Current Report on Form 8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              Washington, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

                        Securities Exchange Act of 1934

      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 28, 1998

                               INAMED CORPORATION

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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         DELAWARE                      1-9741                    59-0920629

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(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission              (IRS Employer
 of incorporation)                  File Number)             Identification No.)

                      3800 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 900
                             Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

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                     Address of principal executive offices

        Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 702/791-3388

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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)





Item 5.     OTHER EVENTS.

            INAMED Corporation, a Florida corporation, held a special meeting of
shareholders on December 21, 1998. At such meeting,  each of the proposals to be
acted upon at such  meeting were  approved as follows:  (i) each of the nominees
for  director  were duly  elected  to serve as  Director  until the 1999  Annual
Meeting of Shareholders of the Company, and until their successors shall be duly
elected and qualified;  (ii) the change of the Company's State of  Incorporation
from  Florida to Delaware  by means of a merger of the  Company  with and into a
wholly-owned  subsidiary  was  approved;  (iii) the  increase  in the  number of
authorized  shares of common stock of the Company from  20,000,000 to 25,000,000
was approved;  (iv) the  authorization of the issuance of up to 1,000,000 shares
of Preferred Stock was approved; (v) the revised Bylaws were approved;  (vi) the
provision in the Company's  Certificate of  Incorporation  and Bylaws  requiring
advance  notice of  shareholder  proposals and  nominations  for the election of
directors  was  approved;  and (vii) the  Company's  1998 Stock  Option Plan was
approved.

            On December 28,  1998,  the Company  reincorporated  in the State of
Delaware  through  the  merger  of the  Company  with and into its  wholly-owned
Delaware  subsidiary.  A copy of the  Agreement  and Plan of Merger is  attached
hereto as  Exhibit  2.1.  Shareholders  are not  required  to take any action in
connection  with the  reincorporation.  Each  share of  common  stock of  INAMED
Corporation,  a Florida  corporation,  upon consummation of the  above-described
merger,  was  changed  and  converted  into one share of common  stock of INAMED
Corporation,  a  Delaware  corporation,  without  any  action on the part of the
holder thereof.

Item 7.     FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL
                 INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS

                 (c)  EXHIBITS

                      2.1    Agreement  and Plan of Merger  dated as of December
                             22,  1998 by and  between  INAMED  Corporation  and
                             INAMED Corporation (Delaware).




                                    SIGNATURE

                        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934,  the  Registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                           INAMED CORPORATION

Dated: December 28, 1998                   By: /S/ Richard G. Babbitt
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                                               Name: Richard G. Babbitt
                                               Title:  Chairman, Chief Executive
                                                       Officer and President


                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

                      2.1    Agreement  and Plan of Merger  dated as of December
                             22,  1998 by and  between  INAMED  Corporation  and
                             INAMED Corporation (Delaware).