New Plastic Surgery Law Named After Kanye West's Mum

A new plastic surgery law in the States has been named after Kanye West's deceased mum, Donda West. In 2007, she sadly passed away from complications following breast reduction and tummy tuck surgery.

The Donda West Law, ratified in mid October and signed by California governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, means that all patients undergoing plastic surgery in California must undergo a physical check-up within 30 days prior to the operation.

This ensures all patients in the State cannot undergo plastic and cosmetic surgery without getting medical clearance first. Rapper Kanye West was said to be pleased that something positive from his mother's early demise.

Holidaymakers Opt For Airbrushed Cosmetic Surgery

For British holidaymakers wanting to be picture picture this year, rather then resorting to actual cosmetic surgery they're opting for an altogether more Hollywood style solution. According to a report in The Times online, the high street photographic chain Snappy Snaps has experienced a 550% increase in people wanting airbrushing on the holiday photos.

Instead of having a breast enlargement, tummy tuck or lip implants people are requesting these phsyical changes be added onto their snaps post-vacation with high street stores charging around £15 for the privilege. Alternatively people can do the alterations at home on their on computers with software such as Adobe Photoshop, while Kodak has launched an airbrush plug-in specifically for touching up photos.

This craze is considered to be down to the increase in popularity of social networking sites such as Facebook where users are keen to project the right image of themselves. The problem of course comes when reality does not match up to the image.

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Cosmetic Surgery To Beat the Mid-Life Blues

In an age when it's common place to see a 50-year-old Madonna cavorting in a leotard and celebrity mum's like Jade Jagger and The Duchess of York hitting the town with their daughters, Times journalist Carole Midgley observes that cosmetic surgery is a part of this new female attitude.

The article titled "Tattoos, tummy tucks and miniskirts" details that like the traditional male stereotype of a mid-life crisis complete with sports car, leather pants and ponytail, middle-aged women are now having their own very public version of this rite of passage.

Migley's main point was that women shouldn't strive to emulate a male stereotype that has always been much maligned. However, Migley does concede that it is encouraging to find women able to express themselves in a way that may not have been possible 20 or so years ago.

For many women this increased confidence may be in part due to cosmetic surgery. Procedures such as the arm lift to reduce 'bingo wings', and the breast uplift which returns the breast to higher, firmer position, are just two such operations which can help to restore a more youthful appearance.

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Free Liposuction On The NHS

Over two thousand UK patients have received free cosmetic surgery on the NHS over the past year it's been revealed. Figures from the NHS Information Centre show that £5.7million was spent giving liposuction (alson known as liposculpture) to 471 people and surgeries such as breast reductions, tummy tucks and rhinoplasty to over 1,600 patients.

Free cosmetic surgery on the NHS though is tightly restricted and only offered to those who need it for medical or reconstructive purposes or because it is severaly impacting their mental health. It is not offered purely for cosmetic reasons.

For instance the rise in liposuction procedures is in part due to a condition known as lipodystrophy syndrome in which areas of fat are lost in one area and reappear in other areas such as the neck, a side effect of some HIV medicines.