Information and guides on all cosmetic surgery procedures.
A new cosmetic surgery procedure could banish ‘muffin tops’ forever. Muffin tops, named after the shape of the cake-like product, is the colloquial term for the rolls of fat that sit over the tops of women’s jeans and skirts. Unsightly muffin tops are more prevalent than ever thanks to low cut jeans and the fashion for wearing tight-clothing.
A new cosmetic surgery technique could see unwanted fat from other areas of a patient’s body being used to form natural breast implants.
Dubbed the ‘two-in-one’ operation, cosmetic surgeons first remove fat from unwanted areas such as the thighs, stomach and hips and transplant this fat into the breast area to enhance and enlarge the breasts.
The cosmetic surgery will be available in the UK for the first time early next year thanks to cosmetic surgery company the Harley Medical Group.
For patients who have tried everything to lose weight, including having gastric surgery (such as a bypass or gastric band), a new experimental surgery may help them lose weight.
Over the last few years, there has been a rise in the use of gastric surgery to help people lose weight. Liposuction is also a popular way to lose weight quickly. However both these options sometimes fail to address underlying issues and as many as a fifth of people may put the weight back on.
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.
For patients looking for a rhinoplasty (nose job) but who don’t want to go under the knife, a new non-surgical nose-job may be the answer.
An anaesthetic cream is used on the nose. Injections of cosmetic filler are then injected around the nose to change it’s shape. The whole process takes around 10 minutes and can therefore be carried out during a lunch hour.
Danni Minogue has said she is giving up her Botox injections. The 38 year old Australian singer, who is currently a judge for the UK’s X-Factor TV show, has been attracting comments that her face was rather expressionless as it doesn’t appear to move.
Minogue has said that she has taken the comments on board and is going to stop her Botox injections.
“I see the comments,” she commented in an interview with Grazia magazine. “Plastic. All Botox.
A mini facelift is being hailed as a cure for migraines. The facelift is combined with Botox and is said to help cure some patient’s migraines.
Current migraine drugs do not work for everyone. Botox is one option for migraines but is not a permanent solution and also does not work in all cases. However one cosmetic surgeon has discovered that by combining a forehead lift with Botox can help relieve the pain of migraines in around 90 percent of patients, with few side effects.