Aesthetic Medicine / MediSpa News
IAPAM Announces Top 5 Aesthetic Trends for 2010: DIY is Out, Physicians are In
The International Association For Physicians in Aesthetic Medicine (IAPAM) has surveyed its membership, its medical advisory board, and has consulted with numerous experts in aesthetic medicine, to develop a forecast for the top 5 aesthetic medicine treatments or trends physicians and patients can expect to see in 2010. Aesthetic procedures from Botox to ultrasound fat […]
Merz to Acquire BioForm Medical
Merz Pharma Group (“Merz”), a privately-held company based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and BioForm Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq:BFRM) today announced that the Board of Directors of BioForm Medical and the Merz Shareholders Council have unanimously approved a definitive agreement under which Merz will acquire all of the outstanding shares of BioForm Medical for US$5.45 per […]
Five Golden Rules to Creating Youthful, Natural Looking Lips
January 18, 2010 – PRWeb – Fuller lips can make a woman look not just sexier but younger, according to new findings. The key to a perfect pout is to enhance five little known characteristics of the lip in a natural and subtle way. The Sloane Clinic identifies five golden rules to creating youthful, natural looking […]
FDA-Approved Device to Help Surgeons’ Efficiency, Cytori Says
San Diego-based regenerative medicine company Cytori Therapeutics Inc. said Jan. 8 that it received U.S. regulatory clearance to market its PureGraft system, a bedside device capable of removing, purifying and re-injecting a patient’s fat tissue in about 15 minutes. Shares of Cytori, which have traded between $1.42 and $7.78 in the past 52 weeks, closed […]
Sunscreens and Indoor Tanning Update
In the latest issue Skin and Aging, in the 2009 Year in Review, by Elizabeth Kaufman McNamara, MD: Best-Rated Sunscreens 2009 Consumer Reports studied the protection of sunscreens against ultraviolet A and B radiation as well as how long sunscreens remained on volunteers who were immersed in water for 40 minutes or longer. Consumer Reports noted that […]
Reduce wrinkles and enhance skin during sleep
By Heide Aungst, November 30, 2009 in Modern Medicine (www.modernmedicine.com) Copper-oxide pillowcases can reduce wrinkles, promote younger-looking skin. Copper-oxide fibers used in pillowcases might just revolutionize the old adage “Get your beauty sleep.” A new study says that just sleeping on the pillowcases may reduce wrinkles and improve skin appearance. Cupron, the company that makes […]
“I’m going to the doctor – for my facial”
Communications manager Cecilia Tan, 33, used to visit beauty salons for facials. But since last year, Ms Tan began visiting Neuglow, an aesthetic clinic run by Healthway Medical Group, for chemical facial peels to improve her complexion. Never mind that the peels cost $600 per session – at least six times what salons charge. She […]
The ‘Boy-toxers’: One in five botox patients now a man
Almost one in five cosmetic surgery patients are now men with City bankers spending their bonuses on ‘Boytox’ treatments to get rid of their wrinkles, a new report showed yesterday. Britain’s males are recognising the increasingly tough jobs market means personal appearance is more important than ever and are prepared to emulate women by turning […]
Skin Tone Is Key to Ageing Process, Not Wrinkles
Experts say skin coloration is actually the one that gives our age away These days, ageing has become synonymous with wrinkles, therefore most of the efforts of the cosmetic industry are focused on banishing them. However, women should perhaps think twice before spending a small fortune on anti-wrinkle creams, as new studies have revealed that […]
Wrestling with wrinkles: botox to the rescue
The farmer’s wife from outside Munich did not aspire to have a youthful, attractive appearance the time she sold her calf. But it was a wrinkle between her eyes giving her a permanently angry look which bothered her. So the farmer’s wife went to Tatjana Pavici, head of aesthetic dermatology at Munich University, and using […]
