More than 70 per cent of women aged between 18 and 30 want to have plastic surgery.
This is the finding of a study commissioned by More! magazine, which also found that 49 per cent of the 1,000 women asked said they were planning to have cosmetic surgery in the near future.
Nose jobs are on the rise among those from different ethnic backgrounds, according to the president-elect of The Rhinoplasty Society.
Dr Rod Rohrich has noticed a shift in the reasons behind those from non-Caucasian ancestry enquiring about rhinoplasty, or nose reshaping surgery.
“It’s becoming more accepted for people who have noses with pronounced ethnic characteristics to opt for surgical refinement that helps them blend into American society better, as well as correcting individual facial deviations that make them stand out uncomfortably,” said Dr Rohrich.
“Every patient is different, but more patients than ever want to preserve ethnic characteristics while correcting individual facial features. Patients with non-Caucasian ancestry used to ask for Caucasian-type noses, which usually resulted in an over-operated and unnatural look,” he added.
He made his observations at a symposium on the subject of ethnic rhinoplasty at the annual meeting of The Rhinoplasty Society, at which he encouraged fellow cosmetic surgeons to prepare for this increase. He advised careful study of Caucasian and ethnic nose shapes, bone structure and skin type in order to offer patients the most appropriate procedure.
Plastic surgeons in the Indian city of Bhubaneswar have confirmed that nose reshaping surgery is the most sought-after procedure among patients, followed by liposuction and breast implants.
There are no official figures for the number of surgical procedures performed, but plastic surgeons estimate that 30 to 40 nose jobs are carried out each month. They say that these are performed not only for cosmetic purposes but also to correct developmental disorders.
Cosmetic surgeon Dr A K Rout said: “The procedure lasts for about four to five hours and costs only Rs 20,000 (£275). During the surgery, silicone implants are made or grafting is done with body parts. Patients have to take post-operative precautions for at least a week.”
Dr Rout puts the rise in the number of patients enquiring about surgery down to an increased awareness of the latest technology and facilities that are available to help people look good.
Other popular procedures include eye lid surgery, brow lifts and cheek implants.
Plastic surgeon Nigel Mercer has documented a week in his working life and the results were today published in The Daily Mail.
The five-day diary reveals just how varied the list of procedures can be for a typical cosmetic surgeon, and the very different reasons why people choose to undergo surgery.
According to the diary, Mercer performs breast reduction surgery on Monday, short-scar face lifts on Tuesday, cleft lip and palate reconstructions on Wednesday and Thursday, and on Friday he consults with men about nose jobs, eye bag surgery and liposuction to get rid of man boobs.
In among all of these surgical procedures, Mercer sees patients who are considering surgery, and in one revealing paragraph he writes: “In the afternoon, I see private patients in my consulting rooms in Bristol. One is a lady in her 50s who has travelled from the North of England. She’s had a hard life and is convinced a facelift will be the answer to her problems.
“She doesn’t look old for her age, but her suffering is in her eyes — and no surgery can take that away. So I spend an hour dissuading her from having an operation, suggesting non-surgical procedures such as Botox and fillers.”
The diary reveals the variety of surgery performed, but also emphasises how important it is for surgeons to have an ethical outlook, and for them to take the time to understand a patient’s reasons for wanting surgery.
Model Laura Summers, who starred on last night’s episode of Channel 4’s Beauty and the Beast: The Ugly Face of Prejudice as the ‘beauty’, attributed her self-confidence and personality to cosmetic surgery.
The 26-year-old, who has had more than seven procedures so far, including four boob jobs, two nose jobs and otoplasty, was severely bullied at school for the way she looked.
Since turning 18, the Nottingham-born model who now splits her time between London and Manchester, has changed the areas of her face and body that she was unhappy with and feels happy and confident as a result.
The programme brings together beauty obsessives and those with facial disfigurements to show viewers the very different reasons why people choose to undergo plastic surgery. The latest episode included footage of a day Summers spent with Michael Boateng, an Olympic hopeful who has facial scarring and a prosthetic ear from burns sustained when he was just eight months old. Both discussed details of their surgery experiences frankly and left understanding each other’s views on cosmetic surgery.
Four out of 10 men and seven out of 10 women in Korea would choose to have plastic surgery if they could afford it, that according to recent research.
The statistics were collated and published by large Korean market research companies Embrain and Trend Monitor, as part of an online book of trivia. Embrain has more than 600,000 paid members across Korea.
The book, called Catch Up, also reveals that 43.4 per cent of those surveyed about plastic surgery wanted nose jobs, 39.9 per cent wanted eye lid surgery, and 37.4 per cent would opt for liposuction.
In other statistics published in the online book, 89.4 per cent of people had bought more than one lottery ticket in their lifetime and 49.2 per cent of respondents said cash was the gift they would most like to receive – presumably to pay for their cosmetic surgery desires!
The NHS is looking to cut the number of surgical procedures it carries out such as non-essential nose jobs and tummy tucks, in a bid to save money.
The recession means that local Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) across the UK are looking at ways to reduce costs without cutting back on essential healthcare services.
Manchester PCT has recently introduced a system that will sift through all GP referrals and deny cosmetic treatments such as tummy tucks and nose jobs which have not been advised as a way of treating a medical problem or condition.
Liam McGrogan, chair of NHS Manchester’s Clinic Commissioning Committee, said: “It is ensuring that public money is only used to pay for treatment which is clinically effective”.
Before these cuts were introduced, rhinoplasty (nose job) operations and other plastic surgery procedures were carried out for free by the NHS for those people with a medical need. Some cosmetic procedures were also carried out for those who were believed to be suffering serious emotional distress as a direct result of the way they looked.
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