In recent years, many parents have opted to surprise their teenage daughters with breast augmentation surgery as a birthday or graduation present. One cosmetic surgeon has noticed a 20-30% increase in the number of cosmetic surgery procedures he performs on young people. Many of these are for … [Read more...]
Micro Breast Implants?
In 2006 one Dr. William Brennan received a patent for small micro-implants about the size of M-and-Ms. He is a neurosurgeon and cosmetic surgeon of over 20 years' experience and began working on these micro-implants in 2002. He is currently working to prepare for application to the Food and Drug … [Read more...]
Possible Link Between Breast Implants and Suicide
At the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Tennessee, Loren Lipworth and colleagues did a study concerning 3,527 Swedish women who had breast augmentation between 1965 and 1993. Of the women studied, 24 had committed suicide. The amount of time since surgery for these women averaged at about 19 … [Read more...]
Silicone Gel Implant Approval Imminent
Mentor, a breast implant manufacturing plant, has developed a new silicone gel implant that could get FDA approval within the next few weeks. The event is very exciting, as cosmetic surgeons and health analysts have been battling for the benefits of silicone in breast augmentation without the … [Read more...]
The Future of Cosmetic Surgery
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery has let loose to the public its predictions for cosmetic surgery in 2006. An overview of its predictions is as follows: Silicone gel breast implants will be approved by the FDA. As we know, the implants are currently in debate due to minor … [Read more...]
How did we get to where we are today regarding silicone gel breast implants?
Modern breast augmentation began in the early 1960's with the introduction of silicone gel breast implants. The silicone gel breast implants were constructed of one type of silicone making an outer shell and an inner formulation of silicone for the filler. This type of implant was very popular … [Read more...]
FDA Ban on Silicone May Provide New Hope
While the FDA's desicion to maintain the ban on silicone gel breast implants, doctors are coming up with new, potentially better alternatives for those seeking bustier profiles. Their newest development are "gummies"- breast implants with the consistencies of gummy bears. They have all the positive … [Read more...]
Allergan wins the Inamed Bidding War
At least for now, it appears that Allergan is the winner over Medicis. They are paying $3.2 Billion for the rights to the breast implant manufacturer. Not only that, but Inamed is announcing that a new cosmetic product called Juvaderm is ready to market. Looks like this may be a big win for … [Read more...]
BOTOX® and Breast Implants
Interesting corporate machinations going on. Allergan (maker of Botox) wants to buy Inamed (breast implant manufacturer). Inamed wants to buy Medicis (maker of various cosmetic fillers). Mentor (breast implant manufacturer and also pharmaceutical powerhouse) wants to buy Medicis. Billions of … [Read more...]
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