Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Health News

FDA looks at risks of cosmetic face fillers

Nov. 18, 2008
Plastic surgeons pledged today to help the government track the safety of one of the most popular new beauty treatments: facial injections of various kinds of gels to smooth away wrinkles.
Related Stories from UPI.com

Less plastic surgery due to economy

CHICAGO, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- The sagging U.S. economy means more people are holding off on cosmetic surgery, consumer and plastic surgeon polls indicate.

Plastic surgery makes advances in wartime

KAILUA, Hawaii, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Plastic surgery was born out of war and advances from the war in Iraq and Afghanistan benefit victims elsewhere, U.S. researchers said.

If free, most would get plastic surgery

NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Eighty-five percent U.S. adults would undergo a facial plastic surgery procedure if given free, a survey indicates.

Fat causes lower baggy eyelids

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- Baggy eyelids are caused by fat expansion in the eye socket, but plastic surgeons have been tightening eye muscles to treat the condition, U.S. researchers say.

Surgeon: ATV injuries can be devastating

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., July 15 (UPI) -- All-terrain vehicles accident injuries, which happen by the thousands each year and can be devastating, can be avoided, a U.S. plastic surgeon says.

Elective surgery turns on sliding economy

NEW YORK, July 9 (UPI) -- U.S. consumers are spending less on both gym memberships and cosmetic surgery procedures, various groups said.

Cosmetic procedures to quadruple by 2015

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., June 25 (UPI) -- More than 55 million cosmetic surgery procedures will be done annually in the United States by 2015 despite today's uncertain economy, researchers estimate.

Study: Fat cheeks the key to looking young

DALLAS, June 25 (UPI) -- The key to having a young-looking face is fat cheeks, plastic surgeons at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas say.

'Cosmetic surgeon' title restricted

TORONTO, April 11 (UPI) -- The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has banned general practitioners who perform cosmetic surgery from calling themselves surgeons.

Despite economy, plastic surgery up again

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill., March 25 (UPI) -- Despite the housing slump, the price of gas and the credit crunch, U.S. adults do have money for plastic surgery, plastic surgeons said.

Study: Risk of MRSA following face lift

NEW YORK, March 18 (UPI) -- Four patients at a U.S. surgical center had Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, infections after face lifts.

British go under the knife willingly

LONDON, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- An increasing number of British women and men are undergoing cosmetic surgery to improve their looks at a cost of more than $1 billion last year alone.

Face of mom-to-be benefits from baby fat

LA JOLLA, Calif., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Pregnant women are advised to quit Botox treatments and fillers, but a dermasurgeon says that even perfect Hollywood faces can weather a Botox hiatus.

Zoned lips helps cosmetic surgeons

MANHASSET, N.Y., Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Dividing the lips into zones may help cosmetic surgeons increase satisfaction among patients who undergo enhancement procedures, a U.S. study suggests.

Allergan's filler updated with 1-year data

IRVINE, Calif., June 26 (UPI) -- U.S. aesthetic drug firm Allergan said Tuesday it may add to Juvederm's label that the anti-wrinkle filler's effects last for one year.
1 of 25
President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
View Caption
President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch