**Exhibit 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER**

 

I, Nicholas L. Teti, Chairman, President andChief Executive Officer of Inamed Corporation (the “Registrant”), certify that:

 

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

2. Based on my knowledge, this annualreport does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this annual report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this annual report,fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periodspresented in this annual report;

4. The Registrant’s other certifyingofficer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have:

a)              designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designedunder our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to theRegistrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us byothers within those entities, particularly during the period in which thisannual report is being prepared;

b)             designed such internal control over financialreporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to bedesigned under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding thereliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statementsfor external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples;

c)              evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this annual report ourconclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;and

d)             disclosed in this report any change inthe Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred duringthe Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and

5. The Registrant’sother certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’sauditors and the audit committee of Registrant’s board of directors:

a)              all significant deficiencies  and material weaknesses in the design oroperation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonablylikely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process,summarize and report financial data; and

b)             anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the Registrant’s internal controls over financialreporting.

 

Dated:  March 22, 2006

 

/s/ NICHOLAS L. TETI

NicholasL. Teti, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

(PrincipalExecutive Officer)

 

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