Archive for the 'Cosmetic Medicine and Plastic Surgery' Category
Plastic America
Remember the old saying “beauty is only skin deep”? that phrase no longer things, considering today we live in a world where plastic surgery is the hottest trend known to man. Don’t like your nose? That’s okay, considering there is a plastic surgeon down the street that can give you a new one. I…
Do You produce These Common Eyebrow Mistakes?
Eyebrows supply an appealing frame and accent for your eyes. Unfortunately, many women don’t understand how to manufacture the most of the eyebrows they were given. In fact, women are often guilty of either completely neglecting their eyebrows or, at the opposite extreme, fitting an overly aggressiv…
Cosmetic Safety
Cosmetics get the lowest precedence in the offices of the Food and Drug Administration. The agency spends less than 1/2 percent of its budget on cosmetic safety surveillance. There are 60 toxicologists that not only have to to assess cosmetics but food as well. Only 373 inspectors cover the national…
Skin-Lightening Cremes Sold On Black Market Have Serious Health Risks
A Clinical Picture described in the February 16, 2008 issue of TheLancet underlines the perils of using skin lightening creams sold onthe black market. Dr. Tricia Tan and Dr. Tony Goldstone of theEndrocrine Unit in the area of Investigative Medicine, ImperialCollege Healthcare NHSTrust, Hammersmith …
Mentor Corporation Launches Comprehensive Online Resource On Breast Augmentation And Cosmetic Procedures At Www.LoveYourLook.com
Mentor Corporation (NYSE: MNT), a main supplier of medical products for the global aesthetic market, announced that it has recently launched an online educational resource for women considering breast augmentation and other cosmetic procedures at http://www.LoveYourLook.com. The site is designed to …
Brand New Laser Lipo Procedure Makes Its UK Debut
Trials of the latest non-invasive slimming and body contouring treatment have just been successfully completed at ‘The Heath House Clinic’, a main health and cosmetic clinic based in Kent. The new treatment is potentially market-changing, and is now available to the public for the very first day in …
Botox Linked To Adverse Reactions, Sometimes Death, Says FDA
Botox and Botox Cosmetic (Botulinum toxin Type A) and Myobloc (Botulinum toxin Type B) have been associated with undesirable side-effects, including respiratory failure, and on occasions death, says the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These adverse reactions can occur after treatment for a r…
Artes Medical’s 5-Year Safety And Efficacy details Presented At The American Academy Of Dermatology Conference
Artes Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARTE), a medical technology company whose product ArteFill® is the first and only FDA-approved non-resorbable injectable dermal filler for the correction of nasolabial fold or “smile line” wrinkles, nowadays announced its participation at the 66th annual assembly of the …
Laser Surgery Damage Is More Than Skin Deep, UK
As more and more laser treatment horror stories hit the headlines, consultant surgeon Brian Newman urges citizens to consider their options before undergoing laser cosmetic surgery. BBC newsreader Kate Silverton is the latest of a distant line of citizens who have suffered at the hands of laser trea…
Fatal Infections In Critically Ill Patients May Be Caused By Cosmetic Products
Healthy consumers can handle the low levels of bacteria occasionally found in cosmetics. But for severely ill patients these bacteria may trigger life-threatening infections, as patients in the intensive care unit at one Barcelona hospital discovered after using contaminated body moisturiser. The Bu…
Mentor Announces Completion Of Subject Enrollment Into Phase IIIb Pivotal Trial For Botulinum Toxin Type A
Mentor Corporation (NYSE:MNT), a main supplier of medical products for the global aesthetic market, announced that subject enrollment and initial dosing in its pivotal Phase IIIb study of its investigational botulinum toxin type A for the reduction of glabellar rhytides (frown lines) by intramuscula…













