Plastic Surgery

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Botox Has an Online Beauty Magazine. The Ethics Are Murky.

24 October 2019 • By Cheryl Wischhover

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Botox Has an Online Beauty Magazine. The Ethics Are Murky.

Allergan’s digital beauty site, Spotlyte, raises questions about how increasingly popular but potentially dangerous medical aesthetics treatments should be covered, and by whom.

The Botox Wars Have Begun, and Beauty Editors Are in the Crossfire

20 May 2019 • By Chantal Fernandez

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The Botox Wars Have Begun, and Beauty Editors Are in the Crossfire

The battle for the growing anti-wrinkle market is being waged on Instagram, where Botox and its new competitors are fighting for the attention of millennial women. But advertising medical treatments on social media is riskier than pitching lipsticks or handbags.

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Inside China’s $25 Billion Plastic Surgery Market

16 May 2019 • By Zoe Suen and Aijing Wang

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Inside China’s $25 Billion Plastic Surgery Market

Social marketplace app SoYoung’s recent IPO has drawn attention to one of the world’s fastest growing markets for cosmetic surgery.

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Tencent-Backed Plastic Surgery App SoYoung Files for US IPO

19 February 2019 • By Bloomberg

19 February 2019 • By Bloomberg

The firm could raise around $300 million in the planned offering, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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Tencent-Backed Plastic Surgery App SoYoung Files for US IPO

The firm could raise around $300 million in the planned offering, according to sources familiar with the matter.

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Bringing Home the Botox: How Injectables Became the Next Frontier in On-Demand Beauty

15 January 2019 • By Rachel Strugatz

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Bringing Home the Botox: How Injectables Became the Next Frontier in On-Demand Beauty

As Botox, lip fillers and other cosmetic procedures hit the mainstream, start-ups and entrepreneurial doctors are offering in-home services and opening salons that portray injecting wrinkle-smoothing neurotoxins as no different than a blowout or manicure.