Cosmetic surgery-risks and realities

Despite amazing technical progress in cosmetic surgery and medicine techniques over the last decade, many of these procedures remain highly medical and thus risky in some respects. Doctissimo offers advice on how to approach cosmetic surgery, your surgeon and even the possibility of disappointment with the end result.

Cosmetic surgery: disappointed with the result?

After cosmetic surgery, sometimes a patient can be dissatisfied and thinks that the surgery looks unnatural, too obvious or just plain ugly.
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Cosmetic surgery: don't ignore the risks

Any operation, due to its very nature, involves an element of risk, including cosmetic surgery. As Dr Pierre Nahon explains, there is no such thing as risk-free surgery. These risks, which are unavoidable, are common to most operations (regardless of speciality). Below is a summary of some of the...
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Cosmetic surgery: the surgeon must know how to say NO

If the reasons for having a cosmetic operation are unclear or the operation is not to relieve suffering, then the doctor can (and sometimes should) refuse to carry it out for the good of the patient.
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Secrets of a cosmetic surgeon

Down with wrinkles, drooping breasts and thin lips... With cosmetic surgery at hand, beauty seems to be just a scalpel away. But is it just a trend or a real way to better accept our appearance?
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Is cosmetic surgery tourism dangerous?

The idea of being operated on in a sunny and luxurious setting, at a discount price can sometimes make cosmetic surgery patients disregard the risks… So, is surgical tourism dangerous or not?
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