COSMETIC SURGERY

Class action suit against leading Australian cosmetic surgery company

Michael Cook | 08 December 2018 | Comments

tags: australia, cosmetic surgery

Accused of a ‘cookie-cutter approach to surgery’

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Iran promises the lash for unconventional cosmetic surgery

Michael Cook | 17 November 2018 | Comments

tags: cosmetic surgery

Becoming a resource-wasting ‘epidemic’

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UK cosmetic surgery ads criticised as ‘unscrupulous”

Michael Cook | 04 August 2018 | Comments

tags: cosmetic surgery

Channel advised to review its standards

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In Brazil, patients risk everything for the ‘right to beauty’

Alvaro Jarrin | 05 May 2018 | Comments

tags: aesthetic surgery, brazil, cosmetic surgery

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Tongue splitting, bodily harm, and human dignity

Xavier Symons | 14 April 2018 | Comments

tags: cosmetic surgery, human dignity

Is there something wrong with consensual tongue splitting?

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The ultimate First World problem: cosmetic surgery for my fish

Michael Cook | 07 April 2018 | Comments

tags: cosmetic surgery

Not just any fish, mind you: just the Asian arrowana

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Cosmetic surgery clowning to be discouraged

Michael Cook | 07 October 2017 | Comments

tags: cosmetic surgery

Sleazy marketing tactics are popular in a competitive field

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Hackers steal cosmetic surgery photos from Lithuanian clinic

Michael Cook | 02 June 2017 | Comments

tags: cosmetic surgery, hackers, internet, lithuania, privacy

Threats to post them on-line unless if no money is forthcoming

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No case to answer in UK’s odd female genital mutilation imbroglio

Michael Cook | 04 March 2017 | Comments

tags: cosmetic surgery, female genital cosmetic surgery, female genital mutilation

How FGM overlaps with cosmetic surgery

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Who’s a pretty boy then?

Michael Cook | 25 January 2017 | Comments

tags: body modification, cosmetic surgery, tattoos, transhumanism

An extreme example of body modification.

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X-Men: fine in the movies but not in real life

Michael Cook | 06 August 2016 | Comments

tags: cosmetic surgery, enhancement, human enhancement, x-men

Americans are sceptical of human enhancement

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Medicine in India #1 – limb surgery

Xavier Symons | 14 May 2016 | Comments

tags: cosmetic surgery, human enhancement, India

Limb surgery is becoming an increasingly common procedure among middle-class Indians.

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Fancy a black eye?

Michael Cook | 26 February 2016 | Comments

tags: aesthetic surgery, body modification, cosmetic surgery, tattoos

What are the bioethics of tattooing one or both of your eyeballs?

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UK think tank to investigate cosmetic procedure industry

Michael Cook | 16 January 2016 | Comments

tags: cosmetic surgery, Nuffield Council on Bioethics, UK

Booming growth brings problems.

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UK surgeons call for regulation of cosmetic “cowboys”

Michael Cook | 07 February 2015 | Comments

tags: cosmetic surgery, UK

The Royal College of Surgeons is sick and tired of horror stories and unqualified doctors.

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Putting patient care first

Xavier Symons | 23 August 2014 | Comments

tags: cosmetic surgery, professional misconduct

A British cosmetic surgeon has been struck off the register for putting commercial interests before patient care.

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Kabul’s cosmetic surgery boom

Michael Cook | 14 December 2012 | Comments

tags: Afghanistan, cosmetic surgery

Afghanistan has some of the worst health statistics in the world but it also has a growing cosmetic surgery sector

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Germany uneasy about teen cosmetic surgery

Michael Cook | 12 May 2012 | Comments

tags: cosmetic surgery, Germany

The German government is drafting legislation to ban cosmetic surgery for teenagers except for medical reasons. At the moment, there is no minimum age. As a result, patients under 20 account for about 10% of all cosmetic procedures, according to the Association of German Plastic Surgeons.

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Cosmetic surgery at its best

Michael Cook | 13 April 2012 | Comments

tags: cosmetic surgery, films

"Saving Face" is a documentary about the tragic cases of Pakistani who have been disfigured by acid attacks. It follows London-based Pakistani plastic surgeon, Dr. Mohammad Jawad, as he tries to help two women. It won the 84th Academy Awards for Best Documentary (Short Subject). It looks terrific.

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“Offensive” and “misleading” cosmetic surgery advertising under attack

Michael Cook | 17 March 2012 | Comments

tags: commercialization, cosmetic surgery

Several prominent feminists and cosmetic surgeons have published a letter in the Guardian (UK) calling for a ban on cosmetic surgery advertising.

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