Archive for December, 2008

Breast Implant Manufacturer Mentor Acquired by Johnson & Johnson

Breast-implant maker and cosmetic surgery supplier Mentor Corp. (MNT) was acquired by Johnson and Johnson (JNJ) for $1.1billion on the 1st of December, 2008. With the troubled market, Mentor tried to boost sales of silicone breast implants, which have typically generated twice the revenue as saline implants since the FDA lifted the ban on them [...]

CNN Reports on Japanese Efforts to use Fat Grafting for Breast Augmentation

Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> CNN News reported this week on a controversial new breast augmentation method that is gaining ground worldwide; stem cell assisted lipotransfer uses a patient’s own fat and stem cells to successfuly perform breast augmentation. Japanese surgeon Dr. Kotaro Yoshimura appears on the news segment in support of his [...]