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New treatment freezes wrinkles, tones up your neck

A ten minute procedure in which he blows cold air on a person’s neck can reduce sagging and wrinkles.

The procedure requires no needles, scalpels or medicines.

“Its good if you are fit and want to get rid of a little fat its not good if you are obese and need a lot of fat removed,” says Dr. Simon Ourian.

First, Ourian soaks a neck collar in sterile saline to moisten and cool it. He then blows freezing air onto the collar to bring the temperature of the neck down to around 6 degrees centigrade. He says this dissolves fats without affecting the skin. Read more

               

Men Fuel Rebound in Cosmetic Surgery

New ASPS Statistics Show Sizeable Increases in Facelifts and Other Surgical Procedures for Men

Statistics released today by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) show that more men are going under the knife. Overall cosmetic plastic surgery procedures in men were up 2 percent in 2010 compared to 2009. However, many male surgical procedures increased significantly. Facelifts for men rose 14 percent in 2010 while male liposuction increased 7 percent.

2010 ASPS statistics show that men underwent more than 1.1 million cosmetic procedures, both minimally-invasive and surgical. The majority of the Men’s Top 10 fastest-growing cosmetic procedures are surgical, which bucks the previous trend of growth in minimally-invasive treatments.

“The growth in cosmetic surgical procedures for men may be a product of our aging baby boomers who are now ready to have plastic surgery,” said ASPS President Phillip Haeck, MD. “Minimally-invasive procedures such as Botox® and soft tissue fillers work to a point. However, as you age and gravity takes over, surgical procedures that lift the skin are necessary in order to show significant improvement.” Read more

               

More Male Patients Seeking Cosmetic Procedures

From BOTOX to Body Contouring, more men are looking to freshen their look as it becomes more acceptable in society and as competition in the job market gets tougher.

In a recently released report on cosmetic statistics in 2010, The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) estimates that over 1.1 million men underwent a cosmetic procedure, either minimally invasive or surgical. And while this number is nowhere near as high as female patients (11.5 million), it is indicative of quite a few things that cosmetic procedures for males have risen 2% vs. 2009, with big gains in facelifts and liposuction. Read more

               

FDA Agrees to UltraShape 510(k) Pathway - Expected to Shorten FDA Clearance Process

UltraShape Ltd. announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration advised the company that it may submit a request for clearance of its Contour I system under the 510(k) regulation rather than as a Pre-Market Approval (PMA) as was previously advised.

Proceeding under the 510(k) pathway is expected to simplify and shorten the submission process to the FDA for clearance to sell the Company’s Contour I system in the United States.

UltraShape CEO, Assaf Eyal, said “The United States is the largest and most important market in the world, and represents a huge opportunity for our products. Submission for FDA market clearance under the 510(k) regulation is a major milestone for UltraShape. The recent launch of our new third generation product, together with our efforts to gain regulatory approval in the United States and China, provide us with a major growth opportunity.” Read more

               

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 up 12 percent at $7.26 that day. The stock is listed under the symbol CYTX on Nasdaq.

Cytori, which has built a business out of tools used for harvesting adult stem cells, said the latest regulatory decision positions it as the only company with an FDA-approved device that can perform cosmetic body contouring procedures using a patient’s own fat.

The company said it will begin marketing PureGraft to plastic and reconstructive surgeons in the United States in the first quarter of the year. It said it will formally introduce the product in April at the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery’s annual meeting. Read more

               

Laser treatment: Zap those fat cells

No diet, no exercise, no surgery - you can knock off excess weight just by shooting lasers into flabby areas. 

You can get in shape within an hour without diet, exercise or surgery, claimed companies at a show in Dubai.

Exhibitors at the Dubai Congress on Anti-Aging and Aesthetic Medicine (DCAAAM) showed off technology that breaks down fat by shooting sound and pressure waves or lasers into the body’s chubby areas. The destroyed fat cells seep between surrounding tissue spaces and leave the body with sweat and urine, the medical companies explained.

Though full treatments run over a few weeks, results can be seen and felt within the first hour of undergoing the ultrasound or laser sessions, according to the marketing literature of German cosmetic manufacturer Medilab, US medical firm Erchonia and Italian research firm Promoitalia. Read more

               

SPASHAPE© Designing Future in Body Contouring Technology

Available since mid 2009, SPASHAPE© combines Scanning Diodes 635mn laser therapy with Second generation of High Focalised Ultrasounds ( Dynamic HFU).

Based on 7 years experiences in body contouring innovation, such as ULTRACONTOUR, Medixsysteme, France developed a system that proposed two technologies in one platform. The technology is covered by an international patent. Medixsysteme is fully ISO 13485 certified to manufacture medical devices complying with CE norms.

SPASHAPE© is totally non invasive treatment combined able to treat directly the fat cells (in belly, hips and legs regions) and drain the fluids and the waste immediately after in the lymphatic system. Adding the cold laser enhance the results with its proven bio stimulation action. Read more

               

LIPOSONIX System Approved by Health Canada

Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation today announced that Health Canada has issued a Medical Device License (MDL) authorizing the sale of the LIPOSONIX(TM) System Model 1 in Canada. The LIPOSONIX system is designed to utilize high intensity focused ultrasound energy to reduce subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue in the treatment zone to provide a non-invasive, non-surgical approach to body contouring. The Company plans for the LIPOSONIX system to be marketed in Canada by Medicis Aesthetics Canada. Read more

               

Guide to Body Contouring Equipment

There are now many new entrants into the Body Contouring equipment realm.   PSP magazine has many of the them compiled in the following online report: Body Contouring: The Major Players.  Here you will see CoolTouch CTEV, Cynosure SmartLipo, Mentor UltraSculpt,  Sound Surgical Technologies Vaser, and Thermage ThermaCoolNXT.  Read more

               

Body Contouring Surgery Risk Rises with Increased Body Mass Index

Study reveals close correlation between degree of obesity and complications arising from popular aesthetic surgical procedure

New York, NY (July 31, 2008) – A recent study investigating the relationship between complications of body contouring surgery and body mass index has confirmed an increase in the occurrence of such complications with worsening degree of obesity.  Findings from the study are published in the July/August 2008 issue of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal, the peer-reviewed publication of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). Read more

               

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