Simply Cosmetic Surgery

Dental veneers are very thin plastic or porcelain coverings which are custom-made for each patient and are glued onto the surface of your teeth. Dental veneers are used when patients want to disguise or hide coloured teeth or chips. They can also help hide gaps or overcrowding in the mouth. Dental veneers often give a brighter smile than through bleaching along. However, dental veneers are not suitable for badly broken-down teeth – you are better off getting a crown fitted in these instances.

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Scientists have reported that they have uncovered a biological switch where stress can promote obesity. The findings may help us understand why the world has a burgeoning weight problem and may lead to new ways to dissolve fat or manipulate fat in cosmetic surgery procedures.

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The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) has announced that patients who have undergone abdominoplastys (tummy tucks) may not need to have their food withheld meaning that there is the potential for patients to be released more quickly from hospital after surgery.

According to ASAPS, abdominoplasty was the fourth most popular form of cosmetic surgery in 2006 with 172,457 procedures performed – an increase on over 400% from 1997.

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Debbie Harry, best known for fronting pop group Blondie, has defended her decision to go under the surgeon’s knife – she has stated she decided to have cosmetic surgery for “business reasons”.

The singer admitted she wanted to do something to preserve her good looks and felt that cosmetic surgery was “something she had to do.” She believes that having the surgery has lifted her career and she has no regrets.

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According to some surgeons, when it comes to improving the look of your skin, nothing can compare to Botox.

Kevin Hancock, honorary secretary of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), most of the anti-aging creams currently on the market are expensive moisturisers and nothing more.

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In the past, actree Liv Tyler has described some actresses who go under the knife as “creepy looking”. She has also been quoted as saying “I don’t want to ever have cosmetic surgery. I hate that look where people’s faces have just changed.”

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Ocean’s Thirteen star Ellen Barkin has criticised celebrities who feel they need to turn to cosmetic surgery to remain looking youthful.

53 year old actress Barkin said that she felt some stars in Hollywood had now undergone so many cosmetic surgery procedures that their acting was starting to be affected. “I think it is dangerous,” she explained. “They are sending out a signal saying ‘I’m not happy with where I am. I see celebrities of my age so sculpted that they don’t look natural any more. If their face cannot move or show expression, I am no longer interested in watching them act.”