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NEWS ABOUT: liposuction

liposuction stories: 12 news summaries

Spas Meet Surgery, Results Not Always Pretty

Hybrid medical spas face increasing scrutiny after death

Nov 5, 09 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 fire to proposed legislation in... More »

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surgery • spas • liposuction • medical spas

New Op Turns Those Love Handles Into Fake Breasts

Resulting implants look and feel more natural

Sep 15, 09 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new surgical technique, tested in the US and Britain, promises to give women a “two-for-one” by taking unwanted fat from their stomach and thighs and turning it into terrific breast implants, the Daily Mail reports. These implants look and feel more natural than their silicon counterparts, proponents... More »

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plastic surgery • breast implants • cosmetic surgery • liposuction

Leftover Fat From Lipos Is 'Liquid Gold' for Stem Cells

Siphoned off fat better than skin for producing embyo-free stem cells

Sep 8, 09 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Blubber may be the next big thing in stem cell research. Stanford scientists have found that leftover liposuction fat contains cells that can be changed into induced pluripotent stem cells—a type that doesn't require the use of an embryo, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Until now, scientists... More »

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stem cell research • stem cells • science • fat • liposuction • embryonic stem cells

(Newser) - Body-conscious Americans have been given a whole new area to fret about about in recent years, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Cankle"—a lower calf too chubby for an ankle to be properly defined—has entered the lexicon in recent years. Gyms, plastic surgeons, and shoe companies have... More »

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weight loss • exercise • liposuction • podiatry • ankle

GLOSSIES

 Writer Probes the Land of Lipo 


Feb 12, 09 1:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Hoping for a firsthand glimpse at the $13 billion cosmetic-surgery industry, an undercover writer visited three surgeons to ask what could be improved—on her 27-year-old, 5-foot 9-inch, 120-lb. body. “Are teenybopper idols and those who emulate them freely choosing plastic surgery? Or is plastic surgery choosing them?” Melanie... More »

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plastic surgery • beauty • cosmetic surgery • breast enhancement • liposuction • nose jobs

Usher Wife Was in Coma After Liposuction Heart Attack

She's recovering now with family at her side

Feb 12, 09 6:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Usher's wife was in a coma following a heart attack during liposuction surgery, according to the latest details to emerge in the medical emergency at a Brazilian hospital, reports Stuff.co.nz. Tameka Foster went into cardiac and respiratory arrest as she was being anesthetized, Brazilian papers are reporting. Doctors... More »

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plastic surgery • Brazil • cosmetic surgery • cardiac arrest • liposuction • coma • anesthesia • Usher • Tameka Foster

Doc Used Patients' Blubber
to Fuel Cars? Fat Chance

Beverly Hills surgeon looks to have left country ahead of health officials' raid

Dec 24, 08 4:05 PM CST
(Newser) - A Beverly Hills plastic surgeon who claimed to have turned excess fat taken from patients into “lipodiesel” that could power his girlfriend’s Lincoln Navigator is apparently on the run after California health officials raided his practice, the Times of London reports. A message on Alan Bittner’s site... More »

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biodiesel • Beverly Hills • liposuction • Alan Bittner • lipodiesel

Alleged Mafioso Gets Nipped, Tucked, Busted

Italian cops nab
vain fugitive after he undergoes liposuction

Nov 7, 08 3:08 PM CST
(Newser) - If Domenico Magnoli had been in better shape, he might still be a free man today. Italian police nabbed the 27-year-old alleged Mafia member yesterday as he was coming out of anesthesia after having liposuction, ANSA reports. Magnoli had been on the lam for over a year, dodging French drug-trafficking... More »

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Italy • Mafia • liposuction • 'Ndrangheta • Domenico Magnoli

Doc Hit Skids After Kanye's Mom Died

Adams' practice 'almost destroyed' by bad publicity, he tells King

Jan 23, 08 2:08 PM CST
(Newser) - The plastic surgeon who operated on the mother of rapper Kanye West days before her Nov. 10 death told CNN's Larry King yesterday that his Los Angeles-area practice has been "almost destroyed" by bad publicity following the tragedy. But Dr. Jan Adams, former host of the TV series Plastic ... More »

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plastic surgery • autopsy • Kanye West • death • private practice • liposuction • Donda West • Jan Adams

Coroner
Doesn't Know Why Kanye's Mom Died

Autopsy fails to turn up official cause

Jan 11, 08 3:45 AM CST
(Newser) - An autopsy of rapper Kanye West's mother has failed to turn up an official cause of death, E! Online reports. A report by the Los Angeles coroner said that Donda West suffered from coronary disease as well as post-operative problems from liposuction and breast-reduction surgery, but that "the final... More »

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plastic surgery • Kanye West • hip-hop • breast reduction • rap music • liposuction • Donda West • Jan Adams • coroner's report

Safari With That Liposuction?

Cosmetic surgeries can be cheaper abroad—and come with perks

Jan 3, 08 4:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Americans looking to get cosmetic surgery are eschewing expensive procedures at home and opting for "medical tourism," traveling abroad for cheaper procedures—that sometime come with exotic vacation perks. Countries including South Africa, Argentina, Thailand, Brazil and Singapore are marketing their health services to Americans with the promise... More »

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health care • plastic surgery • Thailand • Brazil • Costa Rica • cosmetic surgery • liposuction • malpractice

The Best Abs Money Can Buy

Plastic surgeons
carve beer bellies
into six-packs

Oct 31, 07 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you're not into crunches, you can suction your way to a six-pack. 'Abdominal etching' is a kind of precision liposuction that sucks out the fat that lies between your washboard stomach and the appreciative world. But surgeons caution that you have to have the right amount of fat to... More »

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plastic surgery • liposuction • abdominal etching

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