All posts tagged "FDA"

Breast augmentation is the most popular plastic surgery procedure in the United States with hundreds of thousands of...

Anyone considering breast implants is bombarded with information from friends, family and especially the Internet. While it’s...

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...

Gel, saline, round, textured. With so many types of implants available, how do we sort through the...

Allergan has added a new product to it’s already strong portfolio of aesthetic products. Newly FDA approved...

In the past, the FDA has cornered the market on raising safety and viability issues with the...

Thermiva is taking a bold step to improve love lives and build self-esteem. The new technology uses...

There’s a new technique in town when it comes to using injectable fillers. It’s called “Airbrushing”, creating...

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”...

Recently approved form stable breast implants are creating lots of buzz within the cosmetic surgery community. Patients...

Authorities seize a new skin care drug being marketed without approval from the Food and Drug Administration....

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...

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...