A writer explores how a Jewish ritual changed her relationship with mortality. I had a hole in my chest. Three weeks had passed since my open-heart surgery. My body was rejecting some of my stitches, ...

Facelifts were once seen as a last-resort surgery. Now—for reasons that range from Ozempic to Zoom—women in their 30s and 40s are paying big for the procedure.

Janine Avanti thought the lump in her neck was benign — until her plastic surgeon thought the sticky mass looked malignant.

Vertical incisions offer the surgeon a better view, but horizontal incisions leave a less obvious scar. The rest of the procedure will continue as follows: The surgeon first separates your ...

Steri-Strips—thin adhesive strips commonly used to help stabilize an incision after stitches have been removed or dissolved—are meant to be worn until they fall off on their own. However, if they ...