Introduction

This month our Editor looks at whether the industry wants a ban on cosmetic surgery advertising. The Latest News includes Syneron Buys Ultrashape and Hamilton Fraser Steps in to Rescue Failed Broker Ceart. We have New Product Reviews for Stylage® XXL. Our Feature Article looks at advance electrolysis techniques for addressing skin lesions such as warts, moles and other 'lumps and bumps' with Guest Author Elaine Stoddart from Sterex. Food For Thought investigates the role of the Surgeon as counsellor. We ask if the European Standard for Aesthetic Surgery Services is already courting controversy and our Industry Eyes were spying on the SMART IDEAS Seminar 2012.