If you knew you were dying, what would your final wishes be? For one British woman, one of her last wishes is to spend £40,000 on plastic surgery so that she can look like one of her favourite movie actresses, Demi Moore.
Lisa Connell, 29, has an incurable brain tumour and is determined to die looking more like Demi Moore.
No more wrinkles – just a pipe dream? Perhaps not thanks to the latest research from scientists at Berkeley Lab.
Scientists have discovered that a protein may be linked to the spread of several major cancers and that this protein may one day mean that wrinkles are banished forever.
Many people are always on the lookout for the latest beauty products that will keep them looking young and fresh. One of the key factors in keeping the skin looking youthful is collagen, a protein which is naturally produced by the body. Treatments such as laser skin resurfacing are popular because they lightly damage the skin, causing it to produce more collagen and this is thought to help keep the skin looking smoother and younger.
Over the past ten years we have seen the introduction of many new and exciting ways of improving looks without having to subject ourselves to the surgeon’s scalpel. Clinics have popped up offering to fill wrinkles with new injections, smooth frown lines with muscle relaxing toxins, enhance lips with just a few shots of Restylane and, more recently, perform the feat of the so-called ‘non-surgical nose job’.
So what exactly is the non-surgical nose job?
New regulation seeks to crack down on nurses and beauticians administering Botox in the United Kingdom
During the past ten years Botox clinics have sprung up on every high street and back alleyway in town. To date there has been poor regulation of the industry and anyone from nurses, to even beauticians, have been carrying out such treatment. In many cases the ‘practitioners’ have only been on a single day course before setting up shop and carrying out the potentially dangerous injections themselves.
What is SmartLipo?
SmartLipo was launched in the UK in June 2006 and is a revolutionary evolution of the standard cosmetic surgery procedure, liposuction.
Often marketed as Laser Lipolysis or Laseripolisi (often misspelled Lipolisis) , the procedure works by using a laser to target fatty areas. The laser helps to break down the membranes of the fat cells, turning them into an oily liquid. This liquid is then either removed by suction, or through the body’s natural processes.
New research has shown that some Asian children feel under pressure to look more like their Western counterparts and are turning to cosmetic surgery to achieve their desired look.
There has always been a lot of debate surrounding what the minimum age for elective plastic surgery should be – particularly over parents who give their teenage children permission to have cosmetic surgery, and these latest findings are likely to promote a lot more debate on the industry.