Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Blog – Harley Medical Group

Consumers should be wary of deals offering discount Botox from sources that do not disclose their clinical background.

This is the advice from the Independent Healthcare Advisory Service (IHAS) which says the number of daily deals offering cheap Botox injections to consumers who are coerced into making hasty decisions is alarming.

Sally Taber, Director at IHAS, told the Daily Mail: “We are concerned by the increasing number of misleading and potentially unsafe deals for such treatments on group buying sites, which are not only misleading but also putting the public at risk.”

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A cosmetic surgeon in Australia has revealed that Botox treatments seem to be more popular during the warmer months of the year.

Alex Pike, an injectables practitioner at FACEclinic in Border, Australia, said that the treatment was more popular during the summer and that requests for Botox injections had increased by 20 per cent in the last six months.

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Doctors in the US have reiterated the dangers of DIY Botox in a recent report.

News site MSNBC asked Dr Tracy Favreau, a dermatologist at Nova Southeastern University, about the risks  associated with Botox kits. In response, Dr Favreau warned of the “horrible results” that are “almost killing people”, and described buying kits online as “a catastrophe waiting to happen”.

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Here at The Harley Medical Group we’ve been very excited to see all the newspaper coverage of the recently launched Independent Healthcare Advisory Services (IHAS) register for injectable treatments.

As proud members of the IHAS Register of Injectable Cosmetic Providers, we’re very happy to see that plenty of people are being made aware of the quality mark and the fact it’s likely to help save people from visiting dodgy practitioners. (more…)

Once viewed as the domain of women, cosmetic surgery is becoming increasingly accepted by modern men, especially thanks to forthcoming celebrities like Simon Cowell, who make no secret of their love for Non-Surgical treatments. (more…)

People choosing to hold back the signs of ageing with a face lift or other form of facial surgery can help ensure lasting results from their procedures by complementing it with non surgical cosmetic treatments.

Speaking to Earth Times, US cosmetic surgeon Dr Daryl Hoffman explained that patients undergoing cosmetic surgery for the face are increasingly seeking out non-surgical medispa treatments as well, to boost their effects. (more…)

British women looking to undergo cosmetic surgery procedures are being advised to check their surgeon’s credentials to ensure they are in the capable hands of a respected practitioner working for an established company. (more…)

A new study has revealed that the training and expertise of a particular surgeon is the number one defining factor for women who are considering cosmetic surgery.

The research, conducted by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) and Dermik Laboratories, focused on women aged 35 to 69 who have considered a medical anti-ageing treatment or received fillers or other injectables, like Botox, in the past. (more…)