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6 Jun 2010How Come Fractional CO2 Aesthetic Lasers Are Now The Top Fractional Procedure For Skin-Tightening?
CO2 laser skin resurfacing is not really a new principle. Co2 laser resurfacing has been around for 25 years. While conventional laser ablation had been fantastic for facial lines and wrinkles, scarring, sun damage or elastosis, there were substantive threat of infections, [...]
By: Botox Patient - In: Cosmetic Surgery| Laser Center| Laser Clinic| Medical Spa| Plastic Surgeon
9 Jan 2010Via KevinMD: This issue has come up before, most recently when the New England Journal of Medicine asked whether doctors should friend their patients on Facebook.
Pediatrician Bryan Vartabedian looks further at the issue, and sees it fraught with potential risk.
He points out that sharing privileged information requires written consent. But what if the patient initiates [...]
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20 Dec 2009For the man who has everything…
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), men accounted for 13% of all cosmetic surgical procedures performed in the United States in 2008, and 9% of the cosmetic minimally invasive procedures. And these numbers are only going to rise as “getting work done” is no longer considered taboo [...]
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14 Dec 2009Those who suffer from chronic migraines know the intense pain and discomfort they cause. Now there is new hope in Botox.
Migraines are extremely painful and can be debilitating to those who suffer from them. There are many different treatments available, the most popular being prescription medications. Many swear by acupuncture or hypnotherapy as a [...]
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10 Dec 2009Taking a prescription drug for a cosmetic side effect — at the risk of other side effects — may seem risky. But it’s a risk that many Americans, mostly women, have shown themselves happy to take.
Latisse, originally a glaucoma drug marketed under the name Lumigan, was approved separately at the end of last year for [...]
By: Botox Patient - In: Cosmetic Surgery| Medical Spa| Plastic Surgery
9 Dec 2009The latest kind of recycling has nothing to do with soda bottles. It entails liposuctioning fat from thighs or buttocks and injecting it into breasts to augment them. After being condemned in the early ’90s, this procedure is generating newfound excitement among the handful of doctors nationwide who offer it and patients keen to enlarge [...]
By: Botox Patient - In: Medical Spa
8 Dec 2009Discount Medspa shut down for selling beauty drugs without a prescription.
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Even before a December 2009 ABC 20/20 report on self-injectable facial drugs including Botox, Restylin and Dysport, the company Discount Medspa had been shut down for selling these types of products to consumers without prescriptions for them.
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott charged Laurie D’Alleva of [...]
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7 Dec 2009Istockphoto
From Health magazine
Watch for these red-flag phrases that suggest your “skin-care specialist” is subpar, says San Francisco ophthalmologist Krista Ramonas, MD, who has treated medical and aesthetic patients for six years.
“You’ll look 20 years younger.” Beware the cosmetic doctor who overpromises, Ramonas says. Instead of flattering you, he should be discussing what [...]
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3 Dec 2009Your plastic surgeon of dermatologist may be asking for your help to fight the Botox Botax shortly. Here’s what the ASDS (American Society for Dermatologic Surgery) is giving it’s members to solicit the support of Botox consumers:
The U.S. Senate health care reform bill (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) contains a proposed 5 percent tax on [...]
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3 Dec 2009Awhile back I posted an esthetician position on a local job search website. In my requirements, I had stated that only those estheticians who have been trained in the proper use of laser technology should apply. I must have received over 100 resumes with barely a few who have ever laid their hands on a [...]
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