Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Blog – Harley Medical Group

As rumours have begun to circulate that Katie Price, the glamour model, reality TV star and book producer formerly known as Jordan, was already planning more cosmetic surgery after she gives birth to her third child later this year, she has said such procedures are the last thing on her mind at present.

Tabloid speculation has already suggested she would be having a ‘body overhaul’ after she gives birth to her fourth child – her first with current husband Kieran Hayler.

“I’m not sat at home planning my post-baby surgery. All I want is a healthy baby,” she told Heat magazine.

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Lured by the widespread availability of many cosmetic treatments, and hence lower prices than are offered by its domestic surgeons, Singaporeans are heading to nearby countries to have procedures carried out.

South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia are among their favourite destinations, with the first of these having seen the number of visitors becoming ‘medical tourists’ double between 2010 and 2011. Women in their 20s and 30s were keenest to head to South Korea, reports The Star newspaper of Malaysia.

Its own country attracts the largest numbers of visitors for cosmetic surgery and dermatology treatments – 5,900 in 2011, a rise of more than 40 per cent since 2009.

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The hourglass figure is back in fashion thanks to the hit TV show Mad Men – and women are turning to cosmetic surgery to get curves just like Christina Hendricks!

A London liposuction clinic has seen a 40 per cent rise in demand for the procedure this year, something owners attribute to the phenomenal rise of the cult drama set in 1960s New York.

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Aussie men, never known for their willingness to embrace the modern trend for modern grooming methods, are being tempted to try some of the treatments available at their local health spa.

Perthnow.com.au, a news website covering the Western Australian state capital, has produced a list of five treatments which it says will help men improve their feeling of well-being.

That list includes deep tissue and hot stone massages, but also takes in a handful of more cosmetic treatments. (more…)

Actress Demi Moore has been named the celebrity the public think is ageing most gracefully – even after spending thousands on cosmetic surgery.

The Charlie’s Angels star was chosen ahead of Michelle Obama, Helen Mirren and Oprah Winfrey in a survey of 1,300 women carried out by fashion website MyCelebrityFashion.

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Advice has been offered to individuals who suffer from keratosis pilaris – or small red bumps on their skin.

Also known as ‘chicken skin’, the condition usually occurs on the tops of the arms, thighs and buttocks, USA Weekend reports.

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The desire for a more masculine face is “the new front line of cosmetic surgery for men”, according to an American news article.

Lesley Rotchford of Fox News reported that men are turning to cosmetic surgery to help them beat the effects of long working days, sleep deprivation and frequent hangovers.

She quoted an example of a man who said that “busting [his] butt working out four days a week” was keeping the rest of his body in shape, but could do nothing to stop the signs of aging appearing on his neck.

‘Nick’ (not his real name) is typical of many modern men in wanting a finely-honed, square-jawed look which reflects the bodily physique he works hard to maintain.

Dr Steven Tetelbaum, associate professor of plastic surgery at University College Los Angeles’ school of medicine, said: “There’s less of a desire now for a conventionally beautiful white-bread face. People are embracing strong features like ethnic, non-traditional noses.”

So in order to give their faces a balanced look, men were having chin implants – which have seen a recent increase of 71 per cent, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

And this popularity is also being driven by the availability of micro-liposuction procedures which can tighten up the jawline, and take as little as half an hour.

Her curves have helped make her a star, thanks to her role in TV series Mad Men – but as a new series of the show based in the heady world of the advertising business began this week across America and Canada, the rumours were again flying about whether Christina Hendricks has had cosmetic help to achieve her renowned hourglass figure.

And the actress’s refusal to either confirm or deny the rumours means that they are re-emerging with each new series.

Gossip website Dose.ca is just one which has re-ignited the talk – especially among Mad Men’s male fans – by publishing a picture of her from a Playboy photoshoot in 1999, sporting unremarkable-looking boobs, alongside a more recent one of her, complete with her now-trademark flame red hair, but also a copious helping of cleavage.

“There were also rumours of a nose job, but that’s minor compared to the huge – and you know that’s the right word for it – difference in her breast region,” remarked the Dose team.

Either way, it doesn’t make a jot of difference to the fact that Ms Hendricks was named sexiest woman in the world in 2010 by Esquire magazine, say her fans at Dose, who conclude: “Just admit it if you’ve done it.”

Almost a quarter (24 per cent) of men would like their wives or girlfriends to have plastic surgery, new research has revealed.

Of these respondents, 12 per cent admitted they would tell their partner that surgery would improve their appearance, the survey conducted by VoucherCodesPro.co.uk revealed.

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A cosmetic surgeon practising in Atlanta, Georgia is claiming that he and a team of researchers are on the way to achieving a liposuction method which eliminates the flabby and pale appearance of skin that often results from a traditional ‘tummy tuck’ procedure.

Dr Abbas Chamsuddin, a radiologist at the Centre for Laser and Interventional Surgery, claims that the new laser lipolysis procedure helps the skin produce new collagen, the protein which gives it its tone and texture, while also removing more fat, and resulting in the skin looking tighter than before the procedure.

“Many women who have standard liposuction are discouraged because often the skin sags after the fat is removed,” Dr Chamsuddin said. (more…)