered the luxury Sephora. The British retailer, which launched in 1993 in the form of a single, unassuming shop in Covent Garden, London, features an expertly edited selection of founder Nicky Kinnaird's...

Plastic surgery — it's a guy thing too

2012-04-15 00:00:00

When John Tlapa looked in the mirror, his nose looked like he "could pick a door lock," he said. It resembled "a hook with a point on it. It was pretty ugly." So two years ago, the San Diego-based screenwriter underwent rhinoplasty to improve his profile...

Alleged Mexican drug lord arrested, authorities say

2012-05-18 16:39:36

Fashion news: Lady Gaga, Cameron Silver and dazzling Diane Kruger

2012-05-16 16:32:12

Plastic surgery increasingly is a couples activity

2012-04-15 00:00:00

When Margaret first met her boyfriend, she weighed 105 pounds and wore short crop tops. But after 13 years together, the 55-year-old retiree from Torrance developed a "muffin top" that she just couldn't eliminate. So she did what so many other women do...

West Hollywood plastic surgery clinic staffer caught in sting

2011-08-12 00:00:00

In-Your-Face Fitness: A few dents in those cellulite theories

2011-10-03 00:00:00

In July 2010, there was an end-of-days-type hailstorm in Calgary, and my little Acura got hammered. Now I drive a car that looks like it has cellulite. I'm cheap, and I don't need an overpriced and rapidly depreciating midlife-crisis-mobile to boost my...

Nonsurgical cosmetic devices -- are they the fountain of youth?

2011-07-24 16:32:09

Board probes plastic surgeon's West Hollywood clinic

2011-08-11 21:34:46

'Real Housewives of New Jersey' recap: Girl, interrupted

2011-08-15 16:36:09

Smart Lipo

2012-06-21 21:51:38

A device that freezes and kills fat cells, used on a patient at Marina Plastic Surgery Associates in Marina del Rey, is an alternative to liposuction.

2011-07-24 00:00:00

Janice Dickinson, 55, the self-proclaimed "world's first supermodel," makes no secret of her addiction to plastic surgery. Now a TV host, Dickinson admits she has gone under the knife for a breast enlargement, tummy tuck, neck and facelifts and liposuction. She's also a fan of Botox treatments.

2010-12-10 00:00:00