After years of controversial rhetoric on the reasons women get their body hair removed, the conversation is now shifting for men, who are increasingly expressing a desire for cleaner and less time-consuming methods for body hair maintenance like their female counterparts.

The cosmetic treatments industry has had a call to arms. Wednesday saw the release of the Keogh Report, a review on cosmetic treatment procedures commissioned by the government, led by NHS medical director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, and huge changes for practitioners are nigh.

Plastic surgeons are to bring in a financial protection scheme for their patients, it was announced today. The British Association of Aesthetic Pla...

The "booming" cosmetic surgery industry has become an "everyday product" because of programmes such as The Only Way Is Essex, health officials said. ...

Patients who have non-surgical cosmetic treatments are being exposed to "unreasonable risks" and "permanent damage" because of a lack of appropriate t...

One in five people who go under the knife are 'unsuitable' for cosmetic surgery, say surgeons. According to an internal survey by the British Assoc...

Botox in men is becoming increasingly commonplace. From Cliff Richard to David Hassellhoff, support for the treatment in the male community is such that it's recently been christened with it's own special "man name": Brotox.

Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery (FGCS) -- or 'designer vagina' surgery as it is more affectionately known -- is one of Britain's fastest growing cosme...

From what is known of the psychology of emotions and their correlation to behaviour, Botox could possibly impact risk evaluation, empathy, and communication as well. The treatment, against all fashionable opinion, seems to trigger much more than a simple confidence boost.

What are the real costs of value-for-money cosmetic surgery? Clinics using so-called 'fly-in, fly-out' cosmetic surgeons - foreign surgeons who fly into the UK, carry out a list of operations, then fly out again - are becoming increasingly common.

Whilst the industry is all about aesthetics, it is still a science and needs to be treated as such. It's about time we cut out the use of non-definitive terms, such as telling a patient they will look 'better' or 'nicer'. We should consider the mental - as well as physical - health of our patients.

A woman dubbed the "human Barbie" has come out swinging after a blistering attack from her male counterpart. Surgically enhanced Ukrainian Valeria...

The number of Brits prepared to go under the knife to improve their looks increased last year, with many men considering breast reduction and non-surg...

Where make-up used to do the trick, nowadays, every woman is looking for immediate enduring perfection, whatever the cost, and there are plenty of unregulated companies willing to gamble with our looks for cash. Are these companies, unchecked, preying on the insecure?

We’ve reported on the “human Barbie” – now meet her plastic fantastic counterpart – the living ‘Ken’. Justin Jedlica has spent more ...

If you were having trouble getting your head around real-life Barbie Valeria Lukyanova, then prepare for a real brain strain - there's another one. ...

The best bodies, the kind that we all admire have been achieved and maintained with disciplined eating and regular workouts with a professional trainer and maybe a little nip and tuck here and there - the surgery is never the cornerstone of the celebrity hot bod tool set!

Have you ever wanted to see an inside out bum implant? No, us neither. However, thanks to the twin universes of YouTube and Facebook we have seen ...

No matter how much it is impressed on me externally, however, I never think my looks are 'fading'. Ageing is, to me, a natural process and it's every bit as beautiful as youth. Like with everything, it all depends on how you look at it.

The botox debate is a grey area and one that I've heard many times in the past few years. Simon Cowell seems to consider botox as a standard part of a beauty routine - any maybe he is right? Is botox very different from anti-aging face cream or makeup? Perhaps it's in the same category at brushing your teeth? Except with a deadly disease that can kill people in a hideous and painful way. Even so, I can't say I'm not tempted. With botox now available at your local butchers, bakers, candlestick makers - in a moment of insecurity or whilst having a very-bad-face-day it's all too easy to cave and suddenly find yourself with a frown than won't turn upside down, or left or right or any way at all.