Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Blog – Harley Medical Group

Reality television star Kim Kardashian may have undergone a cosmetic procedure to ensure she looked her best ahead of a big party last night, it has been suggested.

The 31-year-old was photographed leaving a salon yesterday with what appeared to be red, blotchy skin, ahead of an appearance at the Valentino 50^th Anniversary Party. And while the clinic she was photographed leaving specialises in Botox injections as one of its services, industry experts have said there is no suggestion that the celebrity had any injections. Instead, she may have had medical microdermabrasion, a non-surgical treatment used to smooth the appearance of lines and wrinkles.

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Cosmetic treatments such as laser hair removal and Botox are being offered free to people in Brazil who cannot afford to pay for the procedures themselves.

Since being established in 1997, The Brazilian Society of Aesthetic Medicine’s clinic in Rio de Janeiro has treated about 14,000 patients free of charge. According to a report by the Associated Press news agency, it is one of 220 sites across Brazil offering free or discounted services to those who are less well-off.

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“I could use some Botox right now,” Courtney Cox reveals during a frank interview with The Telegraph.

The 47-year-old actress, most famous as the highly strung Monica Geller in US sitcom Friends, revealed more than just the gossip from the set of her latest job on Cougar Town. The mother of one, Coco, seven, admitted that she is “an absolute guinea pig for anything that will keep me feeling good”.

“If someone says, ‘you should try apple stem cells’, guess who’ll be putting them on her face the next day,” she joked.

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An increasing number of women are choosing to have cosmetic treatments carried out on their hands, according to the New York Times.

Wrinkles, brown spots and unsightly veins can all become a thing of the past for people who feel the look of their hands is at odds with the rest of their appearance. Now it seems action is being taken, with more and more people opting to have ‘hand lifts’.

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Hollywood superstar Jennifer Aniston has come clean about her obsession with cosmetic surgery procedures such as laser skin peels.

In an interview with America’s InStyle magazine last month, the star spoke of her obsession with skin products and cosmetic laser treatments. She has now gone further, admitting to undergoing £1,000 laser skin peels which she described as “extremely intense”.

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The number of tummy tucks – also known as abdominoplasty – performed has risen 86 per cent since 2000.

This is according to the latest figures from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), which show data for the 10 years from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, 62,713 tummy tucks were performed in cosmetic surgery clinics across the USA, and in 2010 this number had increased to 116,352.

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The results of a small study could give hope to people suffering with depression.

Ten clinically depressed patients who had not responded to traditional treatments such as medication and counselling were offered Botox injections to paralyse the facial muscles which allow a person to frown.

According to Sonja Lyumbomirsky, author of The How of Happiness, nine out of the ten patients were no longer considered to be depressed. The patients were all women and those who saw positive results did so after just two months of having the non-surgical treatment, often used for cosmetic reasons.

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Botox and surgical procedures including tummy tucks are topping the list of many people’s wish lists this Christmas.

Surgeons in Orange County, America, have noted a rise in the number of patients opting for non-surgical treatments and surgical procedures in the run-up to Christmas. One such example is Tina Franklin, a resident in Orange County, who has put Botox on her Christmas list because she wants to start the New Year feeling ‘fresh’.

Ms Franklin’s older sister Nicole Tuzzolino obliged her sister’s request and paid $650 (£415) for the treatment.

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Veteran pop star Madonna and star of Sex in the City Kim Cattrall have sparked rumours that they have given up on the anti-ageing quest.

Both women appeared on the red carpet at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan for the premier of Madonna’s new film W.E. at the weekend, and both bore the natural signs of ageing – something both have famously kept at bay to date.

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Madonna has announced that despite looking half her age she has ditched her reliance on Botox and other cosmetic treatments.

The 53-year-old pop superstar was photographed looking fresh-faced while judging a dance contest in New York. She chose to wear black leather hotpants, lace-up over the knee boots and fishnet tights – adding to her “young” image.

The singer, whose new single is yet to be released but which has been leaked online, reportedly told a friend that she was worried about looking like a “freak” if she continued to have Botox injections.

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