Category Archives: Plastic Surgery News

Liposuction Deaths in Arizona

A massage therapist performed a liposuction procedure in which a woman died. A homeopathic physician who was denied a medical doctor’s license by the state board did another procedure in which a patient died.Others who performed cosmetic surgery did not have formal medical training, including a bookkeeper and a former restaurant owner.(from the Arizona Republic) […]


Ethics of Medical Blogs

There is an interesting article in today’s Detroit Free Press about medical blogs and the ethics surrounding them. There are numerous physicians who have had their blogs shut down due to ethics violations. The question of ethics and this blog has always concerned me. While you can’t please everyone, I hope that this blog is […]


Thermage Complications

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the main medical journal for plastic surgeons, has published a letter in this month’s issue I wrote regarding possible complications of Thermage. Thanks for reading. Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon Anthony Youn, M.D.:


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