SCHEDULE 13D
NAME OF ISSUER: INAMED CORPORATION
CLASS OF SECURITY: COMMON STOCK
CUSIP NUMBER: 453235103
NOTICE & COMMUNICATION-NAME: LILY NIETO
ADDRESS: 1200 NO. FEDERAL HWY. SUITE 307
BOCA RATON, FLORIDA 33432
TELEPHONE: 561-368-4077
DATE OF EVENT WHICH REQUIRED
FILING: NOVEMBER 1997
NAME OF REPORTING PERSON: LESLIE L. ALEXANDER
S.S. NUMBER: ###-##-####
SOURCE OF FUNDS: PERSONAL FUNDS
MEMBER OF GROUP: N/A
SOURCE OF FUNDS: PERSONAL FUNDS
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS: N/A
CITIZENSHIP: USA
SOLE VOTING POWER: 454,500
SHARED VOTING POWER: N/A
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER: 454,500
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER: N/A
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY
OWNED: 454,500
PERCENT OF CLASS: 5.3825%
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON: IN
CLASS OF STOCK: COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE OF $.01 PER SHARE
ISSUER: INAMED CORPORATION
3800 HOWARD HUGHES PARKWAY
SUITE 900
LAS VEGAS, NV. 89109
REPORTING PERSON - NAME: LESLIE L. ALEXANDER
ADDRESS: 1200 NORTH FEDERAL HWY., SUITE 307
BOCA RATON, FLORIDA 33432
PRINCIPAL OCCUPATION: PRIVATE INVESTOR
CRIMINAL CONVICATIONS: NONE
PROCEEDINGS UNDER SECURITIES
LAW: NONE
CITIZENSHIP: USA
SOURCE & AMOUNT OF FUNDS: THE TOTAL FUNDS USED TO MAKE THE PURCHASES
REPORTED HEREIN WERER OBTAINED FROM PERSONAL
FUNDS OF MR. ALEXANDER
PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION: MR. ALEXANER PURCHASED THE SECURITIES
DESCRIBED HEREIN FOR INVESTMETNS AND NOT FOR
THE PURPOSE OF CONTROLLING THE ISSUER. HE
HAS NO PLANS TO LIQUIDATE THE ISSUER, SELL
ITS ASSETS, MERGE IT WITH ANY OTHER
PERSONS OR MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGE IN ITS
BUSINESS OR CORPORATE STRUCTURE.
INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF ISSUER:
(A) CURRENTLY, MR. ALEXANDER BENEFICALLY OWNS 454,500 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
WHICH CONSTITUE 5.3825% OF THE COMMON STOCK OF THE ISSUER AS DETERMINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE RULES OF THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.
(B) MR. ALEXANDER HAS THE SOLE POWER TO VOTE END DIRECT THE VOTE OF THE SHARES
DESCRIBED HEREIN AND THE SOLE POWER TO DISPOSE OR TO DIRECT THE DISPOSITION OF
THE SHARES DESCRIBED HEREIN.
(C) OF THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK DESCRIBED ABOVE MR. ALEXANDER MADE ALL THE
FOLLOWING PURCHASES IN THE OPEN MARKET DURING THE PAST SIXTY (60) DAYS.
09/02/97 9,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK $6.0000 PER SHARE
11/06/97 52,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK $3.3125 PER SHARE
11/12/97 2,000 SHARES OF COMMON STOCK $3.3125 PER SHARE
CONTRACTS, ARRANGEMENTS, UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS WITH RESPECT TO
SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER: N/A
SIGNATURE:
AFTER REASONABLE INQUIRY AND TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF, I CERTIFY
THAT THE INFORMATION SET FORTH IN THIS STATEMENT IS TRUE, COMPLETE AND CORRECT.
DATED NOVEMBER 17, 1997.
lESLIE L. ALEXANDER
