Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon has said that although she does not want plastic surgery right now, she wouldn’t rule it out in the future.
The 35 year old beauty told Glamour magazine, “I’m not for it; I’m not against it.
“I have plenty of friends who do stuff and if it makes you feel good, great. But I don’t think it’s the fix for some sort of unease that you’re having about who you are as a human being.
The cosmetic surgery industry in the UK is booming despite the global recession. Whilst many industries have been hit hard over the past few years, the plastic surgery industry has actually grown.
Figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) show that there were 43,069 procedures performed lastyear – that’s up nearly 6pc on 2010. Perhaps slightly surprisingly, the biggest cosmetic surgery winner was male abdominoplasty which saw a 15pc increase. Female tummy tucks increased by just 7 pc – although the actual number of women going under the knife still dwarfs the number of men (for tummy tucks, 3,251 vs 124).
Do you sometimes wish that you were a couple of inches taller? Controversial leg lengthening cosmetic surgery may be the answer.
Although leg lengthening is not a new surgery, it has typically been used to help people who have limbs of unequal length or to help correct the medical condition dwarfism. However increasing numbers of people are now looking at leg lengthening surgery for cosmetic reasons.
An American company has claimed that is has found a way for patients to change the colour of their eyes through a new cosmetic surgery procedure.
Stroma Medical, based in California, has patented a technique that uses a laser beam to change brown eyes to blue in a few weeks. Early trials have shown that patients brown irises changed colour to blue after being exposed to a targeted laser beam.
Cosmetic surgery is increasingly becoming a Christmas gift, according to some experts. Despite problems with most major economies, many cosmetic surgeons have said that 2012 looks set to be a good year for them with some partners buying their significant others a cosmetic treatment for Christmas.
For those who don’t want to go under the surgeon’s knife, non-surgical beauty treatments such as Botox, dermal fillers and teeth whitening are also popular gifts.
A new body serum has been flying off the shelves in the UK after claims that it can boost cup size, negating the need for padded bras and cosmetic surgery.
The Bust Fix serum has alread been hailed as the ‘boob job in a tube’ and at it’s peak, was selling around 1,000 tubes a minute.
The bust serum contains mangosteen which is said to promote fatty acid production in breast tissue. This helps to enlarge the fat cells and therefore increase breast size.
British Chancellor George Osborne has revealed plans to put VAT on cosmetic surgery procedures in an attempt to boost the UK’s coffers. It is estimated that the plans would bring in up to £500million a year in tax. The cosmetic surgery industry in the UK is worth around £2.3 billion a year – and this figure is said to be growing.