The cosmetic surgery industry is said to be worth £900 million however some doctors are now questioning whether it is worth it, with some believing that anti-ageing cosmetic surgery may in fact speed up the ageing process.

Everyone who elects to have a cosmetic procedure done should be made aware that there are risks associated with the surgery and that the results cannot be guaranteed. But some patients are surprised at the short period of time their surgery seems to last for.

Last week the US Food and Drug Administration granted approval for a new treatment to combat frown lines, medically called nasolabial folds.

‘Radiesse’ was developed by BioForm Medical in 2002 for use in facial reconstructive surgery, but now the calcium based microsphere technology has been approved for other applications.

The new treatment is longer lasting as it not only fills in facial folds and depressions like existing ‘wrinkle fillers’, but also increases the bodies capacity to produce collagen. Collagen provides body to facial tissues.