Category: Cosmetic Surgery News

According to a senior Chinese cosmetic surgeon, increasing numbers of Chinese politicians are turning to cosmetic surgery to improve their appearances.

Chen Huanran, a senior surgeon at the Plastic Surgery Hospital at Beijing’s Union Medical College, over 500 officials are now being treated each year.

Chen claims that part of the reason is that officials are increasingly asked to make public appearances and to go on TV and therefore they want to ensure they look their best. Government officials are supposed to have strong features and cosmetic surgery can ensure that they make the most of their facial features.

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Botox is one of the most popular cosmetic procedures on the market. But has the Botox backlash begun?

Despite it’s popularity, celebrity Botox regulars are starting to turn their backs on the face freezing injections.

First, Lulu and Amanda Holden announced that they were no longer going to have Botox injections. Then, Dannii Minogue followed suit after some X-Factor viewers commented that in last year’s series, her face was almost immovable and expressionless.

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Could this be the end of hair straighteners? Researchers believe that they have isolated the gene responsible for curly hair and are hoping that they can create a pill to make your hair straighter or curlier without the need for expensive hair accesories.

Australian scientists have recently discovered that the trichohyalin gene is mainly responsible for creating curls in hair. It is hoped that the discovery will not just be a boon to the beauty industry but will also help police forensics – hair and DNA found at scenes of crime may indicate what sort of hair the suspects have.

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Former Miss Argentina Solange Magnano has died after cosmetic surgery. The 38 year old beauty has been having cosmetic surgery to make her buttocks firmer and was rushed to hospital with severe breathing difficulties after the operation.

Magnano died from a blocked lung artery having spent three days in intensive care.

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Supermodel Cindy Crawford has admitted to having Botox injections. The 43 year old beauty has also admitted that she had considered having more invasive cosmetic surgery on her face however she decided against it as it made women look ‘unreal’.

Crawford has said that she has visited a London cosmetic surgeon for several years now to have the Botox injections.

“There’s a doctor here in London who I’ve gone to for Botox,” she commented in an interview with the Daily Mail.

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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey has had dermal fillers to help reduce the deepset wrinkles on his face.

Ramsey has had filler injections on the lines around his face to help plump out the creases on his face, a cosmetic procedure he is reported to have spent around £400 on. Ramsey has said that he decided to have the filler injections after music mogul Simon Cowell suggested he should have it done.

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After years of performing regenerative injection therapy (RIT) with the use of platelet rich plasma (PRP) for the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain and acute injury, I learned of a new use for RIT with PRP; rejuvenation of the skin. This treatment is now referred to as ‘Dracula Therapy’ by the media.

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