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Previously if we wanted to get rid of wrinkles, Botox was the only viable solution on the market.  However a new non-invasive treatment is on the block and scientists behind it are saying that is a more cost-effective way of fighting back against the wrinkles. 

The treatment is called Dysport and it is claimed that it can deliver longer-lasting results than its ever popular rival. The U.S Food and Drug administration, the FDA, has just approved the treatment and now the makers of Dysport are hoping that they can market it in a way which will bring it into direct competition with Botox. The latter has become hugely popular in recent years because of its widespread and well-documented usage by celebrities.

Dr. Leslie Baumann, one of the doctors from the University of Miami Cosmetic Medicine, has revealed that the new product could be a quids-in way to fight back against wrinkles and other blemishes of time which show up on our faces.  Dr. Baumann told the Miami Herald: “Results last about four months with Botox – that’s how long it usually takes for the SNAP 25 protein to rebuild itself. However, many Brazilian doctors report that Dysport can last up to six months. It also starts working sooner, taking just two days to kick in instead of the three to seven days you have to wait before seeing results from Botox. The longer-lasting effects could make Dysport more affordable” This is, of course, just industry speculation and it will take time for us to determine whether or not Dysport really is the new kid on the block of surgery or whether, like Botox itself, the effects on the market will be impermanent and only temporarily boosting.  Neither Dysport nor Botox offer permanent defence against ageing, this can only really be got from a facelift, but the former procedures do offer a good way to try-before-you –buy as it were; to try before undergoing the huge invasive surgery of a face-lift. 

This new treatment will likely take a while to gain the popularity of its rival Botox and indeed it may only gain the same notoriety through celebrity endorsements. If these start to come in then there is no doubt that Dysport will be a huge success. If it is more cost-effective then it should certainly do well in these troubling economic times which we are all facing.

20 years ago very few really knew about cosmetic surgery. It was something exotic, something strange and scary which only the uber-rich and the uber-famous really engaged with.

Those days are gone and now a startling new survey has found the extent of our plastic surgery knowledge. Amazingly, more people know the correct medical term for a nose job, rhinoplasty, than know the location of the stomach in the human body!  Quite how much this says about the British education system as well as our national obsession with plastic surgery is open to debate.

The study was run by Yakult, and found that a mind-blowing 80% of people knew the term rhinoplasty but less than 66% could pick out the stomach on a diagram. Nutritionist Fiona Hunter commented on the findings saying that: “People are bombarded with health messages from a variety of different sources – from friends, family and the media through to food manufacturers and retailers so I’m not surprised people are often confused. It’s important that people remember that nutrition is an evolving science and as such we are constantly fine-tuning the message”. Ah, so we can breathe a sigh of relief, we are not to blame for our ignorance after all, it’s the fault of the media and, well, isn’t it always? 

Companies like Yakult are hoping to get the message across that nutrition and being aware of how our bodies work is as important to looking and feeling great as cosmetic surgery is. Indeed a healthy and balanced diet can be a much cheaper way to physical perfection.  It would seem that the British public have not yet cottoned on to this idea yet though and Hunter is right that the message will have to be fine tuned in order to win more people over.

Nose jobs, or rhinoplasty as most of you will probably call it now, is one of the most popular cosmetic procedures in the world. It’s mainly favoured by women but men, most infamously Michael Jackson, have also been known to go under the knife in the name of nasal narcissism.  The perfect nose doesn’t come cheap, with prices starting at around £3000 but it is probably the most noticeable physical feature on anybody and thus it can certainly be money well spent. Thus it would seem cosmetic surgery is no longer something to turn your nose up at; it is something which has entered the conscious of the British public.

In the past, many patients have been put off going down the road of Rhinoplasty because they feel they could lose their ethnic identity; they sight precedents such as Janet Jackson as evidence.

But news has reached us that soon patients from all ethnic backgrounds should be able to benefit equally from the surgical procedure. The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the ASAPS, has said that concerns over loss of ethnic identity have, in the past, deterred some people from having nose-jobs and other procedures.  However, money which has been invested into specialised training in the field and new technology now means that rhinoplasty needn’t obscure the ethnic heritage of the patient in question!

Dr. Julius Few spoke out at the annual conference on the ASAPS, saying that:” It is vital to preserve the ethnic heritage of the given patient and understand that ethnic rhinoplasty is more about balance of the face and not assuming the look of another racial or ethnic group – a fear that many African American patients still have.” This news will be welcome by the industry as a whole and will be seen as a key way on introducing more and more patients into the growing field of cosmetic surgery.

Rhinoplasty has long been one of the most popular procedures performed in the U.K, helped by the famous celebrity associations which it has, and both men and women have been going under the knife in order to gain the perfect sniffer!  It has long been thought that it was really easy to tell which people have had rhinoplasty performed on them and this became even more the case when the procedure had been performed on those of ethnic heritage.  As the public has become and more aware of rhinoplasty, with more of the population knowing what that word means than know where the stomach is located in the human body, they have become more astute at spotting who has had the procedure done. This new breakthrough should hopefully make nose-jobs more clandestine.

Not that they need to be, much of the stigma which once surrounded plastic surgery has now receded. However, the news that more and more people will be able to benefit equally from cosmetic procedures is great news and one can only hope that more and more breakthrough’s of this magnitude keep on coming!

Botox is a popular cosmetic treatment and is used to treat many different conditions, from crows-feet to baldness,  however because Botox is only a semi-permanent procedure it is now finding a new fan-base in the form of people who are wanting to undergo face-lifts but who don’t want to make the leap straight away. 

Botox is being used a quasi-preview procedure for those who are too scared to take the leap into a highly invasive, highly expensive face-lift.  San-Diego dermatologist Dr. Susan Stuart and Dr. Richard Chaffoo, have confirmed this story. “Botox can mimic some of the skin-smoothing effects of facial surgery,” said Dr Stuart. “Patients want a way to test the waters so that they can feel confident revealing their new look in their day-to-day lives,” they have been quoted as saying.

The temporary nature of Botox, used for treating brow furrows and laughter lines, often leads those undergoing the non-invasive injections on to more permanent solution to their quest for younger looking skin. Once patients see the dramatic changes which can be made to their ageing faces, they often feel more confident about the success and the integrity of cosmetic surgery. This confidence is then transferred into the face-lift market which is one of the most successful corners of the plastic surgery market.

Botox is amongst one of the most popular cosmetic procedures in the U.K and indeed in the wider world. Kylie Minogue is amongst the celebrities which has been rumoured to have put themselves through the surgical procedure and, as they get older, they may well turn to face-lifts to achieve more lasting results which the needles cannot give. Botox has also been given a boost because of people’s hectic 21st century lives.  Face-lifts might be a better solution but they are incredibly hard to recover from and often people have to take a good few weeks off work. In the current economic climate, when many people are battling to keep hold of their jobs, this just isn’t an option. Botox offers a preview and also offers a stop-gap solution- younger appearances can be gained in the short-term and then, as the effects start to subside along with the worst part of the recession, perhaps more people will come to consider face-lifts as a viable option. One thing is certain, once you have had a taste of looking younger you won’t want to age again!

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.

Much has been made recently of young professionals attempting to give themselves the edge in an ever-shrinking, ever more competitive jobs market by going under the knife.

However, it is no longer just the young who are attempting to get the coveted job; women in their fifties are now turning to surgery as a way of competing with their younger, more dynamic counterparts.  Following on quickly from the news that there has been a 13% increase in the number of people seeking Botox injections, the Portland-based T.V Station KGW has now revealed that women who should be contemplating retirement are now contemplating breast augmentations, tummy tucks and face lifts.

“People want to look like they are healthy and young,” commented Dr. Maria Ross. The message would seem to be that having the qualifications and experience might not be enough to secure that dream promotion or pay-rise. Like any other industry, the professional sector is obsessed with youth and with dynamism and, as the recession continues to bite, people are taking any possible chance to enhance their job prospects. “As people are losing jobs, it’s even more competitive” confirmed Dr. Maria Ross.

One might think, in a recession, that people would shy away from expensive luxuries such as cosmetic surgery but these latest figures would seem to suggest that such procedures are a necessity and not a luxury.  Money may well be tight at the minute but cosmetic surgery, far from being a one-off large extravagance, should perhaps be seen as an investment which may well help bring in larger earnings in the hard years to come.  Spending money now and keeping yourself looking young and fresh may be the only tool at your disposal to fight the recession.

It would seem this is not a situation which is exclusive to the business world; actress Patricia Hodge recently revealed that she was considering having surgery at it seemed to have “become the norm”.  It would seem whatever career you’re involved with, looking young is what it’s all about and cosmetic surgery may well be the best way to stay on top of your game for as long as possible.  Rather than hearing the dreaded words “You’re fired”, get yourself fixed up, feeling fabulous and pretty soon you might be hearing the words “you’re hired”. Invest in the future now by investing in yourself; get recession-proof cosmetic surgery.

At one point in time it seemed you couldn’t move without hearing stories about facelifts. Who’d had what done, who was about to have one, who very much needed one. But now the surgical zeitgeist seems to have moved away from the traumatic and expensive procedure and stepped towards a less-invasive set of alternatives. 

Injectable treatments are fast becoming popular as people feel the effects of the credit-crunch and opt for lower-costing alternatives which don’t require them to be absent from work for long periods of time.  In the trade they are known as “liquid face lifts” and they are certainly helping the industry to stay afloat as the recession takes its hold on every household in the U.K and around the world.

Dr. Dean Kane, a cosmetic surgeon based in Baltimore,  has commented that: “”Especially in today’s economy, many people feel that they need a bit of a ”lift” in their looks and their lives, but they want a flexible way to address just a few characteristics easily, quickly and cost-effectively.” This seems to sum up the ethos of why these treatments have become so successful. When everything else in the world seems so gloomy, people need something to pick their mood up which won’t cause them worry or anxiety. A facelift is a major procedure which takes a lot of planning, a lot of recovering from and overall adds unnecessary stress into the patient’s life. These non-invasive alternatives are quick, effective and, above all, cheap.

The most popular of these treatments is obviously Botox, but there are lesser known alternatives which are working wonders for patients.  Dermal fillers, such as Restylane and Juvederm can be used to smooth out the appearance of wrinkles and also plump out the areas around the eyes or the cheeks which may become sunken.  However, facelifts have not dropped off the radar entirely, there was a 1.7% increase in people have them in 2008 when compared to the year before. 

They may be a more expensive option, but they are more permanent and those women who have had success with these non-invasive alternatives often find themselves turning to facelifts as a more long-term solution.  As expensive surgeries and recovery times become luxuries most people cannot afford, however, it is likely that more and more people will be opting for Botox and Dermal Fillers and fighting back against ageing without breaking the bank.

Some UK based surgeons have teamed up to perform a full face transplantation next year for the first time in history.

Recently the media highlighted a case where Dr Maria Siemionow, a surgeon from Ohio, successfully tranplanted 80 per cent of a dead woman‘s facial tissue to a patient who had suffered severe deformation. However, a London based expert from the Royal Free Hospital has announced plans to take cosmetic surgery achievements even further.

Dr Peter Butler recognised the importance of the recent operation and confirmed that the possibility of a full transplantation is just a few steps away.

“We hope to make an announcement about a full-face operation in the next 12 months,” he confirmed.

“This latest operation shows how facial transplantation can help a particular group of the most severely facially injured people.”

He explained that this kind of transplantation would last around ten hours or more and would be likely to cause serious threats to the patient‘s health. However, it is expected that there will be many individuals who would agree to take the risks for a chance to have a new face.
 
As to the ethical concerns in relation to such procedures, Dr Eric Kodish who works at the Cleveland hospital where the revolutionary operation was performed, claims that the moral side is “beyond reproach”.

US experts have introduced a new combination of powerful dermal fillers for a new method of non-invasive facelift.

The product is called the Liquid Facelift and the treatment involves multiple dermal fillers as well as Botox. A combination of non-surgical methods used for reducing the appearance of wrinkles and lines around the eyes and forehead and adding definition to the face.

Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon, Dr Assassa, reviewed the new cosmetic treatment: “The combination of Botox and advanced dermal fillers has delivered results that surpass the results of the top experts in the field of facial rejuvenation.

“Liquid Face Lift procedures generally take around an hour and patients can return to most normal routines the next day. You get the results of a traditional face lift, minus the pain, expense and inconvenience.”

Studies have reported that patients expect less recovery time and surgical interventions as facial lifts and rejuvenation procedures are becoming more and more common.

A new adhesive used in cosmetic surgery has been allowed to use in browlift procedures across Europe.

BioForm Medical is going to advertise and trial BioGlue Surgical Adhesive manufactured by Cryolife.
The cosmetic adhesive is used to flexibly seal the tissue within 20 to 30 seconds. Steven Anderson, president and chief executive officer of Cryolife, claims that the product has been proved to be safe and effective in over 400,000 procedures.

“We are pleased that BioGlue is now available for use in browlift cosmetic and plastic surgery in the European Community. We look forward to continuing to expand BioGlue’s applications and availability worldwide,” said the CEO.

Chief executive officer of BioForm Medical, Steven Basta, claimed that the company is “particularly excited” by BioGlue being approved to use in browlift procedures. However, he added that  the cosmetic adhesive had many other ways to be used in plastic surgery. He also said: “This is an important step in our overall development strategy to evaluate the use of BioGlue as a quick and easy-to-use fixation method in plastic surgery,”.