Steven’s Viewz October 2022 column.
Steven’s Viewz Dying to be beautiful the downside and the ups of the
Aesthetic - Cosmetic world.
Now trust me I am a big believer on looking
after yourself. If you start to look a little withered and that moisturiser
or body contouring cream is not helping turn the hands of time back the way
you want them to. Then by all means it might be time to pay a visit to a
qualified doctor to have a sensible treatment that might just hold age back
or make you look that little fresher. It is not vain -if your house starts
to crumble, or the walls look like they need a coat of paint. No one will
lift and eyebrow as you call the decorators or builders But tread carefully
for every master of the craft of aesthetics or cosmetic surgery There is a
con person or the unqualified want to be -waiting to take your money.
Unfortunately, the aesthetics world is still unregulated.
Despite
campaigners such as Antonia Mariconda who heads Safety in Beauty campaigning
to outlaw those who have not trained in the craft or let standards slip in a
business that after all comes under the medical umbrella. We live in world
where we are drowning in information while starving for wisdom?
The saying
goes that it takes seven years to train to be a doctor, and twenty seconds
for a receptionist to think they are one I have observed this phenomenon
myself standing in an aesthetic doctor’s reception room, listening to the
doctor’s wife practically screaming at patient that “she did the
consultations in the clinic” – and in fact, provided some of the treatments.
Her medical qualifications? She was simply the doctor’s wife. It is quite
terrifying to realise the sheer number of people who now think they are
medical experts, despite zero training. There is nothing wrong seeing what
they call an advisor but let’s make it clear that’s not a doctor and all
they should be sharing is their own experience the price and booking the
appointment to see the doctor.
Under no circumstances should they be
suggesting treatments A good clinic will offer a consultation with the
doctor sometimes there is a charge often taken off the procedure you choose.
The high end you simply pay for the doctor’s advice These rules out time
wasters and after all a private gp costs for advice.
One Sunday after a
wonderful afternoon celebrating the life of my dear friend actress Sally
Farmiloe Neville who has passed on three years to the day. Sally was a woman
who embraced all that you could when it came to beauty. I came home to a
shock there plastered over the papers and the internet was a picture of a
man I knew well. “MIRCALE HAIR LOSS “cure. It went on to claim that a
treatment that he had many months ago had given him a new head of hair.
My
issue was that six months ago he had been abroad to have a hair transplant
and the picture was of the results of that. We have spoken about the
treatment he had at the clinic, and he thought though widely expensive he
had little or no results maybe as he said little fuzz, he rang me when he
was abroad having the hair transplant. I won’t go into why he agreed to do
the article. But it was very misleading, and lotion and potions and snake
oils have no room in the aesthetic business and for sure it should be
criminal to mislead the public like this particularly as the clinic new he
had been abroad.
Sliming treatments is a billion-pound business. Apart from
sensible exercise, and diet truly I am yet to see one that really does what
it claims. Sure, many may give temporary feel of weight loss. Certainly, the
technician who has measured will marvel after your first treatment that you
are now so skinny they can hardly see you. One woman who telling everyone a
treatment had done what Liposuction could not or exercise looked fab in the
magazine she appeared in. Just three weeks late however at an event the room
was a buzz about how photo shopped the pictures were. One friend asked if
she was pregnant Another who was selling courses of Fat Freeze was extremely
overweight “I am allergic to the cold “she defensively pointed out and
apparently the other treatments on offer too. Sure, many people have thyroid
issues and other conditions leading to weight gain, but they do not need
aesthetics slimming they need a proper doctor dealing with those issues
The
truth is no slimming treatment will work long term unless you eat. healthily
and exercise. Some are downright dangerous Linda Evangelista had a rection
to one treatment that caused her to be physically deformed. Many who have
adventured abroad (cosmetic tourism) have lost their lives in the pursuit of
beauty. Aesthetics and cosmetic surgery in the right hand is a beautiful
science that can boast self-esteem correct many physical deformities and
make you look your very best. Providing that it does not become an addiction
(that we have seen in so many cases amongst some celebrities in the news and
glossy magazines) aesthetics can be a real plus.
Good doctors I have to say
keep an eye on client’s healthy aesthetics treatments turning into an
addiction. If you are considering aesthetics or a cosmetic treatment check 1
Check qualifications A useful way to narrow your search down is to compare
the credentials of the surgeons you have found to the list below. You should
look for a surgeon who is: • Working for the NHS • Registered with the
General Medical Council (GMC) • Listed on the GMC’s the area of practice
relevant to your procedure • A member of the British Association of Plastic,
Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) • A member of the British
Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) • An expert in the part of
the body you want operated on This is when the receptionist comes into play,
she can help provide you with evidence or direct you how to find the proof.
Get recommendations. You may want to speak to friends and family members who
have undergone the procedure in question or visit online forums to get their
recommendations. Other sources of valuable information include: • Your GP •
The General Medical Council’s (GMC) specialist register • British
Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) •
British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) • Royal College of
Surgeons Go to see several doctors and do not rush into a treatment unless
you are a hundred precent confident. Even something that sounds as simple as
Botox The wrong practitioner can cause damage lasting months. Do your
homework And have a safe aesthetic cosmetic treatment.
https://safetyinbeauty.com
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