Valuable Information on Cosmetic Doctors Now Available for Consumers Online

Castle Connolly's new website allows free searches for trained qualified cosmetic doctors.

New York, NY (PRWEB) July 23, 2007 -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., the nation's leading healthcare research and publishing company committed to quality healthcare information, has launched a new website, www.americascosmeticdoctors.com. The website provides access for consumers to more than 5,200 screened and vetted physicians.

The website's unique and valuable database profiles physicians who are qualified to provide cosmetic procedures and whose credentials--including disciplinary history--have been screened by the Castle Connolly physician-led research team. Doctors included in the database must be board-certified in one or more of five medical specialties: Dermatology, Plastic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology and Oral Maxilo-Facial Surgery. The profiles of these physicians include office addresses and phone numbers, board certification, medical education and training, and areas of special expertise. Physicians do not pay to be included in the database.

Americans continue--in increasing numbers--to have various types of cosmetic procedures. The American Society of Plastic Surgery reports a 48% rise in all procedures from 2000 to 2006--and in 2006 alone, more than $11 billion was spent on 11 million cosmetic procedures. And while women still account for 90% of all cosmetic procedures, men are increasingly becoming consumers of these services as well. Some of the most common procedures performed include: Breast Augmentation, Botox® injections, Chemical Peels, Laser Hair Removal, Microdermabrasion, Hyaluronic Acid, Sclerotherapy, Nose Reshaping, Liposuction, Collagen, Laser Skin Resurfacing and Eyelid Surgery.

Even though these are "elective" procedures, the need for consumers to be confident they are being treated by an actual doctor is still great, especially one who is appropriately trained and qualified to perform the specific cosmetic medical procedures they are pursuing, whether surgical or non-surgical. Far too many consumers have their own sad stories of procedures gone awry because those procedures were performed by poorly trained or untrained physicians.

Castle Connolly's www.americascosmeticdoctors.com can be an essential tool to use when searching for a cosmetic doctor. The database is easy to use and consumers can search for a doctor by specialty, hospital, county, city or state - completely free of charge.

The mission of Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. is to help consumers have access to screened, quality information on America's doctors and hospitals. Castle Connolly also publishes acclaimed consumer guides in print and online, such as "America's Top Doctors®," "America's Top Doctors® for Cancer" and "Top Doctors: New York Metro Area."

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