Following a number of controversial medical accidents in the nation's plastic surgery sector, the government is tightening safety measures to protect patients. The Health Ministry will require all clinics that perform surgeries involving general anaesthesia to be fully equipped with emergency medical supplies including a pulse oximeter and a ventilator as well as uninterrupted power supply. The ministry is also set to ban plastic surgery advertisements that do not properly inform patients of possible side effects, including ones with dramatic before and after photographs and ones that feature celebrities as models. Also, clinics will be encouraged to install surveillance cameras in their operating rooms for their patients' safety. In order to make sure every patient has access to information about the surgeons who are in charge of their treatment, clinics will be required to display the name of the surgeon in front of the operating room before and during surgical procedures. Some clinics have been accused of having inexperienced surgeons perform procedures while telling patients that their surgery is being performed by experienced ones, as they cannot make out once they are put under anaesthesia. In December, a number of health workers were investigated by health authorities for having a … Continue reading →

And this in a town which has long considered womens physiognomy a pretty moveable feast. Yet theyre not alone. Look past Renee and Uma, and theres Courtney Cox, who seems to have acquired a more exaggerated and wider cheek bone. Heres Catherine Zeta Jones, who looks side on as though someone has popped a spare breast implant under each cheek. Scarlett Johansson, at a youthful 30, has even laid down a marker, saying: ''I definitely believe in plastic surgery. I dont want to be an old hag. Theres no fun in that. Crucially it doesnt seem enough to look ''refreshed, any more. Practitioners of the new approach seem to be adopting a design ethic that knows no aesthetic limits. Uma Thurman in Sweden three months ago (Rex) So whats driving it? One Hollywood insider tells me that women are on a desperate trajectory: ''Two things are forever on the rise out here: cosmetic science and female insecurity. Merge the two and you get the perfect storm were now witnessing, where stars seem to want to look like anyone but themselves - and are succeeding. The casting couch long ago went the way of multi-million dollar lawsuits, but in its place … Continue reading →