All posts tagged "Food and Drug Administration"

Most anti-aging creams and lotions target the face. But, what about the area just below? It is...

After undergoing any plastic surgery procedure, you expect to see your surgeon for follow up appointments. Each...

If you feel tied to your job 24/7, you aren’t alone. We live in a modern world...

It is a pricey and controversial procedure that continues to dominate cosmetic surgery chat circles; the so-called...

There’s a culture war brewing over cosmetic surgery. The number of people seeking to “westernize” or “Americanize”...

Breast Augmentation! New Jersey board certified plastic surgeon   Caroline Glicksman MD and member of the medical...

The FDA made a statement concerning a  potential small association between breast implants and ALCL today 1-26-11....

Dermal fillers are a popular treatment to minimize wrinkles and eliminate the signs of aging. Now, the FDA has approved a new version of a popular filler premixed with lidocaine to take away the sting. The FDA has approved a new dermal filler that contains enough lidocaine to provide nearly instantaneous numbing...

Liposuction emerges in yet another form, thanks to the new “custom acoustics” technique.  The new procedure not only requires less exertion from a surgeon, but also results in less bruising and discomfort to patients. An innovative liposuction procedure, new to the market, joins the lengthening line of improvements in fat removal technology. The “LipoVibe” technique is a...

Fat removal is often the goal of a cosmetic surgery procedure. This video highlights three new fat-zapping...

Breast implants are used in a plastic surgery procedure called breast augmentation or augmentation mammaplasty, which helps to increase the size or improve the contour of female breasts, usually for cosmetic or reconstructive reasons. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, breast augmentation is the most commonly performed cosmetic surgery performed...

Lines, wrinkles and creases in the face are a natural result of sun exposure and aging. Many beauty rejuvenation procedures exist that can help reduce these signs of aging with both surgical and chemical skin treatments. A popular alternative to surgery is CosmoDerm or CosmoPlast, which smoothes out facial wrinkles and irregularities...

Zyderm and Zyplast are the first injectable collagen implants approved by the FDA and have been in use for more than 25 years.  Zyderm is used to smoothen fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes and mouth, while Zyplast treats deeper wrinkles, frown lines, and scars and enhances volume in the face...

Like millions of Americans, you might have severe wrinkles or frown lines on your face and forehead that you’d like to see disappear. For many people, the answer lies in BOTOX® injections, a nonsurgical cosmetic procedure that temporarily improves the appearance of facial wrinkles. According to Forbes.com, more than 2.4 million BOTOX...