All Posts Tagged With: "Cosmetic Surgery News"

A cosmetic surgeon has warned that patients looking to have eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) should be prepared to use tape or a paperclip to show your cosmetic surgeon exactly how high they would like the crease on the eyelid.

Dr. Peterson, Chief Plastic Surgeon at Athena Clinic, made the comments after discovering that many Asian patients were having eyelid surgery and ending up with the eyelid crease too high. The problem comes because the average Asian eyelid is smaller than the average Caucasian eyelid – Asian eyelids are, on average, 7.49mm whereas Caucasian eyelids are 10mm.

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The New York nose wax is one of the latest beauty crazes and involves a ‘Brazilian’ for the nose. Aimed firmly at women, having the New York nose wax is meant to make you look more feminine by making you look more groomed.

Essentially a way of getting rid of hairs in the hose, the New York nose wax is not for the faint hearted although practitioners swear that the process doesn’t hurt. The removal of the hairs should not cause any health problems either.

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Former Hear’Say Popstar and actress Kym Marsh is said to be delighted with her new boob job. The 32 year old soap star underwent cosmetic surgery to increase her bust size from a 32B to a 32D and was so pleased with the results, she chose to attend the British Soap Awards just days after surgery.

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Recent research has shown that gym instructors may not be as healthy or flawless as they would like their clients to think they are – and in fact, if research is to be believed, a large number of gym instructors have actually been under the knife to achieve their slim, toned bodies.

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The FDA have approved Dysport for the US aesthetic market. Dysport is similar to Botox in that it is derived from the botulinium toxin. However it is claimed that Dysport is superior to Botox in that it acts more quickly to reduce and remove wrinkles and the toxin does not spread to other parts of the body other than the injection side, minimising risk.

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Cellulite-beating pants have gone in sale in Britain today in top department store John Lewis. The Scala Bio-Fir knickers are said to help reduce the look of dimpled skin that is associated with cellulite.

The store tested the underwear on 50 volunteers who wore the pants for at least 6 hours over 30 days. Eighty percent of those in the trial said that the pants reduced their cellulite.

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Experts have warned that home tooth bleaching kits may cause damage to tooth enamel.

Many people choose home teeth whitening kits over cosmetic dental surgery as the costs can be a lot cheaper. However recent research has shown that people using home tooth bleaching kits may actually lose some of their tooth enamel if the tooth whitening product is used over a long period of time.

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