What happens if the male mammary gland does not undergo the natural atrophy with growth completion? There is an enlargement of the breast that becomes like a female breast; this condition is called gynecomastia. Also an accumulation of fat concentrated in the male mammary gland can result in excessive breast volume; this condition is called pseudo-gynecomastia. The two conditions have the...read

In an era particularly polarized on beauty and skin care, non-ablative radio frequency (NARF) represents one of the most modern techniques for the treatment of aging and sagging skin of face and body, which can be rejuvenated in a non-ablative manner without the use of needles or drug injections. The NARF was the first non-surgical method to be authorized by the Food and Drug Administration...read

Obesity is nowadays one of the major health emergencies in the world: in fact, abdominal obesity has reached epidemic proportions and its prevalence is steadily increasing. The phenomenon involves 1 billion and 200 thousand people worldwide, including over 115 million suffering from other diseases, such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, dyslipidemia, sleep apnea, and arthritis. It is...read

In recent years the demand for aesthetic interventions has greatly increased, and among these Breast Augmentation is the most frequent. I think it absolutely correct to withhold interventions of Breast Augmentation from girls who are less than 18 year old. This is a deontological and ethical principle that, like all professionally correct specialists, I have always personally followed. The...read

There isn’t a day that a newspaper or a magazine does not speak of botulinum toxin, this wonderful substance that can give us a sweet “stretch of freshness " that, when used with skill, can be also very natural. With a single injection we can smooth the forehead, soften the darn "chicken legs", and remove the wrinkles between the eyebrows that give a vexed look to the face. But let’s try...read

We live in an age in which every human activity is belittled, trivialized, criticized, and simplified to a point where everyone, without respect and without any sense of responsibility, feels obliged to issue unproved opinions on subjects only superficially known. This applies to all professionals fields (e.g. for judges, lawyers, engineers, journalists, politicians, administrators, but also, and...read

We spoke with a well known specialist, Dr. Carmine Martino, Member of SICPRE (Italian Society of Aesthetic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery), who received a large portion of his training in the field of Cosmetic Surgery in Brazil, in the school of prof Ivo Pintaguy. Dr. Martino, whose offices are in Salerno and Naples, performs all major aesthetic procedures involving the face, the breast and...read

Cosmetic surgery has evolved over the years, and today has become a very "soft" surgery in which good performance is based on the fact that it should not show the hand of the surgeon. That is: - Rhinoplasties without excavated and pinched noses - Natural looking breasts - Face lifting where you see the rejuvenation of the face, but not the hand of the surgeon. These results can be...read

We live in an age in which every human activity is belittled, trivialized, criticized, and simplified to a point where everyone, without respect and without any sense of responsibility, feels obliged to issue unproved opinions on subjects only superficially known. This applies to all professionals fields (e.g. for judges, lawyers, engineers, journalists, politicians, administrators, but also, and...read

Actresses, singers, journalists, politicians and top models: the problems of poor venous circulation in the legs can strike anyone without exceptions. At the end of the day, especially when you spend long hours standing, it is normal to experience swelling and heaviness in the legs, and to note the presence of unsightly capillaries, which in many cases show up around the ankles and the back of...read

Today, breast augmentations are precisely standardized and personalized; an experienced plastic surgeon must find for each patient a suitable prostheses for shape and volume, and choose the preferable route (sub-glandular in 70-80% of the cases, sub-muscular in 20-30% of the cases, when tissues are of poor quality and do not cover the prosthesis well) HOW THE PROCEDURE TAKES PLACE The...read

Liposuction has more than three decades long history, during which techniques and tools have been greatly improved. The technique of liposuction has a remarkable amount of synonyms, often used in different contexts for pure "dramatic" effect, but essentially the liposuction (or Lipoaspiration, liposculpture, lipocontouring ...) is a surgical treatment aimed to remove part of the deposits of...read

The surgical treatment of burns is indicated for deep burns or third degree, with few exceptions. A third-degree burn is objectively recognizable “at first glance". In doubtful cases, and as a general rule, there is agreement to classify the degree of a burn using a time criterion: a burn that does not heal with medical treatment after 3-4 weeks is classified as third-degree burn that needs...read

The term gynecomastia indicates an increase in volume of the mammary gland in males. It can be caused by a variety of factors and can be occur in any period of life. There are different types of gynecomastia: glandular, mixed and "pseudo-gynecomastia". The latter consists of an increase in the fat component of the breast. The true gynecomastia, with stable increase of the glandular component, is...read