Cosmetic Surgery Bible

Actor Ruper Everett has claimed that reports that he has had cosmetic surgery has damaged his career.

Everett, 50, has admitted to using Botox however claims that he has never had cosmetic surgery.

“Those images went all the way round the world, and at one point I lost a job from a great Australian director because of him seeing the before and after images in a newspaper,” he explained to Contactmusic.

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Former boxing world champion Chris Eubank is spending around £30,000 on new teeth, with the added bonus that the new teeth will help him get rid of his trademark lisp.

Eubank is reported to be having cosmetic dentistry performed on his teeth to close the gap between his two front teeth and to help improve the aesthetic nature of his smile. The dentist who will be performing the work is Barry Buckley from the Clane General Hospital in Country Kildare.

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Researchers are looking at the human genome to discover what genes cause wrinkles and therefore help them develop more effective lotions and creams to help stop the ageing process in the future.

Using data from the human genome project, a team of scientists led by Procter & Gamble have found approximately 1,500 genes that govern wrinkles. The team also believe that they have pinpointed either major causes of aging skin.

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Cosmetic surgeon to the stars Dr Jean Louis Sebagh looks like he is on course for a High Court showdown with a former disgruntled patient.

Dr Sebagh has treated numerous celebrities including Elle Macpherson, Cindy Crawford, Felicity Kendal, Anna Friel and Kylie Minogue. He is so well known that he is sometimes known by the nicknames ‘Mr Botox’ or ‘The Wrinkle Slayer’. However it appears that one of his former patients is not so happy with the outcome of his work.

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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has admitted to using Botox. Ramsay claims that he decided to have Botox injections because of a comment made by music mogul Simon Cowell. Unfortunately, Ramsay believes that no-one noticed that he had had the Botox injections.

“Yeah, it’s Simon’s fault,” Ramsay explained in an interview with British newspaper The Daily Mail. “I had lunch with him and he leaned over and started prodding my chin saying, ‘Mate, you’ve got to do something about this’. I was like, ‘F*** off!’

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It has been reported that the number of people in the UK making negligence claims against cosmetic surgeons has increased significantly recently.

Cosmetic surgery negligence is currently at the forefront of many people’s minds following the sad news of the death of Denise Hendry, wife of ex-footballer Colin Hendry, last week. Denise Hendry had liposuction in 2002 and suffered greatly from a number of complications after surgery. In the intervening years, Hendry had to have several corrective surgeries to correct issues arising from the original liposuction surgery. Unfortunately in the last set of surgery, she fell into a coma and her husband made the agonising decision to turn her life support machine off. It is believed that the original cosmetic surgeon may be sued for negligence.

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A chemical in the soil of Easter Island may hold the key to a potent anti-ageing compound. Some scientists are so excited about the anti-ageing discovery that they are hailing the compound as the potential key to an ‘elixir of youth’ and believe that it may help extend the human life span by as much as a decade.

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