Home
Kieran Lamb's Library tagged → View Popular
19 out of 20 young women 'would change bodies' - The Independent 3rd November 2009
"Girls as young as seven would like to change something about their appearance and half of 16 to 21-year-olds would consider surgery to achieve their perfect body, a study has revealed. "
Cosmetic surgery report shows depressing decline of self-esteem - The Times 3rd November 2009
"Any parent of a young girl reading the report on teenage girls' attitude to cosmetic surgery would be well advised to equip themselves with a small glass of something fortifying beforehand.\n\nThere are large swaths of it that will make you want to take your precious daughters to the farthest-flung corner of northern Canada, thereafter to exist only in the company of moose. "
Half of secondary school girls considering cosmetic surgery, Guides study finds - The Times 3rd November 2009
"Almost half of all secondary school girls say they would undergo laser treatment, liposuction or some form of plastic surgery to change the way they look, according to a new study of social attitudes."
I'm not gullible, but I was seduced into my breast op by a Harley Street address. After £17,000 of surgery, I feel deformed - Daily Mail 31st October 2009
"Harley Street is, to many, synonymous with the cream of private doctors - and, in particular, plastic surgeons. So when Sarah Cound booked a breast reduction operation with the Harley Medical Group, the UK's largest cosmetic surgery group, she believed she would receive the best care money could buy. "
Katie Piper: How surgeons rebuilt her face - Daily Telegraph 26th October 2009
"Her looks were destroyed by an acid attack but surgeons have used an amazing new reconstruction procedure that offers real hope for other victims of burns "
Surgeon reveals how he saved face of TV presenter after brutal acid attack - Daily Mail 26th October 2009
"A plastic surgeon has revealed how he used a pioneering technique to rebuild the face of a model and TV presenter who was attacked with acid.\n\nMohammad Ali Jawad, 51, was part of a team of eight doctors who treated 26-year-old Katie Piper. The six-hour operation was the first procedure of its kind in the world. "
Acid attack model talks about recovery - Daily Telegraph 20th October 2009
"Katie Piper, a 26-year-old model, who had acid thrown in her face has spoken about the pioneering surgery used to treat her burns. "
Breast enlargement patients stay awake to guide ops - The Sunday Times 18th October 2009
"WOULD madam care for something a little larger? Breast enlargement patients are being given the chance to oversee their own operations and decide just how big they really want to be.
The move follows surgical advances that allow the operation to be done under local anaesthetic — so the patient stays awake. "
Mexican star infected by bad buttocks procedure - Daily Telegraph 15th October 2009
"Alejandra Guzman, the Mexican rock star, has been hospitalised with an infection from buttocks injections she had to make herself "more beautiful". "
Turning back the clock - Daily Telegraph 12th October 2009
"New technology is offering an alternative to invasive facial surgery. "
Turning back the clock: things to consider - Daily Telegraph 12th October 2009
"Less drastic options to improve your appearance and how to keep yourself safe."
Proud to be plastic: The 'improved' beauty contest - The Independent on Sunday 11th October 2009
"It had to happen: a beauty contest for the surgically enhanced. The inevitable took place in Budapest on Friday night, when the city staged Miss Plastic Hungary. And, since behind every cosmetically amended woman there is a surgeon, there were prizes for the scalpel-wielders, too."
Rachel Weisz steps up her Botox battle - Daily Telegraph 10th October 2009
"Acclaimed for her expressive performance on stage as Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, Rachel Weisz has renewed her criticism of actresses who resort to cosmetic treatment in an effort to turn back time. "
The 10-minute facelift... from the man with the golden gun - Daily Mail 10th October 2009
"The French know a lot about suffering for beauty - but I'm not sure les Parisiennes feel pain like the rest of us, if a new ten-minute facelift, now available in the UK, is anything to go by.
The facelift, created by French dermatologist Dr Maurice Dray, is a non-invasive answer to going under the knife. It uses injections of man-made chemicals called biphasic tricalcium phosphates (BTCPs) to restructure the jowls by encouraging the skin to produce collagen, the connective tissue that keeps our skin naturally taut when young. "
Transsexual turned down for breast enlargement claims sex discrimination in case that will cost taxpayer thousands - Daily Mail 8th October 2009
"A transsexual who wants bigger breasts must have her plea for surgery on the NHS heard in the High Court, a judge said yesterday.
The ruling is likely to cost the Health Service more than £100,000 in legal fees and paperwork on top of taxpayerfunded legal aid costs for the unnamed transsexual."
Stem cells hide scars: New hope for women disfigured by cancer - Daily Mail 8th October 2009
"Thousands of women left disfigured by breast cancer surgery have been offered hope by a revolutionary technique.
Surgeons are using stem cells and liposuction to replace missing breast tissue after a lump has been removed."
Jack Nicholson, Tony Blair and Jonathan Ross have them... but I got rid of mine with a MOOB job - Daily Mail 3rd October 2009
"It was the kind of withering home truth only a child could deliver. 'Dad - your boobs are bigger than Mummy's!' exclaimed Harriet, Jon Cullen's 13-year-old daughter, while on the beach in Spain earlier this year.
At the time, the 47-year-old company director laughed off the comment. But now he confesses: 'Harriet was right. My wife Claire had never said anything but I had always been conscious of my chest. I never wore T-shirts because they were so unforgiving, but there was no way of covering up on the beach.' "
NHS accused of failing breast cancer patients - The Guardian 3rd October 2009
"The NHS is letting down women with breast cancer by offering less than half of sufferers the chance to have reconstructive surgery immediately after a mastectomy, an official report reveals.
Just 48% of women with the disease were offered the option of reconstruction in 2007-08 even though National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines say it should be 100% of eligible patients, according to the National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit."
Man has face rebuilt using ribs, hips and wrist - Daily Telegraph 25th September 2009
Mouth cancer sufferer Tim Gallego has had his face completely rebuilt using different parts of his body including his ribs, hips and wrists.
Boy has missing right ear reconstructed from his own rib cartilage - The Times 19th September 2009
A boy who was born without a right ear has had one built from his ribs.
Mitchell Ravencroft, 12, from Rothwell, Northamptonshire, was born with the rare deformity microtia, which meant that he had no ear hole and just a small flap of skin.
Selected Tags
Related Tags
Sponsored Links
Top Contributors
Highlighter, Sticky notes, Tagging, Groups and Network: integrated suite dramatically boosting research productivity. Learn more »
Join Diigo