With some plastic surgery clinics starting to feel the pinch, it has been predicted that Indian cosmetic surgery clinics are one of the most likely to actually see an increase in demand for elective cosmetic surgery. In part, this is because the Indian cosmetic surgery market is still a young one and is predicted to need at least 10 years before it reaches saturation point.
With the global economy looking decidedly unhealthy as we head into 2009, it is unsurprising that parts of the Cosmetic Surgery industry are feeling the pinch – with credit more difficult to obtain, and stocks and property prices falling, demand for breast implant surgery has declined.
Many cosmetic surgeons have witnessed a fall in the number of people looking for cosmetic surgery over the past few months, year on year, with breast enlargement surgery looking like the biggest loser.
Every year thousands of people undergo successful Cosmetic Surgery procedures with reputable surgeons. However, there are unfortunately cases where surgeons do not live up to their reputations and surgeries can go wrong.
For people that have taken the major decision to undergo surgery to then have to face an unsuccessful result can be hugely upsetting. For many they have put aside money to pay for the procedure and spent many weeks and months thinking about whether surgery is the right decision for them.
There are plenty of wrinkle fillers on the market – Botox, Restylane and Juvederm are probably the most popular alongside collagen wrinkle fillers. However these types of fillers may soon be constrained to history thanks to new biodegradable fillers.
Made from a mixture of hyularonic acid and collagen, the new biodegradable wrinkle fillers are said to have a reduced risk of allergic reactions because their component parts are absorbed by the body at a slower rate. For some patients, the results from these biodegradable wrinkle fillers may be significantly better than the results they could achieve with the more conventional fillers.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Latisse as a treatment for enhancing and improving eyelash prominence.
Bimatoprost was initially used to help patients with glaucoma however users of the drug soon found that one of the side-effects was that their eyelashes grew thicker, longer and darker. A more detailed analysis found that eyelashes treated with the gel grew around 2mm in 6 weeks, around twice as long as those using a placebo.
Cosmetic surgery can be a risky business – it is important to remember that there are no guarantees as to the outcome of plastic surgery as every individual will respond in a slightly different way. However if you feel you were mis-advised or you feel the cosmetic surgeon did not carry out your operation correctly, how do you go about complaining?
Before you decide to go ahead with your complaint, think back through the entire process, from initial consultation through to the surgery itself and the aftercare.
A Korean cosmetic surgery addict is so addicted to the way that she looks that she has been injecting herself with cooking oil.
According to Weird Asia News, Hang Mioku had her first taste of plastic surgery when she was 28 years old. Since then, she has become obsessed with cosmetic surgeries which have consequently ruined her face.