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PIP Implant Latest – Boss Arrested In France

The founder of the French firm that produced the faulty breast implants at the centre of a global health scare has been arrested in the south of France. Jean-Claude Mas, 72, head of Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) was taken into police custody just before 7am this morning. Claude Couty, another executive from the French company, [...]

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Improve Lax Skin Without Surgery

If you like the idea of a facelift, but don’t want to have the surgery then you may be interested in Ultherapy – a non-invasive face and neck treatment that creates a brand new category in aesthetics-non-invasive tissue lifting. The Breakthrough For the first time ever, Ultherapy enables practitioners to direct sound waves not only [...]

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Call for cosmetic surgery advert ban

The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (Baaps) wants to ban cosmetic surgery adverts and to force surgeons to have annual checks, in a bid to get rid of cowboy practitioners. Baaps said cosmetic surgery as a medical procedure should not be advertised, in the same way that the promotion of prescription medicines is banned. [...]

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PIP Implants: a failure of regulation?

by Dr Mark Harrison, Director Harley Aesthetics  The Problem The current situation is that over the last 10 years 40,000 women in the UK have been given PIP breast implants that contain industrial grade silicone rather than medical grade silicone. The direct result of this was that PIP made a £10 cost saving on the [...]

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More men getting cosmetic surgery to boost looks and confidence

It’s not just women who are striving for physical perfection, an increasing number of men are turning to cosmetic surgery to improve their appearance. Male patients now account for around 10 per cent of all cosmetic surgery procedures carried out in the UK, according to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, and the latest [...]

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