It’s been a virtual ticket to virality and media coverage. Plastic surgeons have dropped, driven over, blended, and even bitten breast implants in creative and entertaining—but ultimately inaccurate—tests of the implant’s strength. Ensuing print coverage has suggested that some of…
A popular social media personality with 1.4M Instagram followers has released a $40.00 ebook detailing how she “got botched” by “gynecologists…operating like plastic surgeons” in Miami, Florida. Alejandra Mercedes’s 40-page ebook, “Results After the Cut” is available via a website…
Vancouver-based Clarius Mobile Health released its third-generation handheld wireless scanners, Monday, January 17, showcasing the 10 new HD3 devices in an hourlong innovation spotlight. The devices, cleared by the U.S. FDA and currently available for purchase only within the United…
Mentor Worldwide LLC announced early Thursday, January 13, that the U.S. FDA has approved its MemoryGel BOOST Breast Implant for breast augmentation in women at least 22 years old, and for women of all ages undergoing breast reconstruction. The new…
Just over 10½ percent of 584 women with current-issue silicone gel breast implants who participated in a recent study were found to have a silent rupture which they were unaware of. The study, financially supported by Ideal Implant Incorporated, was…
Primary breast augmentation patients who were already exercising prior to surgery may safely resume exercise one week after surgery, says new research. Postoperative complication rates, the need for additional surgery, and the quality of scarring were not negatively affected by…
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