February 14, 2010
Franklin Heng’s death certificate shows he had punctures in his intestines due to liposuction
Property head honcho Franklin Heng died from punctures to his intestines sustained during liposuction surgery last December.
The 44-year-old’s death certificate, obtained by The Sunday Times last Friday, indicated that the cause of death was ‘multiple iatrogenic punctures of the intestines due to [...]
February 13, 2010
The method of transferring fat from one area of the body to another originally began over one hundred years ago in Germany in order to aid in a person’s facial deformity. Today it is a technique used in a variety of body regions for a variety of reasons.
An age old joke among women desiring a [...]
January 25, 2010
Source : http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=9623738
Abbott Laboratories on Thursday stopped marketing a weight loss pill in Europe after regulators there said the drug increases the risk of heart attack and stroke when used by heart disease patients.
The European Medicines Agency advised doctors and pharmacists to stop using sibutramine, saying “the risks of these medicines are greater than their [...]
January 23, 2010
Source : http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60N00P20100124
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fake versions of GlaxoSmithKline’s over-the-counter diet pill were contaminated with dangerously high levels of a prescription weight loss ingredient, U.S. officials warned on Saturday.
Lab tests showed counterfeit versions of Glaxo’s pill Alli contained high levels of sibutramine, Food and Drug Administration officials said.
Sibutramine is the active ingredient in Abbott Laboratories [...]
January 22, 2010
The European Medicines Agency advised doctors to stop prescribing medicines containing sibutramine, which are sold under the names Reductil, Reduxade and Zelium in Europe. — ST FILE PHOTO
Source : http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/TechandScience/Story/STIStory_480719.html
WASHINGTON – EUROPEAN authorities urged a halt on Thursday to sales of a diet pill made by Abbott Laboratories Inc after concluding heart-related risks were too [...]
January 19, 2010
Source : http://www.dietcomment.com/2010/01/doc-got-fats-removed-too/
A day before news broke about Singapore’s first liposuction-related death, Dr Siew Tuck Wah was getting his fats sucked from his abdomen by his colleague, plastic surgeon Tan Ying Chien.
It was all in a day’s work for both men. All physicians at The Sloane Clinic, where they both work, have to undergo all [...]
January 19, 2010
Source : http://health.asiaone.com/Health/Men%2527s%2BMatters/Story/A1Story20100118-192628.html
Liposuction is a procedure where a body is sculpted by removing excess fat. The areas targeted include the arms, abdomen, buttocks, thighs and calves.
Cost starts at $2,000 when it is done by general practitioners and $4,000 when it is done by plastic surgeons.
Patients also have to pay for pre-operative tests, post-operative compression garments, [...]
January 19, 2010
Source : http://health.asiaone.com/Health/Women%2527s%2BMatters/Skin%2BDeep/Story/A1Story20100118-192620.html
When news broke that a man had died following a liposuction operation, chills went down Ms J.P. Lee’s spine.
The mother of two, in her mid-30s, had liposuction done on her abdomen recently at Reves Clinic, the same clinic that property honcho Franklin Heng went to.
“I felt that I was dying after the procedure, [...]
January 19, 2010
Source : http://health.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20100118-192626.html
Singaporeans are the driving force behind Indonesian doctor Arthur Tjandra’s success: at his 18,000 sq ft Medan clinic Elixir de Vie, up to 90 per cent of those who come in for a nip and tuck are Singaporeans.
The rest are made up of Americans, Taiwanese, Malaysians, Australians and Indonesians.
And of all the Singaporeans [...]
January 13, 2010
Source : http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_476723.html
By Salma Khalik
THE number of complaints against general practitioners (GPs) for aesthetic treatments has gone up, with patients referring 12 GPs to the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) last year.
The SMC received complaints against 11 GPs in 2008 and just six the year before, its spokesman told The Straits Times yesterday.
This is despite stricter [...]
January 8, 2010
Source : http://www.asiaone.com/Health/News/Story/A1Story20100108-190446.html
By Francis Chan
THE Ministry of Health (MOH) has ordered the Orchard Road clinic that performed cosmetic surgery on Mr Franklin Heng, just before he died last week, to cease the type of treatment involved.
Mr Heng, 44, the chief executive of a $1 billion company, was rushed by ambulance to Tan Tock Seng Hospital [...]
January 7, 2010
Source : http://health.asiaone.com/Health/Women%2527s%2BMatters/Skin%2BDeep/Story/A1Story20100106-190139.html
By Judith Tan
GENERAL practitioners offering beauty treatments must have proper credentials to carry out most of the less-invasive aesthetic procedures.
Under guidelines laid down by the Singapore Medical Council (SMC), Academy of Medicine and the College of Family Physicians, these GPs must attend the relevant accredited courses and attain certificates of competence.
The non-invasive procedures [...]
January 3, 2010
2010/01/03
Lee Shi-Ian
KUALA LUMPUR: Authorities are cautioning women against a slimming product as some have suffered heart attacks after taking it. A Health Ministry source said tests revealed that the slimming product, sold in capsule form, contained not one but two dangerous chemicals, sibutramine and metformin., an orally administered agent for the treatment [...]
December 8, 2009
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking…ry_463902.html
REIGNING Miss Singapore Universe Rachel Kum has finally come clean. Yes, her breasts did get a boost.
In an exclusive interview with The New Paper, the 24-year-old beauty queen with a 34B-24-33 figure, admitted that she had her bosom augmented.
She also revealed that she had botox treatment to make her face look slimmer, said the TNP [...]
December 6, 2009
1. Am I a good candidate for this procedure?
2. How many years have you exclusively practised plastic surgery?
3. Are you certified by the governing board?
4. Have you ever had your medical licence suspended or revoked?
5. Where will the surgery be performed?
6. How long will the procedure take?
7. What are the risks involved with my procedure?
8. [...]
December 5, 2009
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Review of Popular Slimming Centres in Singapore – Marie France Bodyline , London Weight Management
Asethetic Clinics [...]
December 2, 2009
Sun, Dec 06, 2009
China Daily/Asia News Network
Abdomen / thigh liposuction: RM6,000 to RM8,000 (S$2455.8 – $3274.4)
Breast implants: RM10,000 to RM15,000 (S$4093 – $6139.5)
Breast reduction in men: RM11,200 (S$4584.16)
Lip augmentation: RM2,000 to 2,500 (S$818.6 – $1023.25)
Forehead lift: RM2,500 (S$1023.25)
Double eyelid surgery: RM4,000 to RM5,000 (S$1637.2 – $2046.5)
Tummy tuck: RM12,000 to RM15,000 (S$4911.6 – $6139.5)
Facelift: RM15,000 (S$6139.5)
Butt [...]
December 1, 2009
Source : http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/12/01/argentina.model.death/index.html
A former Miss Argentina died Sunday after complications arising from plastic surgery, the official Telam news agency said.
Solange Magnano, 37, died in a hospital after being transferred from a clinic where she underwent an elective surgery on her buttocks on Wednesday, the agency reported.
Magnano ran her own modeling agency in Argentina, and had [...]
November 20, 2009
FOUR people are being investigated here for peddling drugs illegally online in the past week during a sting operation to curb a growing online drug trade.
It was part of a global effort led by Interpol, the World Health Organisation and an international enforcement forum and was carried out over five days to weed out an [...]
November 17, 2009
Housewife Rose Lee wanted to burn off her excess fats but ended up being burned instead. -
SHE was undergoing a slimming treatment to burn off her excess fat, but she ended up being burned instead.
Housewife Rose Lee now has a 20cm-long welt that stretches across her abdomen, and had to be on painkillers and antibiotics [...]
