Melodye Hirsch-Wintermute and Ileane Hirsch-Nielsen love being identical twins. But at age 62, their faces were changing and they missed being able to shock people with their matching looks.

“It feels strange not to look alike,” Ileane said on a November episode of The Doctors. “We want to stay the same.”

Melodye is extremely active but felt her face didn’t match her fit body.

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Tatty Hovannesya is ready for a girls’ night out.

The 26-year-old senior fashion designer recently lost more than 110 lbs. and tells PEOPLE that for the first time in years, she is excited to dress up.

Hovannesya once weighed 250 lbs. — a number she reached by not exercising and too often indulging her sweet tooth.

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Dr. Rady Rahban, right, with the team of forthcoming ReVolver podcast.

Dr. Rady Rahban, quoted in Living magazine. Thank you @LivingMagazine for featuring his advice! #TreatmentTime

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YouTube videos can teach you how to roast a chicken, change a tire, and clean a cut or scrape.

Can they also be trusted to provide reliable health information?

Not if you’re talking about plastic surgery, says Dr. Boris Paskhover, an assistant professor at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School who specializes in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery.

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Plastic surgeon Dr. Rady Rahban, himself a BHHS alum, wants college freshmen to start the new school year looking their best and feeling confident.

He has his finger on the growing trend of teens having procedures before their first year at a new college or university, often in a new town or state.

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From chronic aches and pains to just plain old discomfort, there are a variety of reasons why someone may decide to get a breast reduction. But there’s a lot of misinformation out there about the surgery itself, and because of that, it can be difficult to recognize the physical signs and symptoms that can help you tell if a breast reduction is right for you. Luckily, doctors and other health professionals are there to help.

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For a significant amount of people, having large breasts isn’t all fun and games. Carrying an extra few pounds around can cause all sorts of problems, from shoulder grooving, to back and neck pain, and even sweating and rashes. But breast reduction surgery, although quite common, is often misunderstood. Luckily, plastic surgeons can break it down a bit.

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IN THE FALL OF 2017, A petite woman in her 30s asked Dr. Rady Rahban, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, California, for a breast lift and augmentation, up to a D-cup. Rahban told the woman her frame was too small for such an enhancement and suggested she consider enhancing to a C-cup instead.

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IN THE FALL OF 2017, A petite woman in her 30s asked Dr. Rady Rahban, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, California, for a breast lift and augmentation, up to a D-cup. Rahban told the woman her frame was too small for such an enhancement and suggested she consider enhancing to a C-cup instead.
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Many of Dr. Christopher T. Chia’s patients carry painful memories into his office. They’re often men in their 20s and 30s who recall being taunted as adolescents for having “man boobs” and needing a bra. Such can be the life of a teenage boy with gynecomastia – enlarged breast tissue around the nipples of adolescent males and men that makes it appear they have breasts.

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Beverly Hills’ Famed Coterie of Plastic Surgeons Adds Role as Go-To Fixers on Botched Jobs.

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year for plastic surgeons.

Several doctors told Moneyish that patients have been lining up to get work done now that many of them are done working ahead of Christmas and New Year’s.

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year…to visit the plastic surgeon. Seriously. According to plastic surgeons around the country, requests to go under the needle or knife spike during the holiday season.

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If I had a quarter for every time I heard a mom say having kids “ruined” her body, I would be filthy rich. While some women wear their stretch marks and crepe paper skin proudly, plenty of women would prefer to have their old bodies back. And for some, no amount of exercise or toning exercises can lift and tighten sagging breasts and bellies or eliminate stubborn pockets of fat.

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Finding the right doctor often requires patients to do some homework.

You ask savvy friends and relatives for references. If you’re looking for a specialist, you consult with your general practitioner. Then you check the doctor’s training and credentials.

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