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13/06/2013 | You may have Botoxed away your worries (or at least your worry lines) and firmed up your bingo wings. And you may even have slimmed down those chunky ankles, these days known as cankles. But there is a new problem zone in town: the chinkle – or the chin-wrinkle – and it is a real area of concern.
03/06/2013 | A ground-breaking course in cosmetic enhancements has been launched in Coventry. Coventry University is the first in the country to offer an accredited training programme for the cosmetics industry. It comes after a recent NHS review in the wake of the PIP breast implant scandal.
02/06/2013 | Rogue practitioners are offering cosmetic procedures to women at parties and at home using illegal and dangerous products such as fake Botox and counterfeit dermal fillers. Victims have been left with serious medical complications, many have scars and some are risking their lives, doctors warn.
21/05/2013 | for Cosmetic Surgery, Facial Aesthetics and Medical Lasers Reports iData Research Inc. Increasing demand for affordable, minimally invasive products and name-brand recognition is driving cosmetic device sales in Europe, particularly the botulinum toxin A market. The total European market is valued at €869.4 million.
17/05/2013 | Allegedly illegal botox injections from a hairdresser have left a 39-year-old Romanian woman needing expensive dermatological treatment. The woman, who lives in Limassol, reported to police that some friends of hers had recommended she visit a 37-year-old hairdresser who could give her cosmetic treatment.
15/05/2013 | Swedish company Q-Med has added a coded security seal to packs of its dermal filler therapy Restylane to help protect customers from counterfeits. Restylane (hyaluronic acid) like other products in this category - witness the recent examples of Botox falsification - is under continued threat of counterfeiting and diversion, particularly in China. That vulnerability has prompted Q-Med to apply security features to its brand in China that will allow doctors and patients to authenticate the product.
14/05/2013 | Partnership Agreements Among Competitors. However, Allergan Remains the Market Leader With More Than Half of Global Revenues, According to Millennium Research Group. According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, Allergan continues to dominate the global facial injectable market but is facing increasing competition from a growing number of competitors.
14/05/2013 | ArteFill study meets its primary efficacy endpoint in the treatment of acne scars. Clinically and statistically significant results. Company intends to file PMA supplement by the end of 2013. Suneva Medical, Inc., a privately-held aesthetics company, today released the initial treatment results from its Pivotal acne scar study evaluating the safety and efficacy of ArteFill®, a dermal filler, to treat acne scars.
24/04/2013 | Anti-wrinkle treatments are a “crisis waiting to happen” and should be available on a prescription-only basis, a wide-reaching report on the cosmetic surgery industry has said. It warned that dermal fillers, which are injected to plump up lips and skin, were “no more controlled than floor cleaners”.
24/04/2013 | Allergan, Inc. welcomes many of the recommendations outlined in the Review of the Regulation of Cosmetic Interventions, chaired by Sir Bruce Keogh. In particular, Allergan is in favour of regulatory changes to classify all cosmetic implants including dermal fillers as medical devices and supports many of the other proposals such as calls to strengthen the existing European Medical Device Directive, plans to establish accredited training standards for health care professionals administering cosmetic implants, as well as steps to improve consultation and record keeping of patient treatments.
08/04/2013 | A new, revolutionary ‘tear trough treatment’, promises not only to make bags and dark circles disappear, but to do so in just ten minutes. According to Dr Nikola Milojevic at the Milo Clinic in Harley Street, London, ‘The treatment works on the depressions that run from the nose and around the under-eye area,’ he says. ‘They get more noticeable as the skin sags with age, and fat accumulates. While the surgical removal of eyebags gets rid of the fatty tissue, it doesn’t conceal dark circles.’
02/04/2013 | Non-surgical doesn’t mean non-medical; surgeons call for a ‘Moral Charter’. A recommendation from Sir Bruce Keogh’s review into cosmetic surgery, which calls for beauty therapists and doctors to achieve a formal qualification to provide facial injectable treatments, has been ‘cautiously received’ by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.
02/04/2013 | Beauty therapists, hairdressers and doctors will have to undergo special training before injecting women with dermal fillers, the medical director of the NHS is expected to announce. Sir Bruce Keogh, who is leading a Government review of the booming plastic surgery industry, said that a lack of expertise means patients having the popular non-surgical treatments are exposed to `unreasonable risks`.
20/03/2013 | A Florida woman's quest for more youthful skin turned deadly this past July when her face became dangerously swollen after she received vitamin injections at a day spa. Isabel Gonzalez paid nearly $900 for "facial rejuvenation" injections at Viviana's Body Secrets Spa in Doral, Fla. After receiving the treatments, her face started to swell and became infected, and she soon landed in the hospital, where she spent more than two months. Doctors fear her face may be permanently deformed.
19/03/2013 | Toronto police are warning the public about dangerous illegal buttock enhancement procedures in the Greater Toronto Area, taking place in hotels or homes and leaving some women with serious medical complications. The procedures involve injecting a substance into the body that is advertised as PMMA or polymethylmetacrylate to enhance the appearance of their buttocks, police said in a public safety alert released on Monday.
13/03/2013 | The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) today released their 16thannual multi-specialty procedural statistics. In 2012, over 10 million cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures were performed by the board certified doctors in the United States who are most likely to perform cosmetic procedures.
03/03/2013 | Industry bodies involved in injectables have united in their call to government to consider the views of the sector as it prepares to publish its Keogh Review recommendations.
Habia has joined forces with the Association of Aesthetics, Injectables and Cosmetic Laser (AAIC) and the Cosmetic, Dermal, Aesthetic, Botulinum and Fillers Inspectorate (cdABFI) to deliver a united industry stance on the issues raised in the review.
20/02/2013 | According to plastic surgery statistics released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) on Tuesday, 14.6 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures in 2012, up 5 percent since 2011. As economic indicators such as auto, retail, and home sales saw gains in 2012 - so too did plastic surgery.
18/02/2013 | Habia has asked that the views of the sector are taken into account as the government prepares to decide on the future of injectable treatments. The Keogh Review is currently reviewing the existing EU arrangements for ensuring the quality and safety of cosmetic interventions. This includes non-surgical injectable treatments such as Botox® and dermal fillers that are routinely delivered in salons and spas.
31/01/2013 | Babtac (British Association of Beauty Therapy and Cosmetology) has accused medical associations of "scaremongering" by feeding biased misinformation to the media during the critical stages of the government review into cosmetic procedures.
23/01/2013 | A 44-year-old Pahokee man is accused of practicing plastic surgery out of a West Palm Beach motel and causing injury to his “clients” after he injected silicone into their buttocks. Calvin E. Butler, also known as Tamieka Butler, was allegedly renting a room at the El Patio Motel on Broadway in West Palm Beach, where he was injecting silicone in patients’ buttocks even though he has no medical license or certifications.
09/01/2013 | According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, decreased consumer confidence stemming from the eurozone economic crisis will result in slowed growth for the European facial injectable market over the next year or two, after which it will resume more robust growth. Strong price competition has driven average selling prices down to less than half that of equivalents in North America.
28/12/2012 | A Flushing resident who decorated her home like a doctor`s office and performed a buttocks enhancement procedure involving Krazy Glue sent one woman to the hospital and may have caused a lifelong medical problem, Queens` top prosecutor said last Thursday. And according to a plastic surgeon at a borough hospital, it is a problem he sees all too often.
27/12/2012 | The InjectAbility Institute has been granted United States method patent approval for its ArqueDerma Artistic Restoration Lift technique--a technique that uses dermal filler to restores facial volume loss caused by aging. Unlike conventional volume replacement procedures, the ArqueDerma technique utilizes HA fillers, such as Juvederm, Restylane and Perlane to redirect sagging skin toward hollows that have formed, anchoring it in place while stimulating collagen production to stabilize the results.
18/12/2012 | Ministers have been urged to move swiftly to implement regulations on parts of the cosmetic surgery industry after concerns over anti-ageing injections and the PIP breast implants scandal.
18/12/2012 | Students are now able to book appointments for Botox and fillers, lip enhancers, facial peels and laser treatments, all conducted by healthcare professionals who are studying for an MSc at the university.
11/12/2012 | They can turn skin blue and lumpy, leave you blind, and experts warn they could be a bigger scandal than faulty breast implants. Mary Catchpole and Marie Adams share their horrifying stories.
26/11/2012 | Surgeons have reported a dramatic rise in botched skin filler procedures leaving women with lifelong disfigurement. Exclusive research carried out for the Daily Mail reveals the hidden toll of complications from the treatment, marketed as a non-surgical means to achieve younger-looking skin. Some 70 per cent of Britain’s plastic surgeons have seen patients with problems resulting from temporary skin fillers.
26/11/2012 | With the Government’s enquiry into the marketing of cosmetic procedures in full swing, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons today unveils new survey results detailing the staggering rise in problems stemming from non-surgical treatments. The internal poll reveals the number of complications seen in the past year due to dermal filler injections, how many patients needed corrective surgery and identifies the BAAPS’ main concerns regarding the lack of statutory controls over these unregulated procedures.
16/11/2012 | The FDA has issued an ongoing alert for unlicensed Botox that is shipped in from other countries. According to the ASAPS, doctors pay about $530 for a box of two syringes of Juvederm Ultra. We discovered off shore sellers from Europe and Japan pitching a box of Ultra 2 for half the price. But there`s a catch. According to the FDA, Ultra 2 can not be legally sold or used in the USA.
15/11/2012 | A federal injunction filed March 9 against Merz Aesthetics for violating California`s Uniform Trade Secrets Act has been lifted. The decision will allow the company to promote and sell its dermal fillers, Belotero Balance® and Radiesse®, without restriction. However, the company`s new botulinum toxin product, Xeomin®, remains unavailable for sample, purchase or sales in the facial aesthetics market until Jan. 9.
12/11/2012 | A new combination of the AccuSculpt laser, neuromodulators such as Botox, and Radiesse dermal filler has been introduced at Body Oasis Laser Aesthetics including treatment for baggy eyelids, ‘double chin’, jowls, heavy neck and cheeks. Combined with liposuction, in selected patients, this procedure can shave years from your appearance
25/10/2012 | The Harley Medical Group is backing a new campaign that aims to ensure patients only visit qualified doctors and nurses when they receive Botox treatments.
19/10/2012 | The improper use of cosmetic fillers in glabellar or nasolabial fold areas can cause retinal artery occlusion, which is associated with permanent blindness, according to a recent study. Researchers with Seoul National University’s Bundang Hospital, South Korea, reviewed medical records of 12 patients with sudden vision loss after filler injections, Medscape Medical News reports.
11/10/2012 | An American woman known as “the Black Madam” performed deadly cosmetic surgery on a Hackney dancer in an airport hotel room, then used glue to close the wounds and left when the client went into respiratory distress, witnesses claim. A judge upheld a third-degree murder charge against Padge Gordon after Theresa Gyamfi, a friend of Claudia Aderomiti, the dancer gave evidence about getting silicone injections on February 7 last year to enlarge their buttocks.
10/10/2012 | A Philadelphia woman who calls herself the "Black Madam" is due in court today over the death of a London woman who died after having cosmetic surgery at an airport hotel. Padge Windslowe is charged with killing 20-year-old Claudia Aderotimi. Police said the tourist visited Philadelphia in February 2011 to receive silicone injections which enlarge the buttocks.
09/10/2012 | A growing knowledge of facial anatomy is driving ongoing refinements in filler strategies and techniques, says Allan S. Wirtzer, M.D., a Sherman Oaks, Calif., dermatologist in private practice. "We now realize that the face contains multiple fat compartments, and that a lack of fat in certain compartments contributes more to the appearance of facial aging," Dr. Wirtzer said at the 2012 Fall Clinical Dermatology Conference.
09/10/2012 | Underground and illegal cosmetic surgery procedures are a major worry for health officials, and a recent case underlines their concern. An investigation by the Mississippi attorney general's office claims that a woman's death was caused by a buttock injection performed by an unlicensed individual named Morris Garner, who also goes by the name Tracey Lynn Garner, according to KSDK.com. Garner is biologically male, but lives as a woman.
02/10/2012 | A Florida woman`s dream of looking younger turned into a nightmare recently when she was left deformed after a trip to the day spa. Isabel Gonzalez paid $890 for `facial rejuvenation` injections at Viviana`s Body Secrets Spa in Doral, Florida, but she walked out with her face swollen, itchy and infected. Owner Edna Viviana Ayala has been arrested for practicing medicine without a license.
26/09/2012 | A new television series has shed light on the bizarre Japanese trend for 'bagel heads'. The extraordinary look, which is created by injecting saline into the forehead, then pressing in the centre of the swollen area with a thumb, is a hit on the country's underground body modification scene. The dramatic results of the two-hour treatment last just 16-24 hours, after which the saline is absorbed by the body and the forehead reduces back to its normal size.
21/09/2012 | Experts have warned that increasingly popular injectable skin fillers could become the next cosmetic scandal after PIP breast implants. Plastic surgeons warned of a ‘timebomb’, saying fillers are ‘completely unregulated’, with anyone who has completed a half-day course allowed to inject them into patients.
21/09/2012 | Unlicensed cosmetic 'doctor' Thanat Natveerakul, 24, who is known as Dr Pop, has confessed to police that he injected a filler material into 33-year-old Athitiya Eiamyai's buttocks that caused her to collapse into a deep coma.
20/09/2012 | More deaths and arrests have been reported recently as the result of illegal cosmetic procedures and budget-strapped patients seeking quick alternatives to cosmetic surgery. A New York man faces six months in prison and $8,700 restitution for performing liposuction and other cosmetic surgery procedures without a medical license, according to the Associated Press.
20/09/2012 | The European Commission is about to present proposals to tighten up legislation on medical devices, such as hip and knee replacements. But following the recent PIP breast implants scandal the European Parliament is pressing for rules on implants to also be stepped up at European level.
19/09/2012 | Merz Pharmaceuticals/Merz Aesthetics will see an increased presence in the aesthetics market with Xeomin and Belotero once Allergan’s injunction is lifted, plastic surgeons told BioPharm Insight. Merz’s Xeomin will fare well against Allergan’s Botox thanks to an expected lower price tag, and Belotero will establish a niche in the dermal fillers market, they agreed.
14/09/2012 | A laser device for less painful injections has been developed by South Korean scientists. The system could replace traditional needles, with a jab as painless as being hit with a puff of air. The laser is already used in aesthetic skin treatments. The aim now is to make low-cost injectors for clinical use. A team from Seoul National University in South Korea describe the process in the Optical Society's journal Optics Letters.
09/09/2012 | New rules to end the secrecy over the safety of devices such as hip replacements and breast implants are being drawn up after a series of scandals. The changes will mean that for the first time the public will be able to access details of the clinical research behind the products, and their safety record since coming on to the market.
The rules are being drawn up by the European Commission in the wake of the PIP breast implant fiasco and the scandal of metal-on-metal hips, which were found to poison the body and suffer failure rates of up to 50 per cent.
16/08/2012 | When it comes to running errands and shuttling kids to and from school and various practices, moms often bear the brunt of carpooling — literally. Dermatologists caution that in the process, moms may be getting unintentional sun exposure that can lead to early signs of aging of the hands, such as dark brown age spots and loss of volume that results in thin, sunken skin.
12/08/2012 | Shoe-mad Nikki resorted to expensive cosmetic surgery on her feet. Fashionista or just foolish? Carefully, Nikki Wilson paints each of her slim toes in bright nail polish before slipping into her favourite high-heeled sandals, confident that her feet have never looked better. While pedicures are a must for any glamorous girl, the 23-year-old receptionist has taken her desire to have immaculate toes to extremes. Nikki is one of a growing number of women in Britain and the US, who have resorted to cosmetic surgery so they can wear sky-high heels.
09/08/2012 | From scalpel to syringe, as the demand for more radical cosmetic procedures soars in Wales, so does the supply. But how safe are some of these nips, tucks and jabs? And how much do some of the people delivering potentially dangerous medical procedures really know about what they’re doing?
28/07/2012 | A website offering up to 70 per cent off Botox-style procedures has been forced to drop the deals. Groupon.ie axed the offer for dermal fillers after it was warned that it is illegal to advertise prescription medicines to the general public. And Irish Association of Cosmetic Doctors chairman Dr Patrick Treacy said he has been flooded with complaints from patients about treatments by some other companies.
27/07/2012 | Florida police say Oneal Morris posed as a doctor and performed homemade cosmetic surgery, pumping toxic substances into women. A woman posing as a doctor has been arrested and charged with killing another woman by performing bogus buttocks-enhancement surgery. Authorities say Shatarka Nuby's body was pumped with unknown toxic substances.
26/06/2012 | A Bronx woman who did $1,500 butt lifts with illegal injections of silicone without a medical license was sentenced Monday to one year in prison. Whalesca Castillo, 37, who pleaded guilty last September to operating an underground cosmetic clinic out of her home from May 2009 until her arrest in January 2011, begged for leniency before Manhattan Federal Court Judge Leonard Sand.
19/06/2012 | Volumizing is now available for skin care, following the recent launch of a skin care ingredient with a proprierary delivery system from Lucas Meyer that is being billed as an alternative to dermal fillers.
07/06/2012 | A woman was arrested yesterday for allegedly performing illegal cosmetic surgery on two patients, who complained of side effects after the operation. Gloria Rabor, 56, of Barangay Kinasang-an, Cebu City was arrested in an entrapment conducted by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) 7 for her allegedly illegal medical practice.
18/05/2012 | A Philadelphia woman dubbed "the Black Madam" used silicone from Thailand and Krazy Glue to perform at-home cosmetic surgery that left an exotic dancer with a plump derriere — and potentially deadly complications, the dancer testified Wednesday.
15/05/2012 | A woman has been left a multiple amputee following back-alley cosmetic surgery that went horrifically wrong. April Brown suffered life threatening infections after having silicone implants injected into her buttocks. The procedure was carried out by an unlicensed practitioner in Los Angeles, she said, with complications leading to several stints in hospital with agonising infections.
15/05/2012 | Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData`s new report Facial Aesthetics ,Botulinum Toxin, Dermal Fillers, Global Pipeline Analysis, Competitive Landscape and Market Forecasts to 2018 to their offering. Botox Sales Increasing as Beauty Fans Seek No-Knife Alternative.
Botox will continue its reign as a bestseller in US beauty clinics due to competitive pricing and reductions in side effects, according to a new report by medical intelligence company GlobalData.
07/05/2012 | A woman was caught performing invasive medical procedures without a license. Officials called it alarming and dangerous. Reporter Jennifer Mayerle started her investigation at Omni Medical Center in Peachtree City.
26/04/2012 | Enquiries by women requesting dermal filler injections into the toe pads, heels and balls of the feet have soared 21%, double the same time last year. With celebrities these days favouring heels as high as seven inches, it seems there is no respite for the fashion-conscious looking to emulate their look.
26/04/2012 | Micromedics Inc., a subsidiary of Nordson Corporation (NASDAQ: NDSN), recently concluded a clinical study of the Artiste® Assisted Injection System. These results suggest that compared to manual injection, the Artiste System will help clinicians inject viscous dermal fillers more reliably with better accuracy and will provide a comfortable treatment experience for the patient. We are thrilled to offer such an exciting and innovative device to the aesthetic marketplace.
20/04/2012 | (HealthNewsDigest.com) - Most mothers-to-be already know the basic do’s and don'ts of pregnancy: Get plenty of rest, no smoking and no drinking — but what about cosmetic procedures like Botox? While you’re pregnant, a trip to the spa can be an opportunity for much-needed pampering.
20/03/2012 | A boom in recent years in cosmetic injections like Botox and dermal fillers in China is about to suffer a backlash as beauty experts claim the side effects from the mass use of fake products will start to appear, Yangtze Evening News reports.
20/03/2012 | The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) today released their 15thannual multi-specialty procedural statistics. The Aesthetic Society, which has collected plastic surgery procedural statistics since 1997, says the overall number of cosmetic procedures has increased 197 percent since the tracking of the statistics first began. Almost 9.2 million cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures were performed in the United States in 2011. The most frequently performed surgical procedure was lipoplasty (liposuction) and the most popular nonsurgical procedure was injections of Botulinum Toxin Type A (including Botox and Dysport).
11/03/2012 | Has she, or hasn’t she? Whatever one thinks of Louise Mensch, bestselling chick-lit author and glamorous Conservative MP, you have to admit her jawline is enviably taut for a woman of 40. Perhaps improbably so. Or is it? Last September, when asked by a journalist whether she had undergone a facelift, her answer was tantalisingly oblique: ‘My God. Um .?.?. OK .?.?. I’ve always wondered what I would say the first time somebody asked me this question. And without denying it, I’m going to refuse to answer your question.’
04/03/2012 | Would you consider popping into Superdrug for a spot of Botox or laser hair-removal? Now you can, as the High Street chain rolls out its in-store Pro Skin clinics, offering anti-wrinkle injections, laser hair-removal and microdermabrasion.
01/03/2012 | KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai says the ministry is drawing up a set of guidelines for beauticians and warned them not to perform beauty treatment with needles or risk facing criminal charges. "Those who perform medical treatments will be charged," he said at the launch of the "Beauty Professional 2012" exhibition here yesterday.
27/02/2012 | CINDY JACKSON has been nipped, tucked and sliced open more times than anyone else on the planet. So much so, she is unrecognisable from the woman who underwent her first cosmetic procedure 25 years ago. Her incredible transformation from plain and frumpy to sexy stunner has earned Cindy the Guinness World Record for having had the most cosmetic surgery procedures.
25/02/2012 | A Texas hairstylist was arrested Thursday on suspicion of giving women dangerous and illegal breast implants in a back room of her salon. Police said Carmel Foster was doing the augmentations at her salon in Tyler, which is 92 miles east of Dallas. One woman was hospitalized with severe chest pains and remains in critical condition after family members said Foster gave her an injection.
20/02/2012 | We may live in straitened times but one luxury that women – and, increasingly, men – seem unwilling to cut back on is cosmetic surgery. Here the experts describe the seven most requested new treatments?.?.?.
13/02/2012 | As we age, our skin undergoes a number of changes affecting its texture, volume, and appearance. Fortunately, dermatologists can use fillers or lasers to correct the most notable signs of aging and can recommend skin care products with added ingredients that can further repair damaged skin.
10/02/2012 | A nurse who had five cosmetic surgery sessions in a month dropped dead days after the final operation, an inquest was told. Susannah Bone was not happy with her facial looks so opted for three bouts of Botox, a lip enhancing treatment and high tech "bombardment" of facial veins with intense pulsed light. Two days after the final IPL treatment to remove broken facial capilliaries, the 45-year-old mother-of-two was found slumped dead on her sofa.
28/01/2012 | 80% of European women believe that aesthetic beauty treatments are acceptable investments. Merz Aesthetics today releases further intriguing insights uncovered by its 'Face Value' Beauty Report. Four out of five surveyed European women think that it's 'the norm' to spend money on aesthetic procedures like dermal fillers, botulinum toxins, and laser treatments to maintain their looks as they grow older.
23/01/2012 | The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), which represents the top plastic surgeons, is urging ministers to impose the advertising ban as part of a crackdown on the multi-million pound cosmetic surgery industry. The Association also wants to see a number of other new controls put in place, including the medical licensing of dermal fillers, which are injections used to reduce the signs of ageing, and a register for all breast implants.
19/01/2012 | According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, the North American facial injectables market will see strong growth through 2016, despite significant downward pressure on selling prices caused by the entry of new, lower-priced products into the market. Growth will average 11 percent per year, and the market will grow from $844 million in 2011 to more than $1.4 billion in 2016.
08/01/2012 | They may be responsible for many waxy-smooth foreheads and overstuffed cheeks, but Botox and wrinkle-fillers are hardly seen to be in the same category of risk as surgical procedures involving scalpels and implants.
03/01/2012 | Patients who use anti-ageing injections could be putting themselves at risk in a market that is largely unregulated in Britain, experts have warned.
16/12/2011 | She has just been given the crown of sexiest woman of all time ahead of Raquel Welch and Marilyn Monroe. So no doubt fans of Jennifer Aniston will be surprised that she refused to deny having filler injections in a recent interview.
25/11/2011 | Cosmetic surgeons are reporting an increase in the number of women seeking treatments for what they have dubbed `runners face` the gaunt and wrinkled appearance they say is a side-effect of too much jogging.
25/11/2011 | According to reports this month in a number of celebrity magazines, Kerry had Botox jabs administered by a friend at home, something the star has now denied.
14/11/2011 | Get ready for still another magic elixir from the soda fountain of youth: your belly fat.
30/10/2011 | With many couples now tying the knot later in life, more people are turning to non-surgical treatments in order to make sure they look their best on their wedding day.
25/10/2011 | Surgeons report 42% rise in over-40s requesting post-birth nips and tucks. Research from the Office of National Statistics shows that the number of women giving birth in their 40s and 50s has trebled in a decade.
20/10/2011 | While many people address changes in their appearance caused by aging by seeking out cosmetic procedures, some dentists say their profession can help patients look better as well.
10/10/2011 | The American Society of Plastic Surgeons launched a safety campaign this week. Despite the predictable and almost cliche warnings of botched cosmetic work and uncertified surgeons, its message remains important and valid, and should not be ignored by consumers wanting to undergo surgery.
05/10/2011 | I thought I had heard it all but now one of Donald Trumps casinos are offering plastic surgery as a prize. One of Trumps casinos in New Jersey is now starting to offer a cash prize towards a plastic surgery treatment as a jackpot prize.
01/10/2011 | In the September 13, 2011 issue of USA Today there’s a comprehensive article about practitioners who misrepresent themselves as plastic surgeons, including an oral surgeon and an OB/GYN, and the dangers of undergoing surgery in ill-equipped facilities.
29/09/2011 | With the U.S. economy continuing to struggle and the unemployment rate remaining at around 9 percent, many American workers are taking drastic measures when it comes to preparing themselves for the difficult job market.
22/09/2011 | You are 30-years-old, beautiful and basking in admiration. Just for a lark you visit a plastic surgeon or dermatologist to find out at what age you might need some “work”.
22/09/2011 | Do you still recognize your hands? If the answer is “yes,” you probably have not hit your middle fifties.
12/09/2011 | Facial surgery enthusiast Janet Hardt 63 dies injecting heated beef fat face into face.
