**Exhibit 31.2**

**CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER**

I, Declan Daly,Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Inamed Corporation (the“Registrant”), certify that:

1.      I have reviewed this annual report onForm 10-K of the Registrant;

2.     Based onmy knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statementsmade, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, notmisleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;

3.     Based onmy knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects thefinancial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant asof, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;

4.     TheRegistrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange ActRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrantand have:

a)     designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the Registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

b)     designedsuch internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal controlover financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and thepreparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance withgenerally accepted accounting principles;

c)     evaluatedthe effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and 

d)     disclosedin this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financialreporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter thathas materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theRegistrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and 

5.     TheRegistrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to theRegistrant’s auditors and the audit committee of Registrant’s board ofdirectors:

a)     allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial data; and 

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b)     any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’sinternal controls over financial reporting.
| Dated: March 16, 2005                                   |
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| /s/ DECLAN DALY                                         |   |
| Declan Daly,                                            |
| *Executive Vice President and  Chief Financial Officer* |
| *(Principal Financial and  Accounting Officer)*         |

 

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