It was an interesting and well-done piece, I’ll give them that much. The ABC Primetime special Celebrity Plastic Surgery: Gone Too Far that aired recently included three different celebrities who have all had a cosmetic surgery or more. They were Heidi Montag, Janice Dickinson and Pete Burns. These three cases are most definitely not the “norm” when it comes to the standard of Hollywood or any other place in the US. They are all three rather unique cases.

Plastic surgery is typically performed on very normal people that simply need it for medical reasons or they want to feel better about themselves. Cosmetic surgery for the most part is performed on people who will benefit from it in some form or fashion. That leads me to the two teenagers that were depicted on the show. One of them had a rhinoplasty and the other a breast augmentation. Breast augmentation or most any cosmetic surgery in teens is just something I am against unless there is a legitimate medical reason for the operation.

The show highlighted a few other examples of corrective plastic surgery as well from a well-known doctor that was on Dr. 90210′s first season. This section of the special showed that an epidemic of sorts is staring to take place due to the large number cosmetic surgeons that aren’t really cosmetic surgeons. One plastic surgeon stated that recently two out of three of her cosmetic surgery procedures were to repair unsatisfactory results from a previous plastic surgery procedure. The doctor went to state that she believe that the well-trained and real plastic surgeons are not doing enough to educate the public about the potential hazards of selecting a poorly trained or an unlicensed cosmetic surgeon.

It’s not something we hear often, but there are cosmetic surgery deaths every year in Canada. A young woman at the age of 25 named Valerie Castonguay died in May of 2008 after a cosmetic surgery by what her parents say was “a preventable tragedy.” Valarie was having a fairly routine cosmetic nose surgery called a septorhinoplasty done and after the procedure she was given oxygen in the recovery room.

The clinic staff did not allow for a change in the pressure when they hooked up the oxygen tube and as a result, the young ladies lungs over-inflated.

She was declared brain dead only 12 hours after the cosmetic surgery and her parents are now actively pursuing legal action that will require better regulation of the doctors and nursing staffs at private clinics.

There were no criminal charges filed as a result of Valarie’s death, but her parents lawyer, Jean-Pierre Menard said that “It’s not an act of God here. This is a situation that could have been clearly avoided.” Despite several government bills to improve the situations at these cosmetic surgery clinics, the problems of quality care still arise at different clinics all over Canada.

Efforts to reach the clinic responsible for Valarie’s death were unsuccessful.

Cosmetic surgery in Toronto or plastic surgery as it’s sometimes called, may seem like a quick fix to help improve you physique or make you feel a bit younger. If your appearance is an issue that you struggle with, a cosmetic surgery in a Toronto clinic may be able to help you look like you want to look and in turn help you feel better about yourself. You have to remember that plastic surgery is the same as any other surgery so it has its risks and limitations. If you are considering a cosmetic surgery in Toronto here are some important things that you need to know.

If you are not completely clear about what plastic surgery in Toronto really is, it is a change in your appearance by means of an alteration of a body part or parts through the use of specific surgical procedures.

If you are expecting perfection you will most likely be disappointed with your cosmetic surgery. In Toronto plastic surgeons say that you should not get your hopes set too high, but be more realistic and know that there will be improvement, but not perfection. Don’t expect to come out of the surgery looking like a movie star, because if you do that you are setting yourself up to be very disappointed. If you have realistic ideals about what to expect after your procedure you will be much more satisfied with your results.

Toronto cosmetic surgery can be expensive as well. Some cosmetic surgery procedures in Toronto can range from hundreds of dollars to thousands. It all depends upon the procedure that you decide to undertake. Do not forget to take into account the possibility of follow-up or corrective procedures. And finally know how much time you will need for recovery from your Toronto cosmetic surgery. Some procedures may have a recovery time of only a few days where as others may take a few months.

When choosing your plastic surgeon in Toronto make sure that you find a certified physician that has legitimate credentials and even look to see their track record of previous cosmetic surgeries. Finding the right cosmetic surgeon in Toronto is just as important as the procedure that you decide to have. After you find the right doctor schedule a consultation and ask them as many questions as you can think of about the cosmetic surgery procedures they will be performing on you. The more you work with your doctor to establish achievable goals the more likely you are to be satisfied with your Toronto plastic surgery.

Cosmetic Surgery and South Koreans’ dreams

If you think that cosmetic surgery in Toronto is commonplace you should make a visit to South Korea. A recent study has shown that approximately 80% of women in South Korea have had at least a double eyelid operation. Cosmetic surgery for them has become as normal as getting braces. These cosmetic procedures are not only popular in young adults and college age people, even teenagers that are still in high school are electing to get these popular plastic surgeries.

With the average age of most South Koreans having their first cosmetic surgery procedure at the age of 18, its no wonder that there is a beauty craze taking over the small Asian country. In fact, the craze has caught the attention of neighboring countries like China and Japan.

Talking to locals you will find countless people that have had these cosmetic surgeries. A young woman that we met said, “I’ve had my eyes and nose done, there’s no special feeling but there are some who have said I look more beautiful.”

This trend isn’t just for the ladies either, we found numerous men that have many different plastic surgeries such as liposuction, nose jobs and face lifts. There are many Chinese and Japanese men and women that we found all over South Korea coming to the country to get these cosmetic surgeries. Many Chinese men have had their cheekbones reshaped in South Korean cosmetic surgery clinics which are more like five-star hotels. Japanese get liposuction, but will rarely do any kind of facial augmentations.”

This trend isn’t going anywhere any time soon as hundreds, if not thousands of foreigners flock to South Korea to get these cosmetic surgeries.

It’s more an old fashioned gun fight in a saloon than a scientific debate it seems. The debate over the return of silicone breast implants is a heated one. There are two very different and opposing sides that are battling over the possible lift of the ban on silicone breast implants. The main issue is patient choice vs. patient safety, but many women in Toronto want silicone breast implants.

They say that the ban on them is more of a moral stance rather than a scientific one and those wanting the ban lifted are accusing the FDA of placing a higher standard on them because of how these breast implants have been treated over the years. Silicone breast implants were allowed in the United States, but only for women needing them after a breast cancer surgery. Women who wanted them for cosmetic reasons had to go with saline breast implants and many women didn’t like this because they felt that the silicone breast implants felt and looked more realistic.

It does appear that emotion has trumped science over the years (since silicone breast implants were banned in 1992), but there could be a change in the wind coming because of all the impressive amount of data that both sides of the argument have accumulated over the years. It seems that almost any decision that the FDA makes influences business all over the United States and Canada because some things are allowed in one country or the other and people are electing to go across the border to access certain things not available in their country.

The reason that the FDA originally elected to remove the silicone breast implants from the market years ago was because they believed that a rupture of the implant could result in a number of autoimmune diseases and issues such as lupus or scleroderma and possibly even breast cancer. Findings over the years have basically disproved much of the earlier beliefs, but there are still passionate advocates of keeping the long-standing ban of the product intact. Silicone breast implants are used commonly over seas in Europe and Asia, but other countries medical standards are quite different from those of the Canada and the US. Many plastic surgeons in Toronto claim that the breast implants have improved tremendously over the years that they feel that will weigh heavily on the decision, they just want to see the decisions based on good scientific knowledge rather than raw emotion over such a subject.