Archive for July, 2009
Latisse headed to a pharmacy near you
When glaucoma sufferers started using the eye-drop drug Lumigan eight years ago, who knew there’d be fringe benefits: longer, lusher, darker eyelashes. Eventually, Allergan, the makers of the drug, sped it into clinical trials (this time for hypotrichosis, aka underdeveloped eyelashes), repackaged it, gave it a girly name (Latisse), and marketed it for its lash-boosting [...]
‘Botox tax’ could fund Obama health care reforms
A ‘Botox tax’ could be introduced in America to pay for sweeping health care reforms demanded by President Barack Obama.
Patients seeking cosmetic surgery, including breast enlargements, liposuction and nose jobs, would be forced to pay an extra 10 per cent on their bill.
read full story via Mail Online.
The sluggish pace of medical regulation
Three weeks ago, state medical authorities ordered Dr. Sean Su of Las Vegas to stop performing surgeries in his clinic after investigators — called in because he allegedly harmed a patient — discovered gross violations of safety standards.
Su is still practicing medicine, and still has a medical license, despite the ban on surgeries at his [...]
90% of teen girls are unhappy with their bodies
A recent survey found that nine out of 10 teenage girls in the UK are unhappy with their bodies.
Twenty-six percent of respondents were considering plastic surgery and over the past three years the number of teenagers having cosmetic surgery has risen 500%.
Read full story via BBC NEWS
Plastic surgery clinic pleads guilty to injecting patients with fake Botox | injecting, botox, patients
Starr Allan still plans to have her face-lift done at the plastic surgery clinic accused of giving patients an unregulated Botox substitute.
The Gastonia nurse received Botox treatments every two to three months from Southeastern Plastic Surgery, but was not among the 41 patients notified that the injection they received to smooth their wrinkles had not [...]
Breast augmentation with ‘fat grafting’
A task force set up by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons recently gave its nod to the use of ‘fat grafting’ for breast augmentation.
The technique involves harvesting fat from areas where it is in excess – like the abdomen, hips, thighs, or buttocks – and re-implanting it elsewhere to plump up an area for [...]
Britney Spears Breast Implants – To be or not to be?
We have heard a lot about Britney Spear’s affinity for plastic surgery. From lipo-suction to lip injections, Ms. Spears has always been open and forthcoming about her pursuit of beauty. In recent photos it seems she may be changing the way she sees herself. It appears that she has had her buxom breast implants removed. [...]
The new face of plastic surgery in Iraq
There was a time when Baghdad’s reconstructive surgeons were rushed off their feet trying to repair the terrible disfigurements caused by war.
These days, they’re just as likely to find themselves giving Botox injections or performing nose jobs, as Iraqis take advantage of the calmer conditions to enhance their looks.
Read full story via Los Angeles Times.
UAB Students’ Nintendo Wii CPR Earns American Heart Association Support
UAB Engineering Students use the Wii for CPR from uabnews on Vimeo.
The American Heart Association has pledged $50,000 to fund the work of University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB biomedical engineering undergraduate students who are working to develop a computer program that teaches CPR using hand-held remote controls from the Nintendo® Wii video game console.
Students [...]
Gordon Ramsay gets Botox
Gordon Ramsay has had botox to smoothe his dimpled chin.
The celebrity chef was injected by Simon Cowell’s face doctor after the Britain’s Got Talent guru poked fun at him.
Read full story via mirror.co.uk
