It should be noted that Lebanese bank First National Bank has already opened its door for plastic surgery loans last month. Now, it looks like it just can’t help itself from being so generous to its clients that it opens again another opportunity for people who are quite dissatisfied with their current dental condition. Currently, the bank is now offering dental loans to its clients.

The bank has joined forces with the Doctors Syndicate and launched at Beirut’s Phoenicia hotel on Wednesday the ‘Dental Loan’ to help those with financial problems fix their teeth.

The program has somewhat the same workings with the Plastic Surgery Loan that the bank launched in April. The Loan promises to provide $500 to $5,000 to cover all plastic surgery operations and orthodontics. And so far, it attracted quite a number of plastic surgery patients. This was expected though, considering that they managed to put up hundreds of billboards across Lebanon to get their message across.

The Medical Insurance Group of Australia reports that there are 150 claims worth $4 million against cosmetic and plastic surgeons, and cosmetic medical practitioners. This is indicative of the staggering 70 percent rise in claims in five years in South Australia, which happened in the wake of an explosion of nips and tucks.

MIGA says the claims against botched cosmetic surgery are steadily rising each year, exposing several glitches in the cosmetic surgery industry despite the efforts and promises to clean up the mess and implement reforms.

This is the reason why the Australian government has been up and about giving warnings to consumers to make sure that they only go to board-certified plastic surgeons for their cosmetic surgery makeovers. Consumers should beware of cowboy operators, “fly-in” doctors, misleading advertisement, and poor information.

It looks like the popularity of cosmetic surgery has led many people to create various schemes just to take advantage of the situation and acquire for themselves some huge amounts of cash.

While this is not in the category of tragic cosmetic surgery cases, this can still be considered a serious problem in the cosmetic surgery industry which needs to be addressed immediately.

Just recently, three Californian doctors were arrested due to their participation in a medical insurance fraud for performing medical procedures on healthy people with the knowledge that the patients were being recruited in exchange for money or low cost cosmetic surgery.

A survey conducted by Dove has shown that 37% of Arab girls ages 15 to 17 would consider going under the knife in the near future. The figures have projected a generational shift in the way women in the region look at beauty.

The Dove study was done in collaboration with research consulting firm StrategyOne. It was conducted among 3,300 girls and women aged 15 to 64 in ten countries including Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Buthainah Al-Shunnar, plastic surgeon, stressed that teenage girls coming in for plastic surgery don’t see the procedures as dangerous, as women over 30 view it. Young girls just cosmetic surgery as a procedure that would help them get their desired look without thinking so much about the risks and complications.

It is not unusual anymore to hear about parents giving out cosmetic surgery certificates to their daughters as graduation gifts. It is happening and every graduation day marks not just the beginning of a new life in the university but also a new set of breasts or a new nose. Parents just love to dole out makeovers as lofty gifts and teens couldn’t be more thrilled.

According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), teens make up just two percent of the cosmetic surgery patients in the United States. That’s quite a small number to even bother about. But statistics show that from 2002 to 2006, procedures performed on kids ages 13 to 19 nearly doubles to 244,144, which includes 47,000 nose jobs and 9,000 breast augmentations.

People who are thinking about getting their noses done but are afraid of surgery need not worry. There is now a non-surgical nose job. In fact, the procedure can be done in just 15 minutes. Now, that’s interesting.

Known as the ’15-minute nose job’, the procedure is designed for those who wish to improve the appearance of their nose without going under the knife.

The procedure involves the use of a needle rather than a scalpel. Filler such as Radiesse or Restylane are used along with the needle to shape and contour the nose. While these products are known to reduce facial wrinkles and restore facial volume, plastic surgeons are using them in the nose to even out and conceal bumps, bulges, and indentations. Surgeons also use them to raise a droopy or downward nasal tip and create a more symmetrical look to the nose.

Silicone breast implants have always been smeared with a lot of controversy. After more than 10 years of research and scientific study, the US Food and Drug Administration has finally given its nod to silicone breast implants for public usage. Now, this type of implants can now be used to women ages 22 and up for both reconstructive and cosmetic breast surgery.

Plastic surgeons are expecting that the availability of silicone breast implants to the public will open new doors for women seeking cosmetic breast augmentation. One plastic surgeon in California, Dr. Lloyd Krieger, notes that in many situations, silicone breast implants have real advantages over saline implants.

The eldest child of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore, Rumer Willis, is sporting a new look these days. And people just couldn’t help but make conclusions that the 18-year old celeb offspring might have gone under the surgeon’s knife to improve her facial features.

It should be noted that Rumer has been a regular star of internet gossip because of her large chin. Some folks even go as far as comparing her to a Toy Story character, Mr. Potato Head. These cruel taunts might have had a devastating effect on the aspiring teen star thus, she found her way to the plastic surgeon’s operating table.

Bono, the lead singer of U2, has been spotted at a New York event without his trademark sunglasses; revealing a remarkably fresh-faced and wrinkle-free look. Add to that the absence of eye bags, it is not surprising at all that folks who saw the artist’s amazing look to conclude that he had plastic surgery, specifically blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery for his eyes and Botox injections to smooth his wrinkles.

UK-based plastic surgeon Dr. Lucy Glancey made some noteworthy observations:

“I definitely think Bono has had lower blepharoplasty - lower eyelid surgery - which the plaster covered up back in December. He probably had quite a bit of bruising under the eye at this time - sometimes you get no bruising after surgery, sometimes you get bruising under just one eye, giving what looks like a black eye,” added Dr. Glancey.

One of Hollywood’s finest actresses has expressed her concern over the fact that it has quite become a norm for most celebrities to use plastic surgery to delay aging. Jane Fonda, star of Monster in Law and Barbarella, told the press that she started dreading every trip she takes into tinsel town because she hates the way an increasing number of young people in the town are going under the knife.

Jane Fonda also insisted that though she had her own share of plastic surgery makeovers, she was stunned and disturbed by the numbers of people, men and women alike, who are turning to plastic surgery to make themselves look younger.