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Nation’s First Green Medical Spa Opens in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO – (Business Wire) The iconic Epi Center MedSpa celebrates its 10th anniversary today with the opening of the country’s first Eco-MedSpa in San Francisco in a completely renovated facility in the historic Union Square medical building at 450 Sutter Street. The new facility is LEED certified and built entirely with sustainable materials, from […]

UltraShape(R) Non-Invasive Fat Reduction And Body Contouring Clinical Study Results Featured At American Society For Laser Medicine

Results of an independent multi-treatment clinical study of the UltraShape(R) Contour I, the first clinically proven non-invasive solution for fat reduction and body contouring using non-thermal selective focused ultrasound will be presented at the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery annual meeting on April 4, 2008 in Kissimmee, Florida. The presentation is entitled “Lipotripsy: […]

Palomar to Unveil New Laser-Assisted Liposuction Platform

Palomar Medical Technologies Inc., announced today that it will unveil its latest innovation in aesthetic laser technology at the 28th annual conference of the American Society for Laser Medicine & Surgery (ASLMS) in Kissimmee Florida, April 2-6. Palomar will display a new platform called the Aspire(TM) aesthetic laser platform and Stylus(TM) Sculpter laser-assisted liposuction handpiece […]

New Thermage for Cellulite Procedure Gets Your Bikini Ready in Just One Treatment

Houston (PRWEB) March 31, 2008 — No matter how many trips to the gym or diets a woman endures, stubborn cellulite seems to be a persistent problem. In fact, a recent study by Millennium Research Group showed that 90% of women struggle with some degree of cellulite. Thermage, Inc. has recently answered many a frustrated […]

Botox and Competitors

Dr. Brandith Irwin has been a guest skin expert on The Oprah Winfrey Show and is a board-certified dermatologist in Seattle.

Industry Giants Push Obesity Surgery

Medical-device makers, venture capitalists and surgeons are racing to turn a once-controversial weight-loss procedure into the next big thing in elective surgery. Once dismissed by some surgeons as a gimmick, gastric banding — in which a silicone band is wrapped around the upper stomach to restrict food intake — is now the focus of a […]

Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Spending Increases 9 Percent to $12.4 Billion

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Despite domestic concerns like inflation and a looming home lending crisis, average Americans continue to spend money on plastic surgery. According to the latest procedural statistics report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), almost 12 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures were performed in 2007 – a 7 percent increase […]

Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Procedures for Ethnic Patients Up 13 Percent in 2007

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. – Almost a quarter (2,626,700) of cosmetic plastic surgery procedures were performed on ethnic patients in 2007, up 13 percent from last year, including Hispanics, African Americans and Asian Americans, according to statistics released today by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). Since 2006, cosmetic plastic surgery procedures increased in the […]

New Treatment for Cellulite

While many patients turn to liposuction to get rid of cellulite, a breakthrough treatment now allows individulas to get rid pf the bulges without going under the knife. Drs. Dale Isaacson and Marilyn Berzin perform this new, virtually painless procedure.