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Despite the increase of breast reconstruction procedures performed in 2008, nearly 70 percent of women who are eligible for the procedure are not informed of the reconstructive options available to them, according to a recently published report. Newly released statistics by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) shows there were more than 79,000 breast reconstruction procedures performed in 2008 - a 39 percent increase over 2007.

NEWPORT BEACH 714 MAGAZINE

"Doctor of The Swan: Terry J. Dubrow"
Author: David Krissman
Cover Story, November 2004

The day Dr. Terry J. Dubrow was accepted to medical school, his dream came true. As a young man inspired to make his mark on the world, there was no imaginable profession more satisfying than the power to heal.

Today, Dubrow—husband of successful actress Heather Paige Kent—is also experiencing a little Hollywood glamour himself, as a star on television's number-one makeover show, The Swan. The Fox television program attempts to transform 20 despondent women—physically and psychologically. Each woman is assigned a team of specialists: a life coach, therapist, trainer, cosmetic surgeon, and dentist who work together to accomplish the show's conceptual mission. The end of each show pits two contestants against each other as a string of judges decides which woman achieved a better overall transformation. The winner continues on to the show's beauty pageant finale where one of ten self-proclaimed "ugly ducklings" is declared The Swan.

Needless to say, the show is controversial. In the eyes of many public viewers, The Swan takes 10 fragile women who undergo plastic surgery from head to toe and sends them home as losers. To these critics, the show accomplishes the antithesis of Dubrow's original objective for attending med school. read full article...

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