Welcome to the our Aesthetic Medicine news roundup, 21 April 2023.
Hollywood Plastic Surgeons confront the rise of Ozempic Body
As patients rush to lose pounds via injectable drugs, L.A. doctors are addressing problems like loose skin and lack of volume with fillers, fat transfers and energy treatments: “If you lose a lot of weight quickly, everything is deflated.”
Cosmetic clean-up: tough new rules for cosmetic surgery
Health professionals practising cosmetic surgery will need to meet tougher regulations from 1 July 2023.
The first tech center for aesthetic medical training has been inaugurated in Rome
Dermatologists, aesthetic doctors, plastic and maxillofacial surgeons: they will train future beauty specialists free of charge at the new Allergan Aesthetics Center of Excellence, the first and only space entirely dedicated to the theoretical and practical training of aesthetic doctors.
Cosmetic Tourism Index: The most popular locations for treatments worldwide
Once the preserve of the rich and famous, cosmetic procedures have boomed in popularity in recent years.
New episodes launched of ‘Beyond the Before & After’ original docuseries for The Aesthetic Society
The Aesthetic Society released four new episodes of its original docuseries ‘Beyond the Before & After.’ This original docuseries by The Aesthetic Society and Greenpoint Pictures continues to provide a platform for real patients to tell their individual journeys of how aesthetic plastic surgery helped transform their lives, not just physically, but emotionally.
Nurse dies after trying to perform lipo on herself in latest plastic surgery fatality
A 30-year-old nurse who reportedly performed liposuction on herself at a clinic in Mexico has died from the fatal cosmetic procedure.
Modified Botox found to give long-term pain relief after nerve injury without side effects
A team of scientists from the Universities of Sheffield, Reading and University College London (UCL) and US-based biopharmaceutical company Neuresta have created a new, elongated botulinum neurotoxin which can alleviate chronic pain without risk of paralysis or addiction.
