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Prospective patients can actually view cosmetic surgeries in their entirety online. This website also includes voice-over narration and even post-operative photographs, according to Dr. Edward Domanskis, the innovative plastic surgeon who has introduced this free service.

Viewable surgeries at www.seesurgery.com include liposuction, breast enlargement, blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty, and abdominoplasty(tummy tuck), which are the five most common cosmetic procedures that patients have done.

“I have patients who really wanted to see how these surgeries were performed, and how they looked after them,” said Dr. Domanskis, an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery(Plastic)WOC at the University of California(Irvine).

“This free service makes it now possible,” continued Dr. Domanskis, Orange County Physician of Excellence in Plastic Surgery for the past several years. Not only are the surgeries edited and professionally narrated, but also, the patients are shown immediately after and then, during their recovery, and up to two and one half years after their procedures.

Michelle Miller at first was skittish about watching the tummy tuck surgery that she was considering, but found it extremely enlightening. “It helped me prepare for my surgery and showed me how I would look after it.” “I was much reassured by what I saw and it proved invaluable to me!”

There are presently ten surgeries ranging from breast enlargement to facelift available for viewing on www.seesurgery.com. Another twenty have been taped and will be periodically added to the site.

Daily Mail – 7th September 2007 – By CHRIS BROOKE

A high street chemist has launched a drop-in Botox treatment service, sparking concerns about patient safety.

From Monday customers at some Superdrug stores will be able to undergo a range of ‘nonsurgical cosmetic treatments’.

A variety of anti-wrinkle and line treatments and ‘lip plumping’ procedures, from £55 to almost £500, will be available following a brief discussion with a nurse.

Office workers would even be able to have a treatment during the lunch break.

The cosmetic clinics are believed to be the first opened by a reputable national pharmacy chain, but experts believe regulation is needed to safeguard patient care.

Superdrug insists it is making popular anti-ageing treatments ‘more accessible in terms of price’, and the cosmetic procedures are already widely available in beauty salons.

‘Everybody who comes in has to have a proper consultation and have their medical history taken by a nurse.

‘We wouldn’t do it if we weren’t doing it responsibly,’ said a spokesman.

The first two cosmetic treatment clinics are to open in stores at Brighton and Milton Keynes.

They will be run by a partner firm, Transform, the UK’s largest provider of cosmetic surgery.

Customers will be taken to ‘dedicated treatment rooms’ and will be seen by a qualified nurse.

Although Botox is a prescription only drug, the Superdrug spokesman said the nurses were ‘authorised to prescribe under a Patient Group Directive signed off by a doctor’.

Last month Superdrug became the first national pharmacy chain to offer ‘teeth whitening’ and other ‘drop-in dental services’ at several High Street stores.

There have also been concerns about the safety of many teeth whitening treatments.

The new stores in Brighton and Milton Keynes are also offering other ‘health-focused’ treatments and services including a mole clinic, allergy screening, healthy heart check and weight management programme.

16/10/2007 QCK.COM
Thousands of British consumers will turn to borrowing money in their efforts to finance cosmetic surgery, according to recent research.

Figures compiled by Abbey Loans show that more than 918,000 people around the UK intend to borrow money in order to go under the knife in the pursuit of physical enhancement.

Collectively, these beauty-conscious Britons are set to spend close to £1.4 billion on plastic surgery, with breast augmentation and tummy tucks proving the most popular procedures, Abbey Loans reports.

Paul Morrish, head of Abbey Loans, said: “Whether striving for visible perfection or as part of a medical treatment, plastic surgery is getting more and more popular amongst Britons.

“We are seeing an increase in requests to borrow for plastic surgery [and] we’d be more than happy to speak to anyone who is seriously considering cosmetic procedures.”

Abbey has been part of the Santander Group since 2004 and is aiming to become the “best bank in the UK”, according to its own website.

Monday, September 3 2007, 00:51 BST
story courtesy of Digital Spy www.digitalspy.co.uk
By Dave West

Doctors have criticised the BBC for a programme which sees a 17-year-old former anorexic have breast implants.

In Under 18 And Under The Knife, airing on BBC Three on Sunday, student Lynsey Bowman is sent to America for the surgery.

She could not have it done in the UK because of rules on under-18s so programme makers paid for her family’s travelling expenses.

Paul Bagley, a senior British cosmetic surgeon, said Bowman would not have “matured physically enough” for the operation.

And a leading child psychologist, Ruth Coppard, added of the Endemol-produced show: “They have behaved in a very dodgy way. It’s awful.

“This girl is only 17. Emotionally she is still a child and there’s still a lot of physical changing to do too.”

However, Bowman tells how she feels the surgery, to take her from 30AA to 30C, will improve her life.

And her surgeon Peter Driscoll commented: “It can really affect their personality if they have a big hang-up about looking like other girls.”

A spokesman for the corporation added: “Expenses are a normal part of the cost of a documentary. We didn’t pay for Lynsey’s operation, this was paid for by her family and done with her family’s consent.”

Following research by the University of Aberdeen which revealed that British women have cosmetic surgery to please their partners, healthcare provider, BMI Healthcare said that it wrongly reflects the British cosmetic surgery industry. BMI Healthcare has conducted approximately 1262 procedures since January this year for their national cosmetic surgery product and one of its surgeons,Akhtar Hussain, believes that the majority of patients are doing it for their own reasons.

Akthar Hussein comments: “There can be a great deal of physical and emotional trauma associated with plastic surgery and it is important that patients do it for their own reasons. According to best practice guidelines issued by the General Medical Council, we can turn patients away if we feel that they are pressurised into having cosmetic surgery or where we believe that cosmetic surgery would not be of any benefit to them.”

According to BMI, one of most common trends is women undergoing breast augmentation surgery post-pregnancy, as they tend to lose weight and find that extensive breast-feeding can change the shape of their breasts.

Is your nose too long? Too short? Too bumpy? The beauty of the modern rhinoplasty procedure is that there is so much room for artistic improvement, so much flexibility to achieve a perfectly balanced shape at the hands of your skilled cosmetic surgeon. A few strategic changes in the appearance of you nose can positively affect your entire facial appearance. Your doctor will reshape your nose with the ultimate goals of accentuating positive features, while minimizing features you’re not happy with.

Modern advances in rhinoplasty have allowed today’s surgeons to choose from a wide range of techniques to give each patient a truly unique result, correcting even the smallest features they are unsatisfied with. In keeping with the parameters of a functional nose, you and your doctor are free to design a nose that adds an aesthetic beauty to your face not possible without cosmetic enhancement.

Today’s nose surgeries are more concerned with aesthetics and artistry than those of the past. “Facial harmony” is always the first priority with nose surgery, and your nose surgeon will take all the elements of your face into consideration when planning your nose results. In order to architect your ideal nose, your surgeon can use technology like computer imaging, nasal endoscopy to explore your nasal anatomy, and other methods of internal evaluation.

To decide on the “perfect nose,” you can look through magazines, view before and after photos, and discuss specific sizes, shapes, and relative proportions with your surgeon. Think about your profile, and how you’d like to look from the front and sides. Point out specific features of your nose that you are not happy with, and features on others that you find particularly attractive. You cosmetic surgeon should be able to interpret and balance all of this information to create a nose that is uniquely you.

Once a perfect model is designed, your surgeon will decide on the right nose surgery procedure:
· Open Method – An incision is made on the columella between the nostrils
· Closed Method – An incision is made inside the nostrils

During the nose surgery, skin is separated from underlying bone and cartilage, the bone and cartilage is artfully shaped with a combination of surgical skill and advanced tools, and the skin is then draped over the new nose.

Women in the UK are more likely to have plastic surgery to please their partners, according to Dr Debra Gimlin, a sociology lecturer at Aberdeen University. She said American women were more likely to have the surgery for themselves.

She interviewed 20 American and 40 British women ranging from 23 to 52 years old.

She said: “All my respondents were concerned with their physical attractiveness, but only the British women said that they had undergone cosmetic surgery to suit the desires of a particular man.

“I found that British women who have cosmetic surgery have a greater tendency to blame others for their decision.”

In some cases, Dr Gimlin said, the men made their views abundantly clear through offers to pay for the procedure or snide comments about the woman’s appearance. She said: “One British barmaid told me that her husband’s criticism of her figure prompted her decision to have abdominoplasty.

“She said it wouldn’t have entered her mind otherwise, but after she’d had her second child her husband said ‘I love the wee ones but I wish having them hadn’t ruined your figure’.”

In other cases, Dr Gimlin said she found that British women had cosmetic surgery in the hope of cementing their partnership. She said: “A book keeper explained that she probably wouldn’t have had a breast enhancement if it hadn’t been for her partner.

The British sample consisted of 20 women living in Scotland and 20 in the South West of England. The Americans lived on Long Island, New York. Her findings also suggest British women are more inclined to keep their surgery a secret from family and friends.

The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons said people should not feel pressurised and women should consider what could be a serious surgical procedure carefully.

Banbury Guardian 29 August 2007

A MOTHER who is sporting a whole new look after undergoing major plastic surgery will be baring all on national television.

Salena Newport, 40, of Adderbury is appearing on Channel 4 makeover programme 10 Years Younger on Thursday, August 30, where viewers will see the results of her extensive operations.

Mrs Newport – who used to weigh 231/2 stone and wore size 32 clothes – lost 121/2 stone in 2005 after paying £5,000 to have a gastric band fitted.

But the dramatic weight loss left her with baggy, excess skin.
As part of the popular TV show, which aims to make participants look ten years younger, Mrs Newport had loose skin cut from her arms and thighs, a complete lower body lift, breast uplift and implants, a nose job and new teeth.

By Jane Elliott
BBC News, health reporter
Lou Hunneybel hated her 38G breasts – they were too big and caused her daily agony.
Her shoulders and back ached from the excessive weight and she had an uncomfortable fungal rash underneath caused by excessive sweating.
Her GP told her she needed to lose at least a stone and a half (9.5kg) in weight before she would be considered for surgery.
She lost two stones (12.7 kg), but no weight went from her breasts leaving her a dress size 14 (European 40, US 12) on the bottom and size 22 (European 48, US 20) on the top.
Her GP then referred her for surgery, but without seeing her, the local primary care trust (PCT) immediately refused treatment.
“I was just so upset. My GP had referred me and said that I had problems, but they just sent me a letter saying that it was cosmetic surgery so I could not even have a consultation on the NHS.
“But it was not just cosmetic, I was in real discomfort. It was so uncomfortable.
“I had a huge thrush rash underneath them, which was very sore.
“My husband, Andrew, was so cross when they refused me that he took pictures of my breasts and the rash and posted them to the PCT.
“We knew I needed the operation and I needed them to see my problems.
“He blew the pictures up to A4 size and sent them in the post.”
Within weeks of sending the photos, 36-year-old Lou, from Essex, was given a consultation date and just months later she had her NHS surgery.
More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6688353.stm

2007-08-13 Ucompare
www.Ucompare-Cosmeticsurgery.co.uk
In our first instalment, we are choosing to have a look at the various factors that have resulted in a huge growth in the cosmetic surgery industry in the Czech Republic, and discuss why Prague in particular has become a centre for cosmetic surgery excellence in Europe.

There are predominantly three main factors which has converged to result in the growth in cosmetic surgery in Prague. Firstly, lower prices for comparable cosmetic surgery in Prague, sometimes in the region of 60% have meant that the overall cost saving made by having your cosmetic surgery in the Czech Republic can often be as much as £2,500 – £3,000. Significant savings such as these have resulted cosmetic surgery in Prague becoming increasingly accessible to more moderate income earners in the UK.

Secondly, the high standards of cosmetic surgery on offer within the Czech Republic have become more apparent to individuals researching the opportunities for having their cosmetic surgery abroad. With cosmetic surgeons in the Czech Republic being tightly regulated and licensed through accreditation boards such as the Czech Society for Aesthetic Surgery, high standards have been maintained throughout the country.

Finally, the past ten years have seen an increasing number of low fare airlines offering cheap flights to the Czech Republic, and with the flight time to Prague being comparable to the journey to London, an increasing number of individuals have chosen to have their cosmetic surgery procedure undertaken in Prague.