DOCTORS’ groups claim nurses are putting patients at risk by illegally performing cosmetic procedures such as Botox, wrinkle filler and fat-dissolving injections without supervision. They say nurses should administer the anti-ageing medication only after patients have been assessed by a doctor. Read full story via www.smh.com.au
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday released a letter to Allergan Inc. saying that the company’s marketing and advertising efforts for Aczone, an acne treatment, are misleading. The letter, addressed to Allergan Chief Executive David E.I. Pyott, states Aczone’s effectiveness is overstated and that risk factors associated with the drug are omitted from [...]
A potential tax on cosmetic medical procedures, nicknamed the Botox Tax, is meeting resistance from physicians who provide these services. The Botox tax, which was discussed by the Senate Finance Committee as a 10% excise tax on cosmetic surgery deemed unnecessary for medical purposes, is being considered for a version of the U.S. House of [...]
Medical staff at an upstate New York plastic surgery practice have admitted to giving unsuspecting patients a cheaper Botox substitute not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Five doctors, a nurse and an administrator from Albany-based Plastic Surgery Group, LLP pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court and face up to a year in prison [...]
The Food and Drug Administration said Monday it approved a new warning on Allergan Inc.’s AGN Botox and a similar product about the possibility of life-threatening breathing and swallowing problems, following up on an earlier announcement about tougher warnings. Along with signing off on a boxed warning for Botox and Myobloc, made by Solstice Neurosciences [...]
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 [...]
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
Rachel Weisz has called for Botox to be banned. The 39-year-old Oscar-winning actress has compared the use of the anti-wrinkle injections by actors to performance enhancing drugs used by sports players. Read full story via The Press Association
The muscle relaxer Botox has now been shown to positively affect the skin by injecting the muscle relaxer directly into the skin to eliminate large pores, oil production, and acne breakouts. “Botox definitely clears up acne,” says Anil Shah M.D, the Chicago plastic surgeon who is one of the only doctors worldwide using Botox as [...]
Dr Simon Ourian, a cosmetic surgeon based in Beverly Hills, California, claimed that he stumbled upon its unexpected powers by accident while treating his mother who was suffering from migraines after having chemotherapy which had made her hair fall out. Familiar with Botox’s use as a headache treatment, he injected the chemical – the medical [...]