Cosmetic Surgery

• FDA: Breast Implant Safety Studies Will Continue

  

  Posted 11:06 PM 8/31/2011

  Aug. 31, 2011 -- After two days of testimony on what the FDA should do about troubled long-term safety studies of silicone-gel breast implants, agency officials said the studies would continue.

  "The current post-approval studies will continue," said William Maisel, MD, MPH, chief scientist in the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological (More)
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• FDA Questions Studies of Breast Implant Safety

  

  Posted 12:06 AM 8/31/2011

  Aug. 30, 2011 -- A panel of expert advisors to the FDA has been asked to solve a mystery: What happened to thousands of women who enrolled in studies designed to evaluate rare complications that might arise years after they received silicone gel breast implants?

  In June, after a preliminary review of study data, the FDA concluded that breast (More)
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• Study: Some Nose-Job Patients Have Mental Health Problem

  

  Posted 9:52 PM 7/28/2011

  July 28, 2011 -- A third of patients seeking cosmetic surgery to improve their nose have at least moderate symptoms of a mental disorder that makes them preoccupied with imagined or slight defects in appearance, a study shows.

  The mental disorder is called (More)
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• FDA: Silicone Breast Implants Don't Last a Lifetime

  

  Posted 9:14 PM 6/22/2011

  June 22, 2011 -- A new report from the FDA shows that 20% of women who get silicone gel implants to increase the size of their breasts, and half of all women who get them for breast reconstruction, will have those implants removed within a decade, often because of complications like breast hardening or rupture.

  "Breast implants are not lifetime devices," said Jeffrey Shuren, MD, director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, at a news (More)
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• Extreme Plastic Surgery: How Much Is Too Much?

  

  Posted 5:46 PM 5/25/2011

  It may start with one body part. A woman goes in for a tummy tuck after having kids. The surgery is relatively painless and successful, so she figures, why not try another? Maybe a breast lift or a nose job. And what about those (More)
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• Extreme Plastic Surgery: How Much Is Too Much?

  

  Posted 5:46 PM 5/25/2011

  It may start with one body part. A woman goes in for a tummy tuck after having kids. The surgery is relatively painless and successful, so she figures, why not try another? Maybe a breast lift or a nose job. And what about (More)
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• Does Mom Want a Major Makeover?

  

  Posted 8:14 PM 5/6/2011

  May 6, 2011 -- Does mom want a major makeover for Mother's Day? A new survey suggests most moms would entertain the thought of a tummy tuck or breast lift to get their pre-baby body back.

  The nationwide survey of mothers, commissioned by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), shows that 62% would consider (More)
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• Does Mom Want a Major Makeover?

  

  Posted 8:14 PM 5/6/2011

  May 6, 2011 -- Does mom want a major makeover for Mother's Day? A new survey suggests most moms would entertain the thought of a tummy tuck or breast lift to get their pre-baby body back.

  The nationwide survey of mothers, commissioned by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), shows that 62% would consider (More)
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• Study: Fat May Return After Liposuction

  

  Posted 10:24 PM 5/3/2011

  May 3, 2011 -- Liposuction, the popular fat-sucking procedure, can trim problem areas of the body. However, the fat removed returns in a relatively short time, according to a new study.

  ''All the fat is back by one year," says researcher Robert H. Eckel, MD, professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. However, it does not return to the spot that has been operated on. "The fat comes back in (More)
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• Study: Fat May Return After Liposuction

  

  Posted 10:24 PM 5/3/2011

  May 3, 2011 -- Liposuction, the popular fat-sucking procedure, can trim problem areas of the body. However, the fat removed returns in a relatively short time, according to a new study.

  ''All the fat is back by one year," says researcher Robert H. Eckel, MD, professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. However, it does not return to the spot that has been operated on. "The fat comes back in (More)
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