Category: Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery

Over 50 people abandoned by cosmetic treatment company Isolagen are set to take legal action to win thousands of pounds in damages, with the help of Which? Isolagen offered patients, who wanted to smooth their wrinkles, a cosmetic filler which used their own skin cells. Cells were taken during a biopsy and re-injected into the skin. But in 2006, having left its customers with questionable results and out of pocket by about £3,500.00 each, the company withdrew from Britain.

Holidaymakers having laser hair removal in preparation for escaping the British weather this weekend must do their research and consider the risks, warns Which?Which? research1 shows that almost two fifths (39 per cent) of people thinking about having cosmetic treatments consider cost to be the most important factor in their decision and only 14 per cent consider the risks.

A recent survey by The Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety suggests that patients do not take simple steps to ensure that the product they are receiving is authentic: — Only 0.8% of doctors surveyed stated that their patients always ask to see cosmetic injectable packaging to ensure authenticity. Only 5.2% are sometimes asked for this information.

In the timeless quest for healthier, younger looking skin, scientists from the University of Cincinnati and Tokyo Medical University have made an important discovery toward manipulating skin tone and color. The implications of this research range from helping doctors develop more natural looking bioengineered skin grafts to helping cosmetics companies develop new products for achieving the “perfect” sunless tan.

The multi-billion-dollar global cosmetics and skin-care-product industry sometimes is beset by a me-too mindset in which research and development focuses on matching the competition rather than applying sound science to improve products, a scientist told the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society.As a result, it could be missing a golden opportunity to provide consumers with more effective products, according to Stig E. Friberg, Ph.D.

Bariatric surgery is known to be the most effective and long lasting treatment for morbid obesity and many related conditions, but now mounting evidence suggests it may be among the most effective treatments for metabolic diseases and conditions including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and obstructive sleep apnea. “Surgery for severe obesity goes way beyond weight loss.

An unusual investigation was carried out by researchers from the Institute of Psychology (Russian Academy of Sciences) under the guidance of Tatiana Rebeko. They showed interest in beauty aids or more precisely creams used by women. The researchers assumed that a lady’s preference to creams with certain properties is connected with her personality strains. The assumption has been confirmed.

Innovative Spinal Technologies, Inc. (IST), quickly emerging as a leading developer of the world’s most advanced motion preservation and minimally invasive treatments for spinal disorders, announced the U.S. commercial launch of the Paramount(TM) VBR System for minimally invasive spine (MIS) surgery. The Paramount VBR System received FDA premarket clearance in January 2007.