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August 17, 2009

Botox Toxic Injection in Fashion to Young Girls

Filed under: health, plastic surgery — Tags: , — yogalondon @ 3:26 pm

Botox, which is used in a cosmetic community over the last years, nowadays is getting noticed by generation as young as 18. Girls, still too young to be in any need of this extremely toxic substance are spending their parents’ money to smooth their “wrinkles”.

Botox is a brand name for Botulinum toxin-A, a neurotoxic protein produced by the bacteria Clostridium Botulinum. Despite being one of the most lethal substances known to science (one teaspoon can kill 1.2 billion people) it has become number one non-surgical cosmetic treatment in Britain and US because of the ability to temporarily erase wrinkles and restore youthful looks.

It is extremely sad to believe that some mothers would buy Botox as a birthday present to their 18 years old daughters believing that this could boost their self-esteem and could help them to deal with self-image issues.

An English mother said that her 18 years old daughter’s forehead is like hers and she believes that Botox is the answer to this problem.

This one example should be a wake-up call for every parent. Most importantly, do we as a society want to send a message to other young and beautiful girls that taking Botox at 18th is cool?

Cosmetic surgeons do not recommend the use of Botox injection under the age of 30. The skin of a young person is not wrinkled enough to be injected with Botox so it could lead to a loss of facial expression.

A mother, age 49, who has already spent around £45,000 on cosmetic surgery including tummy tuck, nose job, facelift, two breast enlargement and years of taking Botox is happy that her  daughter is inheriting her habit.

The young girl admitted that her mother has always looked so glamorous because she uses cosmetic surgery and Botox to keep her looking young so she plans to follow in her mother’s footsteps.

The Botox treatment is sky-rocking, even though the Canadian government and the FDA are warning that Botox could cause muscle weakness, swallowing difficulties, pneumonia, speech disorders and respiratory failure due to its ability to spread to areas distant to the site of the injection.

So, how far would we go to restore our youthful look? Should we happily go to a cosmetic surgeon for the poisonous injection to our face to look like a porcelain doll? Or should we leave the nature to take its own course and age gracefully with a natural smile on our faces?

Should we close our eyes to cases where mothers are injecting their young daughters’ mind with the idea of a need for cosmetic surgery and Botox?
Or should we start to educate the young generation of the physical and mental health complications of the surgical and non-surgical cosmetic treatments?

Issued in the public interest by Barbara Tomasik yoga teacher in London.

Ms Barbara is a certified yoga trainer and also a teacher in physical education.  She is a member of REPs (Registrar of Exercise Professional in UK) as advance instructor level 3. Ms Barbara has years of experience in the field of yoga, weight loss, nutrition, physical education and reiki.

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July 27, 2009

When Plastic Surgery Goes Wrong Tara Reid

Filed under: plastic surgery — Tags: , , , — yogalondon @ 3:19 pm

Even when you are beautiful and slim like Tara Reid, the actress from ‘American Pie’ movie, you may be tempted to go for a bit of a plastic surgery hoping to improve your look, but imagine what you ended with pain and deformity.

That’s what exactly happened to Tara Reid. Her breast augmentation and liposuction surgery went really, really wrong.  She wanted to have a beautiful even breast and six-pack, but ended up with some bumps along the edges of her nipples and bulgy stomach.

She honestly admitted that: “Right after the surgery I had some bumps along the edges of my nipples, but the doctor said, ‘Don’t worry, it’s going to be better.’ But after six months it started to get worse and worse.”

So, what could be the implications of the breast augmentation surgery?

Threateningly, the list is very long. The surgery could leave you with excessive bleeding, loss of nipple sensation, asymmetry, implant rupture or shifting, infection, internal scar tissue or the need for second or even sometimes third procedures.
And that was exactly happened with Tara; she needed another surgery.

Another popular plastic surgery celebrity go for is liposuction – a fat removal procedure that aims to eradicate excessive stubborn fat from stomach, thighs, chin, chest or back.

Even though the plastic surgeons assure their customers about the safety of the liposuction surgery, this can get also wrong.

Unfortunately Tara Reid knows the best how the body sculpting can end up badly. She said: “I got liposuction because even though I was skinny I wanted a six-pack. I had body contouring, but it all went wrong. My stomach became the most bulgy thing.”

Not only had she ended up with bulgy stomach, but her dream of having a six-pack was crushed.

Even if the liposuction surgery may give you the impression of a simple procedure there implications can be serious. There is a chance of allergic reaction to the anaesthetic, infection, bleeding or swelling which may persist even for weeks after the operation.

There could be nerve compression and changes in sensation in a form of an increased pain or the loss of any sensitivity.

The skin may become less elastic after the liposuction if a large volume of fat has been removed from a large area.

Last but not least there is a possibility of developing lungs problem.

All in all, any surgery carries on a certain risk to your health. But you must ask yourself a question if going voluntarily for a plastic surgery is the thing you really want to do. Because if you believe that plastic surgery will make you happy you may be mistaken.

Happiness comes from inside, when your private, social and career life is in balance; when you are healthy and you have sufficient money. No amount of surgeries will make you permanently happy.

You will end up with not only visible scars on your body but with emotional scars as well.

Issued in the public interest by Barbara Tomasik yoga trainer in London.
Ms Barbara is a certified yoga trainer and also a teacher in physical education.  She is a member of REPs (Registrar of Exercise Professional in UK) as advance instructor level 3.

Ms Barbara has years of experience in the field of yoga, weight loss, nutrition, physical education and reiki.

July 18, 2009

Gastric Bypass – Trick of Cosmetic Surgery World

Filed under: health, plastic surgery — Tags: , — yogalondon @ 7:28 pm

Many people complain that they cannot lose weight no matter what they do. They claim that they exercise like crazy, eat almost nothing for months and yet the extra weight seems never be reduced.

So they start to believe that they will be fat forever and the dream of becoming slim like the catwalk models is disappearing into the clouds.

Then one day they read somewhere about this wonderful procedure that could change their lives – the Gastric Bypass Surgery. It looks so safe and easy. The surgeon will only create a small stomach pouch and bypass part of the small intestine to make the digestive system shorter.

This would mean that they could only eat small meals because their body will absorb much less food.

So, the people who lost hope to shed the extra pounds are happy again because the solution is only a couple of hours away.

Some may have still a bit of reservation to go under the surgeon knife but after reading about a number of celebrities like: Sharon Osbourne, Maradona, Randy Jackson or Roseanne Barr, who have gone through the weight loss surgery, they convinced themselves that this is the right decision.

But the truth is that it is a serious surgery and should not be taken lightly as a trendy option. After the operation you may (a) experience pain, (b) bruising and (c) swelling of the skin around the wounds.

Other complications such as (d) infection, (e) excessive bleeding or (f) developing a blood clot, usually in a vein in the leg may occur. There is also (g) possibility of a damage to other organs in your abdomen, (h) bowel leak or (i) developing a gallstones.

However, the trickiest thing about the gastric bypass surgery is that after the operation you will have to go on a restrictive diet, take daily nutritional supplements and keep an exercise regime for the rest of your life to get the best results from the surgery.

So, what is the point of going through the surgery in the first place?
If you will make permanent changes to your lifestyle by exercising every day and be careful what you eat, there is no need for you to even think about the weight loss surgery. You will lose weight in a natural and healthy way anyway without putting your health in danger.

After the operation you will have to cut down sugary food like chocolate, puddings or sweets not to get the unpleasant sensation, called “dumping” which may make you feel sick, nauseating, weak, sweating or give you diarrhoea.

Do not believe that by making your stomach smaller you can indulge in food and sedentary lifestyle. The typical diet program after the gastric bypass surgery is very restrictive and many patients find it too difficult to follow it and they end up cheating and gain weight again over the years.

Our body is made the way it is for a good reason and we should only “bypass” what nature gave us if it is our only option.

Issued in the public interest by Barbara Tomasik yoga teacher based in London.

July 17, 2009

Botched Cosmetic Surgery and Death of Denise Hendry

Filed under: plastic surgery — Tags: , — yogalondon @ 5:40 pm

What it seemed to be a simple liposuction surgery lead eventually to the loss of a woman’s life, the mother of four and the beloved wife of the former Scotland footballer, Colin Hendry.

In April 2002 Denise Hendry decided to go for a minor liposuction operation at the private 17-bed Broughton Park Hospital, near Preston, Lancashire to regain her figure after her fourth child.

Instead of having a bikini body she ended up with nine punctures to her bowel and colon which caused multiple organ failure. She suffered severe blood poisoning and a cardiac arrest.

Liposuction, also known as lipoplasty or “fat modelling”, is a cosmetic Surgery operation that removes fat from many different sites on the human body such as the abdomen, buttocks, thighs, the neck and backs of the arms.

Although she was awarded the compensation of 300,000, the largest payout for botched plastic surgery in history, she never fully recovered from the operation and her last seven years became a struggle to regain her health.

In May this year Denise Hendry underwent 16 hours of reconstructive surgery on her abdomen but tragically she was left desperately ill once again ending up in the intensive care for a couple of weeks.

Her short life ended after switching off the support life machine. Another unnecessary death, another tragedy, another grieve and despair.

The liposuction surgery is said to be a very simple procedure, where through a tiny incision, a narrow tube called cannula is inserted and used to vacuum the fat layer that lies deep beneath the skin.

As simple as it may sound there are possibilities of serious complications. Since the surgeon cannot see the cannula, there is a chance of damaging an internal organ, such as the intestines during abdominal liposuction which can be fatal.

And that what exactly happened in case of Denise Hendry.

Do we have to wait until someone we love dies to make a stand and start raising awareness about the potential dangers of plastic surgery?

What it has to take to stop this evil money making industry?

The cosmetic surgery world advertises heavily to convince you and millions of others that you need them to look beautiful and to be happy. Unfortunately, they are on a winning side because their stakes are growing bigger and the industry is flourishing.

Until we make a stand and educate potential victims that any cosmetic surgery, even a minor one, can be a life threatening procedure, the cosmetic surgeons will continue to put peoples’ life at risk.

Issued in the public interest by Barbara Tomasik yoga teacher based in London.

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