Surgical Aesthetics

Stem cells offer a more natural approach to plastic surgery

Ash Mosahebi, UCL - The potential of stem cells is everywhere in medicine - from growing new tissue that could go on to provide replacement organs, repairing damage from...

Women don’t always get what they want from labiaplasty

Gemma Sharp, Flinders University and Julie Mattiske, Flinders University Labiaplasty is the most common form of female genital cosmetic surgery and involves surgical reduction of...

Tired of getting stuck with needles? Ask your doctor to just say ‘once.’

Christopher Moriates, The University of Texas at Austin and Victoria Valencia, The University of Texas at Austin There are few worse ways to...

Doctors may soon get official ‘endorsements’ to practise cosmetic surgery – but will that protect patients?

Doctors may soon get official ‘endorsements’ to practise cosmetic surgery – but will that protect patients? Christopher Rudge, University of Sydney Disturbing...

Who’s the best doctor for a tummy tuck or eyelid surgery? The latest review doesn’t actually say

Christopher Rudge, University of Sydney and Cameron Stewart, University of Sydney – If you’re thinking about a tummy tuck, breast implants or eyelid...
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Our love/hate relationship with cosmetic surgery

Meredith Jones, Brunel University London – In the course of researching two books about cosmetic surgery, the most shocking truth I have discovered is how uncontroversial or “normal” it has become. Over...

Stem cells offer a more natural approach to plastic surgery

Ash Mosahebi, UCL The potential of stem cells is everywhere in medicine – from growing new tissue that could go...

Women don’t always get what they want from labiaplasty

Gemma Sharp, Flinders University and Julie Mattiske, Flinders University Labiaplasty is the most common form of female genital cosmetic surgery and involves surgical reduction of...

Tired of getting stuck with needles? Ask your doctor to just say ‘once.’

Christopher Moriates, The University of Texas at Austin and Victoria Valencia, The University of Texas at Austin There are few worse ways to...

Cosmetic surgery boosts some people’s mental health – but for others it makes problems worse

Viren Swami, Anglia Ruskin University Demand for cosmetic procedures is higher than ever. From breast augmentations to “tweakments” such as lip...