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Risks of mixing drugs with supplements range from increased bleeding to central nervous system and cardiac effects to death

February 1, 2009
By:Rochelle Nataloni

Patients should stop taking herbal supplements two weeks prior to cosmetic surgery and confer with a psychiatrist, and in some cases a cardiologist or internist regarding cessation and titration of antidepressants prior to elective surgery, experts advise.

Surface a 'peel': Novel peel-away topical anesthetic offers quick onset, convenience

May 1, 2008
By:ILYA PETROU, M.D.

Topical anesthetic creams offer patients pain relief from laser resurfacing and other cosmetic skin-site treatments. But according to one expert, a new topical anesthetic peel-away cream is more effective and convenient than other, more frequently used topical anesthetic creams.

Light sleeper

July 1, 2007
By:Cheryl Guttman

Using propofol, ketamine, local anesthetic, and a bispectral index monitor, the minimally invasive anesthesia technique represents a safer, simplified and less-costly approach to anesthesia that is appropriate for all cosmetic surgery procedures, says Barry L. Friedberg, M.D., innovator of the technique.

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