Women's Health Blog

As long ago as 2000 BC, surgeons in India were carrying out reconstructive techniques like skin grafts. It wasn’t until the late 18th century that western physicians traveled to India to learn about procedures like rhinoplasty. A surgeon named Joseph Constantine Carpue spend two decades in India learning plastic surgery methods. Carpue returned to the west and performed the first major plastic surgery in the western world in 1815.

The ancient Egyptians and Romans also carried out plastic surgery procedures. Romans were able to do such procedures as repairing ears that had been damaged from about the first century B.C. Continue reading ‘When was Plastic Surgery First Invented?’ »

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The Shortcomings of Dental Insurance

Australians will drive many miles to visit a dentist as long as the price is right. It’s no secret that a visit to the dentist can be very expensive. There are insurance plans available but the premiums are too expensive and constantly rising.

Dental insurance imposes restrictions such as waiting periods, annual limits, pre-existing condition exclusions, and treatment exclusions particularly for cosmetic dentistry. Dental insurance also only covers usually less than half of the expense of dental services – so, effectively you have to pay hefty monthly premiums plus potentially hundreds and even thousands of dollars in dental fees for out-of-pocket expenses for the treatment. Continue reading ‘Why Australians Drive Miles To A Dentist’ »