I heard a doctor on TV say that Artefill was risky, but my friend had it injected and it looks really good, RealSelf user asked, adding “does anything last as long, like maybe silicone?”. “Artefill is different from temporary injectable wrinkle fillers“, answered Aristocrat’s certified surgeon Dr. Kevin Tehrani. “The unique microspheres in Artefill are not absorbed by the body and …
Popular cosmetic procedures are both safe and effective when performed by certified surgeons, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The study, which appears in the January issue of the Dermatologic Clinics journal, analyzed 98 studies on cosmetic procedures to decide on the safety of some of the most common procedures. …
After two days of discussion and testimony about silicone breast implants, a top government health official said he had heard nothing to shake his faith in the safety of the widely used implants. According to Dr. William Maisel, chief scientist for the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices, despite the risks of ruptures, a hardening of the area …
Silicone gel-filled breast implants are safe, says the Food and Drug Administration, though women should not expect that they will last forever. Breast implants are medical devices implanted under the breast tissue or under the chest muscle (for men) to increase the size of the breast. The procedure is called breast augmentation, and is one of the most popular …