Cosmetic Surgery Bible

A face lift can lift sagging cheecks, smooth out your jaw line and get rid of any jowling. It will tighten the skin on the face and neck and remove any excess fat. A face lift will not eliminate any pre-existing skin conditions or remove your wrinkles.

Am I suitable for a face lift?
If you have sagging skin in the face and neck, have fairly good skin tone (elasticity) and a strong bone structure, you are a good candidate for a face lift. The better your skin tone, the more likely it is that your skin will respond well to surgery.

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Paris Hilton is rumoured to be considering another bout of cosmetic surgery to fix her drooping eyelid. The socialite is said to have had a cosmetic surgery procedure six years ago to life her eyelids, however muscles in her left eye were slightly damaged leaving here with a slightly droppy left eyelid. Paris has made matters worse by wearing coloured contact lenses, against the advice of her doctors.

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Rhinoplasty – otherwise known as a ‘nose job‘ is one of the most common cosmetic surgery procedures. People undergo nose surgery for a number of reasons, the most common being:
- To reduce or increase the size of the nose itself
- To change the shape of the tip of the nose
- Narrowing the opening of the nostrils
- To change the angle between the hose and the upper lip
- To help relive some breathing problems

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Last week, the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, had cosmetic eyelid surgery to help improve his vision.

The procedure was done under local anesthetic meaning the Prime Minister was conscious throughout, and it lasted about 40 minutes. An official from the Prime Minister’s office said Olmert had had the procedure done because he was suffering from slight disturbances to his vision.

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Europa International have been criticised for their new gimmick – the cosmetic surgery superdraw. The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) have said that it is “plumbing new depths”. However the co-founder of Europa International, John Babbage, has said there is no difference between someone winning the draw, or paying for the surgery themselves.

People enter the cosmetic surgery lottery be texting or phoning through to a number and leaving their contact details. The draw is held monthly and the winner will receive £6,000 towards cosmetic surgery of their choice.

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What is Botox?
Botox is actually a neurotoxic protein called the ‘botulin toxin’. It is produced by the bacterium ‘clostridium botulinum’ and it is one of the most poisonous naturally occurring substances in the world. A single drop of the toxin can kill over 50,000 people.

How does it work?
In the 1950s, researchers discovered that injecting overactive muscles with minute quantities of the botulinium toxin (type A) decreased muscle activity by blocking the release of a chemical, thereby rendering the muscle unable to contract for anything up to 6 months.

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Tummy tucks, otherwise known as abdominoplasty, can remove fat from your lower abdomen as well as tightening your middle girdle to flatten the stomach, and remove stretch marks from the lower abdomen.

However, it will not be able to remove stretch marks on the mid or upper abdomen. If you have a thick layer of fat on your upper abdomen, a tummy tuck will not remove this.

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