4/25/2008 11:37:57 AM
Cosmetic Surgery Today - New Facilities & Good Words
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The 90’s started a trend in minimally invasive procedures in plastic surgery. Botox became very popular,
but only lasts 3 to 6 months and can be very expensive in the long run. Most wrinkle fillers are also
temporary and costly. Most lasers and IPL (intense pulsed light) treatments require multiple visits for
increased total cost and modest results. The new barbed threads were released and now, years later,
there is still no great long-term follow-up scientific data published to support cosmetic improvement.
The different generations of these threads are still being modified, as there are still many problems to
be worked out. While plastic surgery produced the most impressive permanent results, it was often too
extreme, until now.