I'm probably going to have a breast lift in the next year or two, because I don't want to go bigger and I don't depend on my body appearance for a living anymore. The thing that bums me out is the extensive and permanent scarring, so I've been doing research on scar prevention. I came across this U.K. company:
They produce a number of products to address/prevent scarring, one of which is called Juvista. It's injected in the wound margins at the time of surgery and again the day after, and the result is at least 70% less scarring; often none at all. .
They've finished Phase II clinical trials in the UK and clinical trials by the FDA probably won't begin here until 2008, but damn, wouldn't this be amazing. Of course, my vain self is only thinking of cosmetic applications but there are others as well - preventing scarring after massive internal trauma (such as in a car accident), no cornea scarring after eye surgery.
Science is cool.


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