Liposuction News

Anti-fat injections are one of the most hotly debated procedures in cosmetic medicine because they are spreading faster than the science behind them.

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In an event that made a Botox party look quaint, 10 women proudly displayed their new body parts at a "coming-out" party on Wednesday.

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A group of doctors, advertising themselves as cosmetic surgeons, are offering discounted liposuction procedures to members of the public willing to have the procedure conducted by trainees. The advertisement, has drawn criticism from the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, who issued a warning about the possible dangers of volunteering to be the subject of training procedures.

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Jet Nightclub in Las Vegas is courting controversy for the second year in a row by staging a contest where the winning contestant will receive $5,000 to spend on breast augmentation surgery.

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A 40 year old woman who escaped Iraq to find a new life has had her marriage plans dashed because of a liposuction and tummy tuck that has left her permanently scarred, a Dubai court was told.

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The number of morbidly obese Australians undergoing weight loss surgery has doubled in five years, and has increased by a factor of 12 in a decade.

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A doctor in Houston, Texas, whose trial last month ended in a misstated conviction, will stand trial again on charges that she bought a cheap Botox substitute and injected it into unsuspecting patients.

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New Jersey police are investigating the death of a 41 year old woman, who died, apparently after undergoing cosmetic surgery at a private residence.

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One of the world's leading obesity doctors yesterday called for more publicly funded obesity surgery, saying that weight loss surgery was the single most powerful health remedy available to public health services.

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Figures released by the health department in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) show that demand for cosmetic surgery in Vietnam continues to soar, with 53 private clinics now licensed in the city. Of these 53 licensed facilities, 45 are specialized clinics, while 8 are general hospitals that also offer plastic surgery services.

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