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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.

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.