Study reveals changing attitudes to cosmetic procedures
Four out of five European women believe that spending money on improving their looks with dermal fillers and Botox injections is an acceptable investment, according to a new survey which examines changing attitudes towards cosmetic procedures. The study of almost 3,000 women from the UK, France, Spain, Italy and Russia found two thirds expect to […]
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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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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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Celebrity Big Brother’s Georgia Salpa wants cosmetic surgery
Celebrity Big Brother’s Georgia Salpa revealed to fellow housemates that she wants cosmetic surgery on her lips, nose and cheekbones. The Irish lingerie model said she wanted bigger lips, a smaller nose and better cheekbones and would be willing to go under the knife to enhance her looks. Playboy twins Kristina and Karissa Shannon brought […]
‘Bridalplasty’ becoming a big part of wedding preparations
Brides-to-be have long gone to some far extremes to make their wedding days as perfect as possible, but new figures have shown that many are now even going under the cosmetic surgeon's knife just to look perfect on their big days, in a new phenomenon dubbed 'bridalplasty'. One of these brides, Linsey Ray, told the […]
Study specifies health benefits of bariatric surgery
A new study by Swedish researchers has put a figure on the knock-on health benefits that bariatric surgery can have for formerly obese people. The effects of weight loss surgery have long been considered to aide the long-term health prospects of severely overweight people. The new research, carried out by scientists at Sweden's University of […]