Breast augmentation is currently the most requested plastic surgery procedure worldwide. However, a recent widely publicised health scare involving sub-standard breast implants manufactured by French company Poly Implant Prosthese (PIP), has generated concern about the overall safety of breast implants. South African plastic surgeon, Dr Stuart Geldenhuys, reviews the situation…

Fat grafting has created a revolution in traditional approaches to facial rejuvenation. But what is fat grafting and how is is done?..... Fat is the new elixir of youth As plastic surgeons discover the extraordinary rejuvenative properties of fat grafting, the emphasis is shifting to combination therapies, incorporating both the…

Borsvergrotings is een van die gewildste kosmetiese-chirurgie-prosedures in Suid-Afrika. “Ons het nie enige amptelike syfers nie, maar as jy rondvra en met jou kollegas gesels, kom jy agter dit is een van die gewildste prosedures – indien nie dié gewildste nie,” sê dr. Chris Snijman, ’n plastiese chirurg van Johannesburg…

Has it become passé to have a boob job? Actually, no, breast augmentation has never been more popular. As we well know, women looking to boost their self-confidence, sensuality and sense of well-being might opt to go under the knife. According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2010…

Botox: A Four-Month Fix First approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1990 for treating eye muscle spasms, botox showed its cosmetic potential almost immediately, when patients with their eye on ophthalmologic gains noticed their wrinkles softening. The toxin that could block nerve impulses to temporarily paralyze certain misfiring…