Channel 4 The Ugly Face of Beauty

Last nights TV program “The Ugly Face of Beauty” highlights yet again the importance of asking the right questions and having a fully qualified experienced surgeon.

Dr Christian Jessen from the Embarrassing Bodies series looks into both cosmetic surgery in the UK and abroad to assess the advice, quality of surgery (or lack of) and standards of care provided.

This four-part series on Channel 4, cuts right to the edge showing some very unsightly bodies which have had botched surgery and the marketing hype adopted by some companies to clinch the deal with getting new patients on board.

Over the past decade, men have become more aware of their image and increasingly interested in how they can enhance their looks and physical appearance. Today most beauty and cosmetic stores sell full ranges of men’s cosmetic products, including anti-ageing creams for men, eye and lip-care for men and even male makeup.

This interest has also been seen through the medical sector, with increases in cosmetic surgery for men including

• Facial surgery for men
• Body surgery for men,
• Weigth loss surgery for men
• Anti ageing surgery for men

Helping men across the UK to look younger and more physically appealing.

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Researchers are warning that deaths related to obesity may be more common than previously believed. According to the BBC there has been a “dramatic rise” in obesity-related deaths as seen from results of a recent study.

Dr Marie Duncan and colleagues from the University of Oxford’s Department of Public Health and the National Obesity Observatory held the study based on 27 years’ worth of death data and in particular whether obesity was listed as the main cause of death or documented as a contributing factor.

The researchers warned that obesity showed little increase as the main cause of death but evidently the health risks associated with obesity and the condition has lead to an increase in overall mortality and related deaths are more common than previously believed.

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The British actress Dame Helen Mirren looking amazing at age 64 said that she can totally understand women undergoing cosmetic surgery procedures to look and feel great.

The ‘Queen’ actress who is known to have a fantastic figure, has stripped on screen in several films in the past said that her confidence was recently tested when she was closely examined at the London’s Madame Tussauds museum by experts making a wax figurine of her.

She revealed TV show GMTV: “To be measured by callipers, every inch of you, it’s a bit intimidating. Every inch of you gets measured! It was absolutely like having yourself next to yourself. It was very weird.”

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Finding great deals on clothes, furniture, holidays and even cars, can bring about the impulse buying mode in all of us. It’s hard to walk away on a good saving and we just love a bargain, right?

When it comes to cosmetic surgery and going under the knife for enhancement or reconstruction surgery we should question if it is ethical to be faced with marketing hype, money off vouchers, buy it now and two for one offers.

Cosmetic surgery should be considered a life changing event and your health and well-being should be placed at the very top of the list with both yourself and the consultant that you meet with. Unfortunately the fight for new custom in the cosmetic surgery industry has led to stiffer marketing methods and a stronger than ever focus on sales.

On 19 Jan 2010 the BBC One show questioned the ethics behind some UK Cosmetic surgery companies. Working undercover the reporters went into some cosmetic surgery companies, they enquired about surgery and their options and also interviewed a potential patient to see exactly what was being offered and how the procedures were being sold.

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