Xeomin – another botulinum A toxin product – was approved earlier this month by the FDA. In an interesting twist, the FDA approved the drug for certain muscle spasm syndromes – cervical dystonia and blepharospasm – but not for cosmetic purposes yet. That all-important cosmetic approval will probably come at a later date. Dystonias are neurological movement […]
As reported in the St. Pete Times, a family doctor in Tampa who was performing liposuction had his medical license suspended for a year and was fined $50,000 by the Board of Medicine, after multiple rule violations were found. According to the news report (link), State health officials said Dr. Yves Jean-Baptiste allowed two people unlicensed […]
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You’ve heard of MRSA (methicillin-resistant staph aureus). Maybe you’ve heard about VRE (vancomycin-resistant enterococcus). Now there’s a new class of superbugs out there – and they look particularly nasty. These bad bacteria carry a gene called NDM-1, which makes them resistant to almost all standard antibiotics, according to a recent report in The Lancet (link). The NDM-1 carrying bacteria, […]
Subtitled “A Women’s Guide to Beauty through Plastic Surgery”, Joan Rivers and her co-writer Valerie Frankel have written an easy-to-read primer on cosmetic plastic surgery. At 15 chapters and 284 pages, the book covers all the typical cosmetic surgical procedures and non-invasive techniques – but it’s a quick and easy read. And there’s no doubt, […]
The Orange County (California) Register is reporting the death of a 22 year old California woman following illegal silicone injections to her buttocks (link here). It’s a tragic story. Combine the ingredients of a young, uneducated patient with an unlicensed practitioner working in a non-medical setting, and add injections with some adulterated, non-medical-grade liquid silicone material, […]
We’re all used to hearing the news about housing starts, retail sales, and employment figures. These are economic indicators – ways to indirectly sort out what’s happening with the U.S. economy. Get this: two new studies now suggest that the workload of your friendly neighbourhood plastic surgeon may be another statistically valid way to tell […]
In this month’s issue of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal is a nice little retrospective study looking at the effect of Singulair on capsular contracture. Dr. Handel, the senior author, is a well-respected plastic surgeon at the UCLA School of Medicine. Capsular contracture – or abnormal firmness of the breasts due to a scar tissue build-up around the […]
Imagine a machine, that without anesthesia or invasive surgery, could take away fat from your abdomen, making you a dress size smaller 6-8 weeks after one treatment. Sounds pretty interesting, right? As it turns out, there are several companies that are working on machines that can safely and successfully achieve this very thing. One of […]
This is a frequently misunderstood concept. Even some plastic surgery websites get it wrong! Traditionally, bottoming-out was the term applied when the lower half of the breast skin stretched and lengthened out after a traditional “inverted-T” style breast reduction surgery. This lower-pole stretch could give a characteristic appearance to the breast, with the following features: […]
