Plastic Surgery News

In New South Wales, the opposition group wants cosmetic surgery banned for people under 18. This is in response to the increasing number of teenagers getting cosmetic surgery such as breast augmentation, rhinoplasty, and others.

The laws that will be introduced in July would include putting teens who want cosmetic surgery in a three-month cooling-off period which is aimed at cutting down unnecessary surgeries.

However, the NSW government has no plan to ban cosmetic surgery for minors. This is what the spokeswoman for NSW Health Minister Reba Meagher said. This triggered Jillian Skinner, opposition health spokeswoman to call for a total ban on cosmetic surgery for those under 18 years old. She said that young people who are struggling with body image issues must not be allowed to undergo cosmetic surgery.

Women crave for perfection. They want everything to look great from head to toe. This is why cosmetic surgery is not only limited to the face, breast, and tummy, but also includes those little things we usually ignore – the toes.

Beautiful feet and toes are just another way for women to showcase their physical assets. It would be quite disappointing to look at a woman with very impressive features but with a pair of messed up feet. The look of a woman’s feet might be ruined by perennial use of high heel shoes and other foot abuse. It is therefore important that women also take care of their feet as much as they take care of their face.

Consumers are often confused with the terms “investigational” and “off-label” when they deal with cosmetic injectables. This is due to the fact that these terms are often used interchangeably, somehow implying that they mean the same. However, they are not.

In order to solve the dilemma, the Physicians Coalition for Injectable Safety offers some guidelines and definitions in order for consumers to understand these terms properly.

Coalition leader Roger Daily, MD of Portland, Oregon explained that a label containing a specific consumer safety information is required by the Food and Drug Administration after a drug or medical devices has been approved. "There are very specific labeling requirements including things such as brand name, drug content, the indications for a drug or device, dosing, adverse reactions, warnings and even data obtained from clinical studies," Daily added.

Amanda Holden of Britain's Got Talent reveals that she too is curious about going under the knife. Well, it is very rare these days to find a celebrity who is not afraid of getting old and looking old. And Amanda's main reason to get plastic surgery is the same as that of most people who get plastic surgery - to hold back the years and look young as much as possible.

Amanda tells Fabulous, "I intend to have everything done when the time's right - nipped, tucked, you name it.

At least, she is not being hypocritical about it. She is very straightforward.

With the increasing popularity of non-invasive facial cosmetic procedures such as Botox injections and collagen, one would think that this is now the new trend in removing wrinkles and achieving a younger looking skin. However, recent reports say that the invasive nature of facelift surgery does nothing to stop it from being one of the most sough-after procedures to date.

According to the results given by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), facelift surgery is a growing trend among women who wish to eliminate major wrinkles on the face. The figures also show that rhinoplasty or nasal reshaping is popular among British men.

We all know how men’s perception of beauty has grown through the years. Before, six-pack abs are the rarity, but today, more and more men are going to fitness gyms in order to enhance their physique. The term ‘metrosexual’ has also been created to refer to heterosexual men who just love pampering themselves with cosmetic treatments and who love expensive and fashionable clothes and gadgets.

The most popular plastic surgery procedures among men today are the ones that belong to the body-contouring category. Liposuction and tummy tuck have always been the surgery choice for men as they target one of the most problematic areas of a man’s body – the stomach and love handles.

It is undeniable that cosmetic surgery has extremely become popular thanks to the continued patronage of celebrities and middle-class women. And now that a great number of men are embracing both the invasive and non-invasive aspects of the cosmetic surgery industry, there's no other way to go but up.

However, in Britain, the cosmetic surgery industry is experiencing quite a disturbance to its otherwise smooth flow. The industry has been criticized for using illegal advertisements and employing hard-sell tactics that seem to imply that everyone is out there for profit and not for patient welfare.

Another woman followed the tragic fate of Donda West, the mother of Kanye West who died after a major plastic surgery operation.

An Emirati woman died after undergoing plastic surgery in Dubai. She recently went into a coma first before she died. Health authorities in Dubai are now investigating the death and results of the investigation is set to come out very soon.

The woman had allegedly undergone a laser liposuction which costs about 90,000 dirhams at a private plastic surgery clinic. But the clinic didn’t have all the necessary facilities to conduct the operation, so the procedure was later done in a private hospital.

There is a new study saying that there has been an increase of amounts of botched cosmetic work done by British plastic surgeons lately. These botched cosmetic surgery procedures are said to be coming from countries such as South Africa. However, South African surgeons dismiss the study as just a case of sourgraping from those who responded the study.

The survey was conducted by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. According to the survey, half of the respondents have seen at least ‘a little more’ repair work than before while a third have seen ‘much more’ than previously.

Because of the alarming increase in cases of botched plastic surgery procedures, the government of Ontario is tightening the rules of plastic surgery in the area.

Ontario’s governing body on medical profession, the Council of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, has cooked up several recommendations in order to tighten regulations implemented on cosmetic surgery procedures. The recommendations were directed on high-risk cosmetic surgery procedures and treatments since these are the ones that naturally high a high turnout in terms of botched plastic surgery.

One of the most important recommendations given by the governing body is assessing doctors especially those who are not qualified in performing high-risk procedures. The body stressed that this move will address the concerns about the growing number of unlicensed physicians performing cosmetic surgery procedures in Ontario.