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02/02/2012 | Cynosure are one of the leading global aesthetic laser manufacturers, and the mastermind behind the original SmartLipo laser. In September 2011, the UK arm launched Cellulaze - for the long term removal of cellulite.
01/02/2012 | Italy`s plastic surgeons association on Wednesday sued the French company that made substandard breast implants and the German certification company that checked its products for fraud and said its members would consider themselves injured parties. The association said its lawyers had filed the suit in a Rome court against the now defunct company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) and Germany`s TUV Rheinland .
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.
29/01/2012 | Human skin is the body's first line of defense and often mirrors the health, nutritional status and age of a person. Over time, skin shows signs of aging due to the gradual breakdown of collagen and elastin. However, skin can be rebuilt and made healthier no matter one's age. Natural supplement Pycnogenol® (pic-noj-en-all), an antioxidant plant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine tree, was found to improve skin hydration and elasticity in women in a clinical trial published this month in Skin Pharmacology and Physiology.
28/01/2012 | One of Britain's biggest users of faulty breast implants is making women sign away their rights to legal action if they want to take up its offer of cut-price replacements. The Hospital Group recently made the decision to offer free removal of Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) implants, to women who had received them from the firm between 2001 and 2009.
30/01/2012 | The International Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) has been officially informed by the German authorities at the BfArM Institute that the former company, GfE Medizintechnik GmbH in Germany, sold implants that were manufactured using PIP components. From September 2003 to August 2004 they were sold under the name TiBREEZE. These silicone implants were coated by GfE Medizintechnik GmbH with a titanium layer and subsequently filled by PIP in France with their silicone gel.
30/01/2012 | The economy may be shrinking but so are waistlines around the UK, in particular male ones. In spite of a climate of financial austerity and a burgeoning breast implant scandal over the last year, Britons have clearly not lost faith in the benefits of cosmetic surgery. Audit figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons today reveal that the number of procedures continued to increase steadily by nearly 6% increase on average (similar rise to 2009 and 2010) and rather unusually, not even one individual procedure decreased in popularity.
27/01/2012 | Dutch health insurers have decided to fully reimburse women for the removal of the French Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants, after revelations earlier this month that the implants are prone to bursting.
27/01/2012 | Jean-Claude Mas, the entrepreneur who is at the centre of a global storm over sub-standard breast implants from French company PIP, has been charged with 'involuntary injury', according to his lawyer.
26/01/2012 | Nearly one-fourth of U.S. adults say they would get plastic surgery if cost were not an issue. That’s one of the results of a recent Harris Interactive online poll conducted Jan. 5 to Jan. 9 among 2,541 respondents ages 18 and older. Harris conducted the survey on behalf of CouponCabin.com, a Whiting-based online coupon website.
26/01/2012 | IN FRENCH - TRANSLATION AVAILABLE VIA GOOGLE LINK - PARIS — L'affaire des prothèses mammaires PIP au gel de silicone frelaté va constituer la toile de fond du grand rendez-vous européen annuel de chirurgie esthétique, Imcas, qui se tient de jeudi à dimanche à Paris.
26/01/2012 | Viora, a leading medical aesthetics manufacturer, is excited to announce its participation in the 2012 Annual Congress of the International Master Course on Aging Skin (IMCAS) taking place January 26-29, 2012 in Paris, France at the Palais des Congrès. In addition to V-touch product launch activities at the exhibition (booth no. C9), Dr. Monica Elman will be presenting on Viora’s proprietary technology, CORE™ (Channeling Optimized RF Energy) utilized in Reaction™, Viora’s leading body contouring and skin tightening device.
26/01/2012 | Pantec Biosolutions AG, the developer and manufacturer of P.L.E.A.S.E.®Professional, a state of the art portable laser device that sets new standards for safety, precision and versatility, today announced that it will present its recently launched P.L.E.A.S.E.® Professional laser device at the International Master Course on Aging Skin (IMCAS) from 26th-29th January 2012 in Paris, France.
26/01/2012 | An employee’s use of Twitter has landed Allergan in trouble with UK pharma’s Code of Practice regulator. The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) ruled Allergan breached the Code on several counts after an employee accidentally tweeted publicly about Botox.
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