Category: General Advice
General cosmetic surgery advice and tips.
By SCS on Friday, June 17, 2011Filed Under: General Advice
Free cosmetic surgery is an unusual perk being offered by one hospital to their interns.
According to the Shanghai Daily, 10 lucky students who work for the hospital for a month or more will be entitled to free plastic surgery worth up to 5,000 yuan, plus they will be given a 5,000 yuan discount on more expensive surgery.
The jobs can be anything within the hospital including nursing helpers, cleaners, receptionists or security guards.
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By SCS on Tuesday, February 8, 2011Filed Under: General Advice
Cosmetic surgery may help migraine sufferers. This isn’t the first time that cosmetic surgery techniques have been used to help ease the crippling pain associated with migraines – Botox has already been used for several years.
However new research now shoes that cosmetic surgery to help smooth wrinkles on the forehead may have the unexpected side effect of also curing migraines.
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By SCS on Tuesday, September 7, 2010Filed Under: General Advice
According to our latest research, just over a third of cosmetic surgery patients are fully happy with their results.
SimplyCosmeticSurgery.com asked a number of cosmetic surgery patients how they felt about the results of their surgery. Just 37% of respondents said they were happy with their results, with 37% saying they were dissatisfied and 26% stating they had mixed emotions.
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By SCS on Tuesday, October 20, 2009Filed Under: Cosmetic Surgery News, General Advice
One of the biggest downsides to having cosmetic surgery is the problem of scarring. Although some scars will disappear over a period of a year to 18 months, around a third of scars tend to be permanent and this can mean being left with unsightly marks or a hard raised ridge of tissue as a reminder of your plastic surgery.
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By SCS on Wednesday, September 2, 2009Filed Under: General Advice
Jennifer Aniston is rumoured to have had a ‘boob jab’ to help increase the size of her breasts.
According to some rumours, Aniston has had Macrolane injections which has boosted her bra size by a whole cup size.
Macrolane injections take around half an hour to complete therefore can be done in a lunch break. A local anaesthetic is applied before a thick needle is inserted deep into the breast tissue and the Macrolane filler injected. The filler itself contains hyaluronic acid (also commonly found in dermal fillers) and is a thick, dense fluid.
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By SCS on Tuesday, September 1, 2009Filed Under: General Advice, Types of Surgery
A new type of cosmetic surgery allows patients to permanently change the colour of their eyes. Previously, people looking to change their eye colour typically turned to coloured contact lenses. However NewColorIris is a new intraocular implant that can change the colour of the eyes.
NewColorIris isn’t just for those who want to change their appearance – this implant can also be used to improve the ocular appearance of patients with partial coloboma (congenital defects of the iris), traumatic irides, ocular albinism and iris heterochromia.
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By SCS on Monday, June 22, 2009Filed Under: Cosmetic Surgery News, General Advice
Nipple cosmetic surgery is the latest fad with a significant number of people said to be looking for nipple surgery and nipple prostheses in the past year.
Much of the trend is said to stem from Victoria Beckham. Pictures of her recently have seen her in tight black t-shirts with her nipples outlined in the top. The pictures have sparked debate over whether they are real or fake, and some people have chosen to have cosmetic surgery to get nipples like her.
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