Cosmetic surgery industry in the UK ‘has key weakness’

Cosmetic surgery has become an immense industry across the world over the last century. People are more self conscious about what they look like. They are more driven to look like the images they are presented within magazines and on television. Some of the most common surgeries happen to Japanese women who have eyelid surgery to look more European. While in America, the number one surgery is breast augmentation.

It is suggested that the United Kingdom is 10 years behind their American counterpart. This has been especially true within the field of cosmetic surgery, as a larger number of the British population are more inclined to elect cosmetic surgery.

The unnecessary loss of life due to elected procedures is the message the author is conveying. The author, Nick Triggle, specifically targets the fundamental weaknesses of cosmetic surgery in the United Kingdom. The author uses official governmental sources and most importantly including an official review and study from the Department of Health. This establishment of government studies being reviewed for the public invokes a non-biased standpoint and a decently less possibility of skewed data. His target audience are the citizens most susceptible to elected cosmetic procedures; either individuals who have had one already performed or an individual debating such a procedure currently.

The author uses a straightforward approach to illustrate the gravity of this issue, including unskilled professionals, a lack of: up to scratch facilities and governmental regulations and psychological evaluations.

With these issues that lead to potential life-threatening situations, the government has taken notice and is in the process of creating legislation to protect the citizens from an experience. This gives the reader at least some hope that there may be future protection from such an experiences.

To add to the stigma of untrustworthiness a quote by Dr. Alex Goodwin sums up the cowboy image of Plastic Surgeon’s in the United Kingdom, “...Too many teams are prepared to ‘have a go’ ”. Indeed, we mustn’t forget amazing success stories that plastic surgery has carved up. With victims of crimes or accidents, there are many with terrible wounds that affect them both on the outer and inner self. These individuals have plastic surgery and it has helped them heal from such egregious events. Isn’t that something worth furthering the field for?