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Spas Meet Surgery, Results Not Always Pretty

Hybrid medical spas face increasing scrutiny after death

By Jen Paton, Newser User

Posted Nov 5, 2009 10:41 AM CST

(Newser) – Medical spas offering pedicures alongside plastic surgery are gathering steam, their numbers swelling 85% from mid-2007 to the end of last year—and coming under scrutiny. The death of a Florida woman undergoing liposuction at one of the nation's 1,800 such spas has added... Read full story »

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