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Cosmetic surgery

September 2021

  • Lydia Reeves with some of her vulva casts

    Labia liberation! The movement to end vulva anxiety for good

  • Female patient having a Botox injection<br>BRWA3Y Female patient having a Botox injection

    Botox leads to bad reactions for one in six users, says study

June 2021

  • Caroline Hirons

    The G2 interview
    Caroline Hirons, outspoken queen of skincare: ‘I’m not so fragile that I care what you think about me’

    One of the most powerful people in the beauty industry, she is reportedly able to make or break a new product. She discusses self-confidence, online abuse – and daring to criticise Gwyneth Paltrow

April 2021

  • Yomi Adegoke

    Reality checked
    Swollen lips, be gone: the reality stars ditching filler and surgery

    Yomi Adegoke
    After years of procedures, the ‘explant’ movement is seeing TV personalities return to a more natural look. However, the root causes of their initial unhappiness persist

March 2021

  • Man working from home.

    'Zoom ready': male demand for cosmetic procedures rising

  • brazilian butt lift LONG READ - peach emoji blue bg

    Today in Focus
    Why has the Brazilian butt lift become so popular?

February 2021

  • Barbara Ellen

    Rosamund Pike is right to call out digital 'tweaks' ... but aren't we all at it?

    Barbara Ellen
    The deceit of unreal perfection is no longer Hollywood’s alone. Deep-fake is everywhere

August 2020

  • Michael Mosley gets a treatment in The Truth About Cosmetic Treatments

    TV review
    The Truth About Cosmetic Treatments review – a format in need of a facelift

  • an advertisement in the South Korean capital

    If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha review – a fizzing, grisly debut

July 2020

  • video conference call

    Lockdown living
    Why is cosmetic surgery on the rise? Because of hours staring at ourselves on Zoom

    Bidisha
    After months of video calls, there has been a global boom in demand for cosmetic surgery. Apparently people are rushing for facelifts - but I have a better idea, writes Bidisha

April 2020

  • Jared Kushner ... in this case, we can’t blame the patriarchy for any possible tweakments.

    Ask Hadley
    Cosmetic surgery conundrum: is it OK to speculate about Jared Kushner and Botox?

    The ‘haunted doll’ look of Donald Trump’s son-in-law has attracted a lot of attention. When people comment on famous women and surgery there is often a backlash, but should the same apply here?

February 2020

  • Sarah Gaudszun

    Botched mole removal: 'They looked worse – they kept growing back'

    A woman treated by a rogue beautician two years ago describes her ordeal
  • Mole on skin

    Revealed: beautician procedures leaving customers burned and scarred

    Dozens of people a month are complaining about botched mole and skin lesion removals

  • Have we reached peak filler? – video explainer

    The UK has been going wild for cosmetic dermal fillers in recent years. However, the industry is unregulated – and without a medical professional on hand things can go badly wrong. Sirin Kale finds out how fillers became so popular and asks what we need to do to make the industry safer

January 2020

  • Balloons with lips

    ‘I’d rather spend £300 on fillers than face cream’: the rise of face tweakment

    From stars who don’t age to the Love Island pout, the ‘tweaked’ look is becoming the new normal. But what is it doing to us?

October 2019

  • Surgeons working on patient

    One in five cosmetic surgery clinics are unsafe, warns CQC

    Health regulator threatens to shut down independent clinics putting clients at risk
  • Two pigs in a pen

    Shortcuts
    Is a family eating their pet pig the most 'transgressive' idea on TV?

    Meat the Family challenges our ignorance of the industrial meat complex. But the claims it is more shocking than a reality show offering the chance to win cosmetic surgery shows our warped priorities
  • Suzanne Moore

    So we are supposed to diet – but not to get ‘diet face’?

    Suzanne Moore
    Jenni Murray says she doesn’t want to shed more pounds for fear of looking gaunt. When it comes to society’s obsession with weight, women just can’t win, writes Suzanne Moore

September 2019

  • Jung Hye-yoon of K-pop group SixBomb takes a selfie in Seoul, South Korea.

    Extreme cities
    Which is the world's vainest city?

    Is it a plastic surgery centre such as Seoul or Rio de Janeiro, or a hotbed of selfie-takers such as Manhattan?

July 2019

  • Cosmetic surgery procedure

    Cosmetic surgery: Australian industry under scrutiny after horror cases

    Experts say the sector is infiltrated by dodgy operators cashing in on $1bn obsession with beauty
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