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Source: US FDA Press Announcements Botulinum Toxin (Botox), a poison used to treat “crow’s feet”, “wrinkles”, “frown lines” and to prevent underarm sweating, has undergone some labeling revisions and guidelines. The warnings include the risk that the botox may spread from the areas injected to other areas of the body causing symptoms consistent with botulism. These include: [...] Source: Various, including Dermik, makers of, you guessed it… Okay, maybe not for everyone. For those of us aging (You know who you are) there are now more options than ever to not look like ourselves. Those of us intimidated by the prospect of surgery for facial rejuvination (Making your face look younger. Presumably [...] A recent study reported in the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery appears to dismiss the association between breast implants and the risk of developing lymphoma. The 5 year follow up study of 43,000 women with cosmetic breast implants yielded only 48 cases of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma where 53.9 cases were anticipated. What this means in layman’s [...] Source: British Medical Journal, 2/20/2009, Editorial: Minimally invasive surgery for breast cancer Dr. Monica Morrow, Chief of the Breast Cancer Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in NY, has raised concerns that for the past 30 years, surgery has been increasingly devoted to improving cosmetic outcomes. Her concern is that failure to demand rigorous evaluation of [...] |
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