Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Blog – Harley Medical Group

Last night, Channel 4 aired the first episode of its controversial reality television show Beauty and the Beast: Ugly Face of Prejudice, in which a plastic surgeon advised that liposuction should not be used as a weight loss tool.

Beauty obsessive Yasmin Disney attended a consultation with cosmetic surgeon Mr Patrick Mallucci to discuss breast reduction surgery and liposuction on her inner thighs and stomach. But far from encouraging Disney to undergo the procedures, Mr Mallucci advised her to undertake a weight loss programme first.

Disney was accompanied to the consultation by Leo Gormley, a 60-year-old father of two who has a significant facial disfigurement caused by third degree burns. Gormley has undergone more than 120 reconstructive plastic surgery procedures to repair damage done to his face, hands, and legs, and campaigns against the idea of a beauty ideal.

At the start of the show, Gormley was anti-cosmetic surgery for beauty’s sake, but he soon realised that the psychological damage caused by the negative attention Disney received as a result of her J-cup breasts, was reason enough to consider breast reduction.

The first in a new six-part television series looking at the very different reasons why people undergo plastic surgery procedures is set to be broadcast on Channel 4 this Wednesday (2).

Each episode of the programme, controversially named Beauty and the Beast: Ugly Face of Prejudice, features one conventionally good-looking person, and someone with a facial disfigurement, both of whom have had surgery to change the way they look.

Wednesday’s show features 47-year-old Susan Campbell Duncan, who has undergone more than 100 plastic surgery procedures to reconstruct her face after she had a rare, cancerous tumour removed. And image-obsessed Sarah Burge, who has also undergone over 100 procedures and holds the record for the most money spent on cosmetic surgery – £539,500.

The show highlights the seemingly opposing reasons why people choose to undergo cosmetic surgery, with some seeing it as a necessity following medical procedures or an accident, and others simply wanting to change or improve the way they look and feel.