Numerous sources report that after an accident injury scarred his face, Felipe Massa, the handsome Brazilian Formula One racing driver, recently announced that he would be undergoing plastic surgery.

Kim Kardashian recently reported on her blog that her stepfather, Bruce Jenner, would be revealing his new “new” face. Why so controversial and mysterious you ask? Well, because this is not the first time that Bruce Jenner has gone under the knife.

Five years ago, Connie Culp was shot in the face by her husband, which left her horribly disfigured. In December of 2008, she became the first face tranplant recipient in the U.S. Until Tuesday, she hadn't shown the results of the operation by the Cleveland Clinic, but today she emerged and spoke to the press.

March 2009 news from the Journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons

Women who are victims of intimate partner violence tend to have different patterns of facial injury than women who experience facial trauma from other causes, according to a report in the January/February issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

A new study suggests that while health care is one of the strongest sectors of the ailing US economy, achieving a substantial, sustainable reduction is US health care spending is not probable.

On Tuesday, the Cleveland Clinic announced the U.S.'s first face transplant. 80% of an unnamed woman’s face was replaced with that of a donor in the nation’s first near-total face transplant. On Wednesday they presented a Q&A press release.

Identifying malnutrition before surgery in massive weight loss patients seeking body contouring will significantly decrease surgical complications, accelerate wound healing, improve scar quality and boost patient energy levels, according to a study in the December issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

Breast augmentation, lift, combination lift/augmentation and reduction achieve high satisfaction rates; enhance self-esteem and quality of life; and 99 percent of women would have their surgery again, according to a first-of-its-kind study to be presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery 2008 conference, Oct. 31 – Nov. 5, in Chicago.

Born out of war, plastic surgery remains at the forefront of surgical innovation, and advances from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan benefit victims of inner city wars being fought on our streets.

Carbon dioxide laser resurfacing appears to be an effective long-term treatment for facial wrinkles, according to a report in the July/August issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

A study examining plastic surgery procedures performed in accredited outpatient facilities found that office-based surgery is as safe as surgery performed in hospitals. The study published in July's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery® (PRS), the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), reviewed more than 1.1 million procedures and found the mortality rate to be significantly less than one percent or 0.002 percent.