DIY Botox: Site Offers Injectable Drug Without Prescription—With How-To Video
Wired Science
A website that sells a prescription drug similar to Botox without requiring a prescription claims it has more than 2,000 customers. Some have learned how to inject the botulism-derived drug into their own faces from YouTube videos produced for the site.More

Liposuction Possibly More Safe In Fat Grafting
The Plastic Surgery Channel
Liposuction tools may be safer for some fat grafting instead of the commonly used syringe, according to a new study from the Plastic Surgery Research Council.More

DIY Botox: Site Offers Injectable Drug Without Prescription, With How-To Video
Wired Science
A website that sells a prescription drug similar to Botox without requiring a prescription claims it has more than 2,000 customers. Some have learned how to inject the botulism-derived drug into their own faces from YouTube videos produced for the site.More

When Plastic Surgery Calls for a Do-Over
The New York Times
No face-lift stops time, so as aging continues, even a satisfied patient may choose to have another one a decade later. But what if your face-lift never pleased you, not because of complications or monstrous scars, but because of aesthetics pure and simple? Perhaps your first surgeon’s technique resulted not only in a tighter jaw line, but also a flat wind-swept cheek and a stretched mouth. Or your nose no longer has an unsightly bump, but now, postsurgery, is asymmetrical.More

Rude Ramsay Admits Cosmetic Surgery
The New York Post
Gordon Ramsay has undergone cosmetic surgery to fill in the trademark lines on his chin. He says he took the advice of Botox fan Simon Cowell, who advised that, if he wanted to increase his star power stateside, he might want to polish his rugged features. "Simon Cowell suggested that, now I'm a success in America, I should do something. So I had a filler put under the deep crevices," he told the British weekly Radio Times. More

Bad Botox Trial Underway as Bellevue, Wash. Salon Owner Faces Judge
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Eighteen months have passed since the woman received the wrinkle-fighting injection that set her face aflame. Her plastic surgeon, brought in to clean up the mess allegedly created by a Bellevue salon owner, said he is hopeful that the damage can be repaired. More

Coping Style Affects Quality of Informed Consent Prior to Anesthesia
PhysOrg.com
How patients cope with anxiety before undergoing anesthesia, either by demanding information or running from it, may determine whether they are equipped to make vital health decisions, according to a study to be published in the November edition of the journal Anesthesiology.More