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Here come the boys

According to the BAAPS (British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons), there has been a dramatic increase in males have cosmetic procedures. This is largely due to an influx of male targeted advertising and male centered media attention. Even with the recession, the rise in procedures was noted. An increase of 17% to 3,624 treated over previous year, (3,004). Men are going f...

she stole my identity to pay for her breast implants!

Where else but in the good US of A do you come across the story of Shatarka Nuby a 29-year-old single mum who used a credit card registered in a stranger's name to pay for liposuction on her arms to remove her “bingo wings”. She also allegedly used the same credit card to pay for breast implants. Accruing a bill of more than £5,000 during her cosmetic spending sp...

Beware the treatment taster open day!

These days when you get an ‘exclusive’ invite to an open day from any company you know there is to be an element of being sold to, it’s only right after all, by showing up for the open day you are registering your interest. So can you imagine my joy when after making an enquiry to Skn clinics I received an invite to a taster day? Here is a copy of the email that I ...

Cosmetic Surgery Narcissism or Need??

For many people, looking good plays a huge part of how they feel about themselves, and they’re willing to go to almost any length to acquire a high level of physical beauty. For others, physical good looks is unimportant, and the thought of cosmetic surgery is distasteful or even repulsive. But does the desire for cosmetic surgery truly come from narcissism, or from need? F...

Abreast of deception

A Californian woman who'd become known in the press as the Big-Bust Bandit turned herself into Huntington Beach police on Tuesday, accused of essentially stealing cosmetic surgery. According to the Orange County Register, Yvonne Pampellonne stole another woman's identity in order to open a line of credit and undergo $12,000 worth of liposuction and breast augmentation at the ...