Buttock Implants

• FDA - BREAST IMPLANT SURGERY & RELATED ISSUES
  FDA Breast Implant Consumer Handbook - 2004 BREAST IMPLANT SURGERY & RELATED ISSUES

BOTOX® Cosmetic

• FDA - Botox faq
  Botox™ is used to make lines or wrinkles between the eye brows look better. It only lasts for a short time.

Facelift

• Facelift alternatives
  Approximately one in 10 patients is a good candidate for neck rejuvenation – but patients must maintain realistic expectations," said Dr. Zins. "These techniques are targeted specifically for the neck and chin areas only. The mid-face and upper-face are clearly not improved by these procedures



• Who Needs a Face-lift?
  Approximately one in 10 patients is a good candidate for neck rejuvenation, but patients must maintain realistic expectations."This article was reported by Ivanhoe.com, who offers Medical Alerts by e-mail every day of the week

Breast Augmentation

• Near-Total Ban On Silicone Breast Implants Could End
  I think there are advantages to silicon implants and people shouldn't be denied that option.""I think they will keep coming back because it's money in the bank,"

Breast Lift

• FDA - Breast Implant - LOCAL COMPLICATIONS & REOPERATIONS
  The Institute of Medicine (IOM) completed its independent review of past and ongoing scientific research of silicone [both saline-filled and silicone-gel filled] breast implant safety in June 1999.6 Below are some of the major findings from the IOM report.

Cosmetic Surgery

• FDA - Cosmetic Laser Surgery - A High-Tech Weapon in the Fight against Aging Skin
  Normally this is not a good thing where humans are concerned. In science fiction films the characters vaporized by a laser simply disappear. Patients opting for cosmetic laser surgery, however, suffer a less severe fate: Only their wrinkles and other skin imperfections disappear.



• FDA - Tattoos and Permanent Makeup
  FDA considers the inks used in intradermal tattoos, including permanent makeup, to be cosmetics and considers the pigments used in the inks to be color additives requiring premarket approval under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Plastic Surgery

• Plastic Surgery Planning Guide
  If you are considering having plastic surgery, make sure you've made all the necessary steps.

Breast implants

• FDA - Breast Implant Consumer Handbook - SPECIFIC ISSUES TO CONSIDER
  Women with breast implants who are in an age group where routine mammograms are recommended should be sure to have these examinations at the recommended regularly scheduled times. Some women who undergo reconstruction will have some breast tissue remaining, and some have all of their breast tissue removed. It is important that a woman with remaining breast tissue continue to have mammography of that breast, as well as of the other breast, to detect breast cancer. (Those who have had breast cancer surgery on both breasts should ask their doctors whether mammograms are still necessary.)



• FDA - Breast Implant - Questions and Answers
  FDA - Breast Implant - Questions and Answers (2006)



• FDA - Breast implant glossary
  This glossary is taken form FDA’s Consumer Handbook (2004)