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Pregnancy and the years when your child is young are amongst the most magical times in any person’s life and yet there will always come a time when you want to get back into shape and get your figure back.

Before, this was done with routine exercise and yet this never seemed to quite do the trick. There was always a little something left over which could not be toned away, which exercise could not get rid of for us.  The recent surge in “yummy mummys” and celebrities who seem to snap back into shape straight away after giving birth have also helped move us towards a place where surgery seems to be the only viable way of getting our pre-pregnancy abs back.

When we are pregnant, or even if we aren’t and are just a little overweight, our skin stretches and, when the weight drops back off us, we lose all the elasticity in our skin.  This can lead to sagging and an unflattering look which no amount of exercise will shift. The only real option is a surgical one; have the skin from a previous life and a previous you removed and start a whole new life with a fabulous brand new you.  One plastic surgeon from America, Dr. Jeremy Schreiber has spoken out about the trend, saying that:

“When all is said and done, the results are fantastic. You can expect a smooth contour to your abdomen as well as getting back the flat belly that you had before.”

Once the surgery has been performed then you can indeed begin, once you’ve recovered, on an exercise and diet regime to tone yourself but, if you don’t have the surgery first, you may well be wasting your time trying to work on untoneable areas.  It is often rumoured in the press that some women undergo caesareans and then tummy-tucks straight after; this, however, is certainly not advised. Another viable, and safe, option for some patients is to have a tummy-lipo; that is a tummy tuck and a liposuction procedure at the same time. This is great for getting contouring and sculpting back into the body and could really help any woman get confidence back after giving birth.  It’s not selfish to want your old body back; the happier you are the better equipped you will be to make your children happy!

Everybody knows the old saying that money can’t buy you happiness. Well, how about this one as an alternative. Money can buy you a dazzling pair of new breasts which, in turn, can bring you even more wealth and, perhaps, a little bit of anti-recession happiness as well!

Research has been carried out which suggests, perhaps quite obviously when you consider the idea logically, that having an enhanced bust-line can help in a person’s bid to become famous and can thus, in the long run, mean that they earn a lot more money.  Colin Stewart is the man who pointed out this trend, saying that the two women from the two wealthiest celebrity couples have both undergone plastic surgery. So is this a quantifiable trend? Or merely a healthy, pert coincidence?

The two women in question in this research were Jordan, aka Katie Price, who has recently split from her singer husband Peter Andre, and Victoria Beckham, style icon and worldwide celebrity supreme. Both these women are incredibly wealthy and incredibly beautiful but, does their success owe anything to their surgeries or is it rather down to having a shrewd business head? Jordan’s early glamour modelling career was certainly down to her enhanced figure but, in the case of Mrs. Beckham one does feel that success and wealth was more to do with her Spice Girl associations and footballing husband than her always debated plastic surgeries; indeed it is not really known what surgeries Victoria has had which, I guess, is testament to how natural they look (if indeed she has had any at all). Indeed Victoria Beckham is even said to have had her large breast implants removed in an effort to change her image; she is rich from being a constantly moving style icon, not necessarily for surgery alone.

Indeed, if this research were true then one would assume that there were many more rich people out there than is actually the case. Breast Augmentations are constantly the most requested most performed surgery on both sides of the Atlantic; around 300,000 were performed last year in the U.S alone. There is no doubt that an ample bust can “enhance” certain careers, such as glamour models, but it is not the only thing needed to succeed. Surgery is a helping hand but, as Katie Price has proved, a good business head and a good agent are also needed.

There are many different ways that you can tell summer is here. Hayfever comes back with a vengeance, the wafting smells of barbeques seem to be in the air every time you want to hang the washing out and, of course, Big Brother returns to our screens for yet another year on wannabe-celebrity action. 

Plastic and Cosmetic surgery enthusiasts will have noticed that it’s not just the personalities which are fake in this year’s series; there’s an awful lot of plastic surgery been going on as well. When they’ve not been plotting or hurling abuse at each other, the housemates have actually found time in their busy schedules to discuss plastic surgery.

Two of the housemates, Freddie Fisher and Sophie Reade have been killing some of their spare time by discussing the times that they have gone under the knife.  Both have had successes with the stories and the producers of the program might have been disappointed to find that there were no horror stories which might have helped boost the ratings.  Freddie revealed that he’d had a nose-job, or rhinoplasty as you all know it’s called within the industry, which he described as “nice”.  His fellow housemate Sophie has also admitted to surgery, which she did before actually entering the house, saying that she had undergone breast enlargement and augmentation surgery. Sophie is one of two glamour models within the house and the series has so far seen a battle for attention between the two girls.  Surgery professionals may well be hoping that, with stories of success being broadcast on national television, that more people may well decide to have surgery. Plastic or Cosmetic surgery has long been used in the world of celebrity, or indeed by the world of people attempting to make themselves celebrities, as a way of enhancing or beginning a media career.

Breast augmentation surgery and rhinoplasty are two of the most popular invasive surgeries on both sides of the Atlantic. It’s not only popular with the wanabees, but also with regular people who simply want to boost their confidence and start to enjoy their life a lot more.  With this series of Big Brother only just getting under way, we may well be treated to more discussions of plastic surgery in the coming weeks but don’t worry, if you really can’t bring yourself to watch the whole thing just keep checking back here for updates.

A teenage tennis star has taken an unusual step in an effort to improve her game. As well as the obvious things like lots of practise, a healthy diet and good mental condition, this young court ace has also decided on cosmetic surgery to help her make the leap up to the next echelon of the game.  Simona Halep is currently ranked 264 in the WTA rankings but she will be hoping that her decision might boost her position (if you can excuse that pun)

The tennis prodigy is planning to have breast reduction surgery in the autumn in order to help her mobility around the court.  It is said that her 34DD breasts are slowing down her movement and her reactions on the court and thus she isn’t performing as well as she might. It is hoped the private surgery she has booked in will help stop this problem.  Halep has commented: “The breasts make me uncomfortable when I play,” before going on to say: “”I don’t like them in my everyday life either. I would have gone for surgery, too, if I hadn’t been a sportswoman.” It is true that many women are hindered by their larger breasts and thus seek reduction surgery. The fact that Halep is only 5 foot 5, coupled with her sporting  career, means that it would have been very uncomfortable for her to carry on with the breasts at the current size.

Halep isn’t one of these tennis players who is in the sport just because of the way she looks (Anna Kornikova springs to mind). She won the junior French Open last year and is considered by many of the leading tennis experts to be a future senior champion.  If she is to be as good as the Williams sisters, or the other great female tennis players, she will have to hope that this surgery improves her mobility around the court and allows her to improve her game.

Whilst it is breast augmentations which normally steal all the headlines, breast reduction surgeries are almost as common in the U.K and thousands of women go under the knife every year to help them have a more manageable life. Let us hope this surgery helps Simona Halep to start serving up more aces and that, with improved confidence and mobility, she will swiftly rise to the top of her game.

Summer is approaching and many of us will be nervous about flashing the flesh as we head towards the beaches and resorts to get our yearly tans. 

Women who might have been scared about packing the rather revealing bikini they splashed out on can breathe a sigh of relief as help is on hand for those who want to tone up thanks to another advance in cosmetic surgery.  ZERINA laser treatment is the newest kid on the aesthetic surgery block.

The procedure was launched in the cosmetic-surgery capital Los Angeles and is fast becoming a hit.  Whilst it hasn’t come across the Atlantic just yet, its popularity over the pond means that it must surely only be a matter of time before British women are also able to take advantage of this latest technological advancement. Of course, if you’ve always needed an excuse to go to America, then medical tourism could now provide the answer!

It’s a non-surgical, non-invasive treatment in which lasers are used to sculpt areas of the body. Women could tone their thighs, their hips and many other unsightly areas of their body and the fact that the treatments are non-invasive will come as good news to young professionals. With the recession meaning that people are trying to avoid taking any time off work for fear they could lose their jobs.  American-based cosmetic surgeon Dr. Troy Don has spoken out about the new treatment, saying that: “I used to joke with my patients. I’d ask them if there was anything else I could do to help them with their health”. His patients would hit back with: “ya, can you get rid of my extra fat without me exercising or changing my diet?” Normally Dr. Don would come back with some sarcastic comment about needing a “magic wand”. Well now such a magic wand is at hand, and it comes in the form of this revolutionary laser treatment.

Cellulite is not just a problem which affects us mere mortals; celebrities on both sides of the Atlantic constantly have to deny rumours that they are affected. Well, now we have two options: invest in a nice pair of lightweight jeans for the summer or, if we want to crack out that bathing suit, get on board with this brand new surgery which can banish our cellulite and help us have a happy summer; sadly sunny weather cannot be guaranteed.

The heartstrings of the cosmetic surgery industry were plucked when one woman’s remarkable story became known. 

Lisa Connell was tragically diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour over a year ago and thus decided that, if there was anything that she’d ever wanted to do, she might as well spend the money on doing it now and enjoying herself. Ms. Connell decided to follow her life-long desire to look like her idol Demi Moore and spent around £40,000 on the surgery to achieve this.   The procedures will include a boob job, some Botox and liposuction; the money will come from a wedding fund Ms. Connell’s mum had set aside for her daughter.

Tragically, Ms. Connell is only 29, a terribly young age to be given such devastating news.  She acknowledges that plastic surgery might not be the most conventional of last wishes but she is determined to leave this world looking as fabulous as possible.  Some of the surgery she will be undertaking is to combat the negative effects of her condition- facial surgery will be used to correct drooping and make it less drastic as Ms. Connell’s condition worsens. She intends to go further though, having told the Daily Mirror:  “But I won’t leave it at that – I want the full works, top to toe, including my boobs as they are heading south,” One certainly has to admire her spirit and her desire to attain the perfect body despite very difficult personal circumstances. Some people might think that there must be better things to spend the money on but, if it’s going to make her happy, then why shouldn’t she pursue the Demi Moore model of physical perfection.

Demi Moore herself was not born with the physical perfection that many fans now ogle over in magazines and in films. She is a huge fan of cosmetic surgery and has reportedly spent as much as £250,000 on different procedures, including breast augmentation. Well, when you’re dating a much younger man like Aston Kutcher, there must be a lot of pressure to stay as young and gravity-defying as possible. Whether or not it’s natural, it is exciting that Demi Moore’s beauty, and that of other celebrities, is inspiring women to go after the body of their dreams. Let us hope that such a quest brings happiness to Ms. Connell and that she enjoys the sadly too-brief time she has left.

Many of us believe politicians to be fake and too manufactured; well now this sentiment may well be true as one Australian politician has decided to go under the knife in a bid to improve her confidence and, consequentially, improve her debating skills as well.

Logan City councillor Hanjal Ban has decided to undergo the dramatic and quite surprising procedure of having her legs extended by eight centimetres.  Before any of you start rushing out to undergo a similar procedure, take heed of this: surgeons will break her legs in four places and then stretching them by just one millimetre a day for nine months.

“A lot of young females have insecurities about their weight or their nose, mine was my height” commented Ms. Ban. Her insecurities are seemingly so great that they have been affecting her job performance and she will obviously be better placed to serve the public if she has more confidence to speak out about the issues which are affecting them.  Ms. Ban may not even be finished with cosmetic surgery after this dramatic procedure. She has commented that she may wish, at some point in the future, to begin to combat the signs of ageing and keep herself looking young. Anti-aging treatments, such as Botox or face-lifts, are much more common than leg lengthening procedures and many politicians all over the world have openly undergone such surgeries. One of the most famous of these people is Silvio Berlusconi who has been very open about his love of Botox; the controversial Italian premier is often in the news for his hiring of “babes” to the top political politicians but his actions are a good example, if a rather hyperbolised one, of the fact that looks really do matter in politics.

After this surgery it is hoped that Ms. Ban will be able to stand tall within the debating chamber and enhance her political power and her ability to advance the causes and concerns of her constituents. Leg-lengthening surgery should not be entered into lightly, nor should any surgery, and if you are considering this dramatic change to your body and life you should talk it through thoroughly with your GP and your potential surgeon.  We all want our politicians to be more real but, ironically, perhaps by undergoing plastic surgery, our elected officials may well improve their confidence and thus better serve the public.

Patients who request cosmetic surgery to looklike celebrities refused surgery.

“Essentially you are sitting there with them looking at porn magazines, with discomfort usually oozing out of the woman. It can be a very difficult and delicate job to persuade them against surgery, especially because the chances are the partner will encourage them to go somewhere else.”

Plastic surgeon and president of BAAPS Nigel Mercer explained: “People look at Katie Price who has created a business based on the size of her breasts, and they want to copy her in the hope they will attain that celebrity dream. I always tell them giving you a boob job will not make you a celebrity.”

The doctor noted that there have been an increasing number of cases when the prospective patient demands a nose based on an image of a celebrity and the surgeon is forced to explained that such changes are impossible to achieve.

“Women will come in with a picture of the supermodel Cindy Crawford and say I want that nose,” he said. “I have to explain they have a fundamentally different facial structure. I will say to them it can’t be done, and I don’t think there is anyone on earth who can do it; but there are always unscrupulous surgeons who are not so honest.”

BAAPS interviewed 40 plastic surgeons and established that the second top reason when patients are turned down is the operation being unnecessary and doing more harm than benefit.

“I think because there is so much more publicity now about surgery, people think of it as a cosmetic treatment that can be done in a lunchtime, rather than a serious medical procedure with the risk of complications and the need for recovery time,” said the surgeon.

“If you consider something like a facelift, which might benefit those in their late 40s and 50s, we are seeing women in their 30s saying they want ‘just a little tuck’, when really there is no such thing, and it is too early for them to be thinking about facelifts at all,” recommended Mr Mercer.

The third most common reason why surgeons refuse to perform surgery is finding out about certain medical conditions that increase the patient’s risk to develop complications from plastic surgery.
 
The survey revealed that just under 50 per cent of plastic surgeons turned down more than one in ten prospective clients after the initial consultation. Moreover, one in five doctors refused to perform surgery on more than a quarter of individuals they talked to.

Experts from Canada investigated the portrayal of cosmetic surgery and breast enhancement procedures in glamour magazines in a recent study.

The study reports that women’s magazines such as Cosmopolitan convey a positive image of plastic surgery as an option to improve natural looks.
 
Moreover, it has been suggested that glamour magazines thoroughly inform the readers about the physical dangers of undergoing plastic surgery, but often miss out the negative effects in may have on the patient’s mental and emotional health.
 
Andrea Polonijo, the author of the study which was carried out at the University of British Columbia, commented: “Alongside beauty, clothing and diet advice, women’s magazines present cosmetic surgery as a normal practice for enhancing or maintaining beauty, becoming more attractive to men and improving emotional health.”

The study also revealed that a very high proportion of articles in the researched magazines were about breast enhancement procedures and cosmetic surgery.

Celebrities who have gone under the knife to improve the appreance of their cleavage include glamour model Jordan, Celebrity Big Brother winner Chantelle Houghton and I’m a Celebrity jungle reality show participant Nicola McLean.