Category: Cosmetic Surgery News

Botox is one of the most popular beauty treatments around, and is also used to treat a number of other ailments too. However could Botox actually be giving you wrinkles?

Cosmetic practitioners have long noted that by freezing certain muscles, others will often start to be used more as your body starts to compensate. Dr David Becker has now published in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology showing that by using Botox, you may in fact be giving yourself extra wrinkles.

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It’s nearly summer time and with the warmer weather, sandals, flip-flops and other dainty shoes are starting to come out of hibernation. However are your feet not looking quite at their best yet? Enter the Piranha Pedicure.

The name is a slight misnomer as Garra Rufa Fish are actually used in this novel foot treatment. The Garra rufa fish is a tiny, toothless carp native to countries such as Syria, Iraq and Turkey where they thrive in hot springs. The fish have been used for centuries to heal wounds and treat skin condition such as eczema and psoriasis but have most recently found fame in the beauty industry.

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The recent turbulence in the global economy has not gone unnoticed in the US cosmetic surgery industry. Recent figures show that although $10 billion was spent on plastic surgery in 2009, this figure was down 3 per cent on the previous year.

Breast enlargement, nose jobs, eyelid surgery, liposuction and tummy tucks were all down. Liposuction showed the biggest decline according the latest figures released by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

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Nearly fifty thousand women in the UK have been warned that they could be in danger of their breast implants rupturing.

Anyone with silicone implants made by the French firm Poly Implant Prothese – PIP for short – are encouraged to contact their cosmetic surgeons to discuss having their implants removed or replaced. It is believed that the PIP breast implants are twice as likely to rupture as other implants.

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Cellulite is one of the biggest bug-bears for many women and some spend a forune trying to combat it. However as yet, there is no clinical evidence that any of the lotions, potions and machines can actually eliminate cellulite.

However a new device – the D-Actor – hopes to help women who suffer from the orange-peel skin associated with cellulite.

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As many women will testify, wearing high heels for long periods of time can be extremely painful. In particular, the balls of the feet tend to suffer the most. However foot fillers are one of the latest cosmetic treatments which are helping to ease the pain of high heels.

Foot fillers are not a new phenomenon and many catwalk models are rumoured to have had the procedure done. Foot fillers can also help medical complaints such as Morton’s Neuroma where the nerves running between the third and fourth toes and in the ball of the foot become inflamed.

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The dermaroller was one of last year’s surprise cosmetic procedure hits, despite looking rather menacing. The dermaroller is a needle-studded roller designed to help the skin on the face look more youthful by puncturing the skin with pins. This makes the skin bleed and is said to help stimulate the body’s natural healing process, increasing the collagen in the skin and helping the overall look and feel of the skin.

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