Waste not, want not: Serbian surgeon wants to perform genitalia swaps in New York hospital
Urologist Miroslav Djordjevic, one of the world’s leading sex-reassignment surgeons, has a nightmare and a dream when he thinks about the estimated 1.5 million transgender...
Cosmetic surgery boosts some people’s mental health – but for others it makes problems worse
Demand for cosmetic procedures is higher than ever. From breast augmentations to “tweakments” such as lip fillers and Botox, more and more people around the...
Skin lightening creams are a national health emergency, say authorities in Nigeria and Ghana
In West Africa a lighter skin tone is perceived as a gateway to better social and economic prospects. Unsurprisingly, then, skin lightening has become a...
Extreme Barbie: cosmetic surgery to the max
Dolly and Daisy Simpson, 26-year-old twins from the English town of from Stockton-on-Tees are living, breathing Barbie dolls. If you are searching for gender stereotyping,...
1000 Australian patients lodge class action against cosmetic surgeons
A class action lawsuit by nearly 1000 patients will begin soon in the Australian state of Victoria. The defendants are retired celebrity cosmetic surgeon Daniel...
Two in three cosmetic surgery injections in the UK are not administered by doctors
As many as 68% of cosmetic practitioners who are administering injections such as Botox are not qualified medical doctors, according to an analysis of the...
Australia’s cosmetic surgery industry under attack in the media
The multi-billion dollar cosmetic surgery industry in Australia has come under attack from the media. A series of investigations by The Age, Four Corners and...
The unknown history of cosmetic surgery in prisons
Cosmetic surgery comes with ethical baggage. People are sometimes persuaded to have unnecessary procedures. The “specialists” are not not specialists, sometimes not even doctors. It...