How plastic surgery can shave nine years from your appearance - but that's only if you have three procedures

A new study has found that plastic surgery can shave up to an average of nine years from an person's age appearance.

Not only do the University of Toronto results quantify, for the first time, the youth-giving surgery's effects, but researchers found that the findings held true even when patients were younger to begin with and despite other factors potentially influencing looks.

And, the more plastic surgery procedures an individual had had, the greater the number of years between real and perceived age, according to the report published yesterday in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.

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Plastic Surgery in Seniors creates a Tempest

Marie Kolstad, an 83-year-old widowed property manager, created quite a buzz when she underwent a three-hour breast lift with implants to the tune of $8,000. The New York Times features her photo in “Golden Years, Polished With Surgery,” August 8, 2011. Kolstad’s comment, “I want my children to be proud of what I look like,” has set off a tempest among readers who claim that children should love you for what you are, including every wrinkle and age spot.

According to the New York Times, “Ms. Kolstad is one of many septuagenarians, octogenarians and even nonagenarians who are burnishing their golden years with help from the plastic surgeon. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, in 2010 there were 84,685 surgical procedures among patients age 65 and older. They included 26,635 face-lifts; 24,783 cosmetic eyelid operations; 6,469 liposuctions; 5,874 breast reductions; 3,875 forehead lifts; 3,339 breast lifts and 2,414 breast augmentations.”

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SOURCE: The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

More Men Getting Plastic Surgery (Though They're Not Likely to Talk About It)

More and more men are willing to have a little nip and tuck to improve the way they look and feel, but many of them aren't quite ready to let the world know about it.

"Even though cosmetic surgery procedures are on the rise in men and some don't mind sharing their experiences, overall most men will not and choose to be more discreet," said Mayo Clinic Florida plastic surgeon Sarvam TerKonda, who also serves as medical director of Mayo's Breast Center.

Cosmetic surgery has always been more popular with women patients than with men, but according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the demand for plastic surgery procedures increased nearly 9 percent in 2010, with men accounting for 8 percent of the total.

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A little lipo with your facial, madam?

The number of people having both cosmetic surgery and beauty treatments such as botox are increasing.

But in this week's Scrubbing Up, consultant plastic surgeon Fazel Fatah, president of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), warns lines between the two are being blurred, and more effective regulation is needed.

You wouldn't trust your boiler to an unqualified engineer - so why do people continue to trust their face and body to untrained practitioners?

There is a difference between plastic surgery - facelifts, breast enhancement, tummy tucks, liposuction, etc - and cosmetic salon treatments such as lasers, peels and injectable fillers.

But the two are being confused in a way that trivialises surgery and puts patients in real danger.

Alarmingly, there are many practitioners offering procedures that require specialised surgical training and expertise which they do not have - and there is no regulation whatsoever to protect the public.

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Facelift Makes You Look 12 Years Younger

New Study Helps Set Expectations for Recovery and Results after Facelift Surgery.

Patients who have undergone a facelift rate themselves as looking an average of 12 years younger after surgery, according to a study in the February issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

After a "significant" recovery period, the vast majority of patients undergoing facelift surgery are satisfied with their results, according to the study by Eric Swanson, MD, an ASPS Member Surgeon in private practice in Leawood, Kansas. "These findings support the recommendation of surgical facial rejuvenation to patients who wish to look younger," Dr. Swanson writes.

For Most Patients, Facelift Improves Appearance and Quality of Life:
Dr. Swanson performed a detailed analysis of the outcomes in 122 patients who had a facelift between 2002 and 2007. The patients were 82 women and 11 men, average age 57 years. The patients were interviewed an average of seven months after their operation. Most had other cosmetic plastic surgery procedures, such as forehead lift and/or eyelid surgery, at the same time as their facelift.

The patients were highly satisfied with their results. The "average subjective reduction in apparent age" was 11.9 years, with a range of 0 to 27½ years. Ninety-seven percent of patients said the results met their expectations. Forty percent rated the results even better than expected.

Nearly 90 percent of patients said they had received positive reactions from other people regarding their new appearance, while only seven percent reported negative reactions. More than 80 percent of patients reported improved self-esteem, and 70 percent reported improved quality of life.

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Botox to be tested for Treating Herpes

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A treatment used to get rid of wrinkles is being used for other purposes as well. Apparently, Botox is being used to treat the cold sores that occur in people suffering from the herpes simplex virus. The sores usually appear around the lips of people suffering from the condition.

Though, the infection does not appear in its nascent stages, yet once it's activated, people end up suffering from cold sores, which appear on a regular basis.

The cosmetic procedure is being currently scrutinized to check, whether it can help people suffering from herpes. The research is being conducted by a group of researchers from the Chicago Centre for Facial Plastic Surgery in the United States.

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How 'mummy tummy' became the latest body image anxiety

A cosmetic cream, said to help reduce a woman's post-natal stomach bulge, has been launched - prompting reports of rush buying. But why does it seem women are suddenly worried about this most natural result of pregnancy?

It's a miracle apparently. A new cream costing £18.85 with "fat-burning ingredients" that can help banish a mummy tummy - the softness around the midriff most women are left with after having a baby.

That women worry about their stomachs - and bodies - after giving birth is nothing new. The average woman puts on two-and-a-half stone during pregnancy, so it's no wonder her stomach muscles are left looser than they were.

But in recent years this natural body change has been given its own moniker. At the same time, the raft of celebrity-focused magazines and tabloid newspapers seem to be keeping a watching brief on which famous mothers are winning - and losing - their battle with this baby bulge.

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No surgery required: Can Denise Van Outen's miracle cream really banish mummy tummy?

Not lasers but a miracle cream! Oh if this only did work, how happy we would all be.
This is what the Daily Mail says,

"The beauty bloggers claim its toning and skin-tightening effects are comparable to having surgery.

Small wonder then that this £18.85 ‘miracle’ cream – which claims to banish the dreaded mummy tummy – is flying off the shelves.

The cream caused havoc at Harvey Nichols when it went on sale, triggering a stampede which saw it selling out in London and Manchester within an hour.

‘People are saying the effect is amazing,’ said one skincare sales assistant.

Chemist Boots started stocking the product, but it too sold out after a rush on the cream made it last month’s bestseller.

More than 850 customers are now on the waiting list for a tube of the Nip+Fab Tummy Fix, the next delivery of which should arrive next week.

Kimberley Walsh, Denise Van Outen, Alexandra Burke, Diane Vickers and Ellie Goulding have all declared themselves to be fans of the cream, which was developed by the team behind the luxury Rodial body-sculpting range."

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Pillow-face epidemic: Which celebs have plumped for a surgery-free facelift - and who just looks like they have?

Cameron Diaz, the blonde surfer babe with the effortless beauty, suddenly looks ­downright weird.

Face puffed up, cheeks resembling those of an over-inflated chipmunk, eyes shrunk to tiny slits ... she has joined what can only be described as the Pillow Face Club.

Sharon Osbourne, pictured last week, is another member. There she is looking as smooth and as unlined as a baby’s bottom and, for someone who has just turned 58, that looks plain odd.

Then there’s Kylie, Priscilla Presley, Daryl Hannah, Nicole Kidman and Linda Evans — all beautiful women who now look rejuvenated. How do they do it — diet and exercise?

They all sport the same youthful, plasticised look. But apart from Sharon Osbourne and Priscilla Presley, none admits to using fillers.

But Sharon, for example, must have a huge entourage surrounding her — why doesn’t one of them tell her to stop tampering?

Why doesn’t her personal assistant tell her she has gone too far? It’s as if everyone is either too scared to say: ‘Stop plumping yourself up, you look hideous.’ Or, even more ­worryingly, they think it looks great. 

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The 'one-stitch facelift' claims to be the ultimate quick fix for turkey necks, but does it work?

Given the wind-tunnel results of plastic surgery as seen on the likes of Joan Rivers, not to mention the prospect of a general anaesthetic, scars and months of recovery, it’s not surprising that a full-on facelift is about as popular as last year’s It-bag.

After all, if you want to pretend your ever-youthful looks are down to yoga and water, it doesn’t do to be seen to look as if you’ve had serious work.

For a while it seemed as if fillers and Botox would be the secret of stealth rejuvenation, but not everyone wants the chipmunk cheeks and glassy forehead that so often go with them.

So the facelift has been fighting back. But this time it’s different.

The new ‘One-Stitch Facelift’ is a minimally invasive, super-sneaky way to lift cheeks and jowls, reduce double chins and tighten saggy necks. It is done under local anaesthetic and involves having just one stitch on each side of the head, buried in the hair.

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Cosmetic surgery industry in UK 'has key weaknesses'

There are fundamental weaknesses in the way cosmetic surgery is carried out in the UK, an official review body says.


The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death found many centres were failing to assess and care for patients properly.

In particular, the poll of 361 sites found patients were at risk from a culture which saw teams "have a go" at operations they rarely performed.

The professional body for cosmetic surgeons accepted there was a problem.

The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons only has about a third of the industry as members.
President Nigel Mercer said: "This presents a distressing picture, but one which is sadly not surprising. Aesthetic surgery needs to be recognised as the multi-million pound specialty it is."

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More women try the Botox way to stay young

Over one million treatments carried out each year for the first time.

The number of women resorting to Botox, lip-plumping and similar treatments in an attempt to stay young has jumped by 15 per cent in a year.

More than one million treatments are now being carried out each year for the first time, confirming a desire to copy the beauty secrets of the rich and famous.

There are well known concerns that Botox injections into the face produce a number of undesired effects, not least creating a mask-like expression devoid of normal movement and expression.

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I had plastic surgery but it was years ago. Can I use the hair laser?

Yes. The Wellay @home hair laser will not have any adverse effects. It's quite safe for you to use.

The only safety consideration (and it is the same with any laser) is that you need to be careful not to look directly at the laser light or directly put the laser on your eyes or eyelids.

Low Level Laser Therapy, which is the technology used in the hair laser, can be widely used for various kinds of skin troubles and for hastening recovery of open wounds, burns etc,  without any side effects. It natually promotes blood circulation in the capillary vessels of your skin and the cell activity, hence actually enhances recovery process after injury.

You can find more detailed information on Low Level Laser Light Therapy at www.laser.nu