Tom Cruise: I would never have cosmetic surgery

Hollywood star Tom Cruise has insisted that his youthful good looks have had no help from cosmetic surgery – and has, in fact, claimed that he would never go under the knife.

The star, who turns 50 later this year, told Playboy magazine, “I haven’t [had plastic surgery] and I never would.”

When asked what the secret to his youthful looks were, he replied, “I honestly have no idea! I work; I’m always with family; I train, go without sleep. I just go hard.”

UK University to offer Cosmetic Surgery degree

1193101 grad cap 150x142 UK University to offer Cosmetic Surgery degreeAnglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford, UK, is the first University in the World to offer students a practice-based degree in plastic surgery. The course is being offered with the aim of increasing standards in the cosmetic surgery industry.

The course offered is an MSc in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery Practice and is offered from the University’s Postgraduate Medical Institute in Chelmsford, Essex and the first students will start the course in September 2012.

Cosmetic Surgery to ease the pain of high heels

foot dermal filler 150x150 Cosmetic Surgery to ease the pain of high heelsThe number of cosmetic procedures performed on feet doubled last year. There are several different cosmetic procedures which can be done on the feet and are usually done to help patients cope with the pain of high heeled shoes.

One of the most popular cosmetic procedures for the feet is having dermal fillers injected into either the toe pads, heels or balls of the feet. The dermal filler injections take around 20 minutes to administer and help to cushion the feet to reduce the burning sensation that can occur when wearing high heels. The results can last up to 6 months before a top up injection is required.

Fifth of Seoul women have had cosmetic surgery

Cosmetic surgery is all the rage in Seoul, South Korea, with a whopping 20 percent of women between the ages of 19 and 49 admitting that they have been under the surgeon’s knife.

Figures released by the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) have shown that the most popular cosmetic surgery procedures for these young women are double eyelid surgery to reduce the excess skin around the upper eyelid and make the eyes look bigger, lipoplasty, and rhinoplasty (nose jobs).

Chin implants are latest US cosmetic surgery trend

According to the latest figures from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), chin implants – a.k.a. ‘chinplants’ – are the fastest growing cosmetic surgery trend in the US. Chinplants are becoming so popular that their numbers grew by more than breast augmentation, liposuction and Botox combined.

There were over 20,000 chin surgeries carried out in America last year – most of which were either mentoplasties, where the chin size is decreased, and maxillofacial corrective surgery, where the jaw position is altered.