Last year, our ‘New Year: New You Resolutions’ blog was a big hit. This year, however, with the media dominated by the PIP implant scandal and talk of a second recession getting people down, it is easy to forget how little changes – not just the big ones like cosmetic surgery – can really get [...]
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UK Celebs’ Anti-Cosmetic Surgery League Hits the Media: Aurora Clinics Examine the Facts
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
The media last week was full of news about celebs taking a stance against Cosmetic Surgery. Kate Winslet in particular was cited in various high-profile UK publications (including The Telegraph and Marie Claire) as being against interfering with natural beauty – to such an extreme that she is forming what Marie Claire lauded an “Anti-Cosmetic [...]
Celebrity Cosmetic Surgery: A Good Advert?
Thursday, June 30th, 2011
Are Celebrities Good Adverts for Cosmetic Surgery? On balance, we feel that many celebrities are not particularly good adverts for cosmetic and plastic surgery. Here are the reasons why: Celebrities who are in the press for having had cosmetic or plastic surgery are frequently those who have had very obvious ‒ and sometimes extreme ‒ [...]
Budget Botox on the Highstreet? “You Get What You Pay For!”
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
My Google Alerts today were full of the news that Superdrug are launching anti-wrinkle treatments, Dermaroller and Dermal Fillers. Yes, you heard it right: Superdrug…the cheap-as-chips budget-beauty-store-come-chemists will be offering up injectables alongside your lunch-break Meal Deal. The fact that the Team here at Aurora Clinics (undoubtedly like staff at Cosmetic Surgery Centres nationwide) met [...]
What Your Man REALLY Wants You to Look Like this Valentines!
Friday, February 11th, 2011
It’s fast approaching Valentines; the allocated Day of the year for unashamed partner-baiting / celebrating your relationship with cards, romantic meals and making yourself look drop-dead-gorgeous to confirm how lucky your Man is to have you. But with UK women increasingly choosing breasts, neck and face-lift surgeries above all others (except Botox and Fillers) in [...]
Explaining the latest Cosmetic Surgery Trends: New 2010 BAAPS Statistics
Friday, February 4th, 2011
Some clear trends in Cosmetic Surgery were apparent when The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) released the UK’s 2010 statistics this week. Despite the recession, there are more cosmetic surgery procedures being carried out in the UK than ever: a 5% increase on the previous year. But whilst some procedures are clearly on [...]
Have a Beautiful Recession: Cosmetic Surgery on a Budget
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
As Economic turmoil is expected in the UK for another 3 years and families feel a continued squeeze on their incomes, the good news is this doesn’t mean you have to kiss goodbye to looking good, start wearing home-made sack frocks and using charcoal mascara. In fact, Senior Cosmetics Analyst Alexandra Richmond found that during [...]
Cosmetic Surgery for Men
Monday, January 24th, 2011
Do you think nip/tuck is only for women? Think again because there are many options available for men and becoming increasingly popular in the UK. Here are some statistics to start with: The top cosmetic surgery procedures for men in 2007 include liposuction, rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery, male breast reduction, and facelift. The top non-surgical procedures for [...]
Botox has emotional and psychological benefits, not just physical.
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010A recent study by Dr. Steven Dayan (MD, FACS, Chicago Centre for Facial Plastic Surgery, Clinical Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology at University of Illinois at Chicago, Adjunct Professor at DePaul University) found that there is far more to be said for Botox treatments than pure vanity (see our previous blog). Botox treatments can [...]
Aurora: Empowering not Pushing Clients into Cosmetic Treatments
Thursday, December 2nd, 2010According to RED magazine’s latest cover story (“Warning: Botox Pushers at Work!” Dec 2010), visiting a cosmetic clinic like Aurora is akin to braving a mobile phone dealer’s the week before pay-day with your archaic current model on display and a neon “mug” sign flashing above your head. Expect to be pounced on (Ruth Elkins [...]