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One of the largest UK health & beauty retailers is now offering customers minor cosmetic beauty treatments in-store.
Superdrug, who are the UK’s second largest health & beauty high street retailer, are the only high street chain to offer cosmetic treatments. There are a range of treatments available – from eyebrow threading to manicures, anti-wrinkle injections to lip volumisers, leg thread vein removal to chemical peels.
Top designer Diane von Furstenberg has denied having had cosmetic surgery following her recent skiing accident in France.
Von Furstenberg was on holiday in Aspen last month when another skiier crashed into her hitting her badly on her face and ribs with a camera. She is reported to have suffered a broken nose and some light facial fractures.
Talking to the New York Daily News she commented, “If I ever had any desire to have plastic surgery, I know for sure now, I would not want it.
Despite the fact that cosmetic surgery is far less of a taboo subject than it was a decade ago, the majority of people still hide their surgery from their friends and family.
SimplyCosmeticSurgery.com commissioned a poll to discover whether people were proud of their plastic surgery or whether they hid the fact they had been under the knife from their friends. The poll revealed that a whopping 66pc of people didn’t want people to know that they had had work done. Just 22pc of people were proud to tell others that they had had surgery, with the remainder telling some friends but not others.
A new side effect has been found in breast augmentations. According to new research, having a breast augmentation increases the risk of a rare cancer called anaplastic large-cell lymphoma (ALCL).
Research has shown that as many as 60 women out of the 5-10 million who have had breast implants worldwide have developed ALCL. This compares to the normal rate of around 3 women in 100 million.
Despite fears of a global recession, cosmetic surgery popularity has not waned.
In the UK, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) have released figures showing that plastic surgery is as popular as ever with a 5 pc increase in the number of procedures carried out last year.
Quirky British actress Helena Bonham-Carter has revealed that she is not tempted by cosmetic surgery.
The 44-year old actress has said that she has no fears about growing older and says age is ‘underrated.’
“I can still move all my face muscles,” Bonham-Carter explained to British newspaper the Daily Mail. “Look! There aren’t many who can still do that!
Scientists have created a new treatment which looks set to banish wobbly chins forever.
But now scientists say they have developed the first drug that targets the fat deposits which are so visible.
Researchers at German firm Bayer have created a new treatment called ATX-101. ATX-101 is injected into small areas of fat using between 40 and 70 mini injections which help dissolve small volumes of fat cells. The procedure is aimed at reducing the fat under the chin and early tests are promising.