Monthly Archives: December 2008

Breast implant and aesthetic specialities supplier Mentor Corp. was acquired by medical products giant, Johnson & Johnson on December 1st, 2008 for a reported $1.1 billion. JP Morgan analyst Michael Weinstein said the deal was most likely possible thanks to … Continue reading

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Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> CNN aired a news segment this week about the Japanese surgeon Kotaro Yoshimura and his innovative, but somewhat controversial breast augmentation method, which uses stem cells to successfully perform fat grafting during breast … Continue reading

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Officials from the Food and Drug Administration met in November with a group of outside experts to review complications that have been reported in association with cosmetic dermal filler injections. Over the last six years, there have been roughly 900 … Continue reading

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