” end-of.The most popular cosmetic procedures are for making eyes rounder, slimming down jaws, or making noses pointier. In today’s practice, the patient’s expectation and outcome of any treatment is very high and to meet this, probably tertiary care centres’ performance has gone up,” argues Dr C. It may look easy, but they take care of individual nerves and vessels. The result is inadequate and very short lived.Some see the boom in cosmetic surgery as a result of new, more sophisticated procedures and safer anaesthetics. The risk-benefit ratio has to be assessed before undergoing any procedure. They needed surgery, but were treated by non-surgical methods, bringing a bad reputation to the profession. Liposuction is surgery, what is non-surgical liposuction Huge billboards everywhere. If the risk is more than the benefit then it is better to avoid it,” explains Dr N. Every patient has to earn his surgery so that it will be complete in its nature. Both non-medical and some medical personnel are responsible for this,” says Dr V. It is against the patient’s safety to allow a general surgeon without minimum qualification and proficiency to perform a specialised and risky surgery. An example is that of someone whose facial skin and muscles are very lax.But is the industry out of control “Patients are often brainwashed with the faulty logic of less expensive and less risky surgeries with lower downtime. Don’t go by ads, check whether the treatment is being done by a qualified person or not. Prasad, senior laparoscopic and bariatric surgeon, Apollo Hospitals. Most abused is skin lightening treatments.This is the side to cosmetic surgery that society doesn’t talk about — it often involves multiple wounds, anaesthetic risks and infections. The risk is always with the patients. Sudhakar Prasad, plastic and cosmetic surgeon at Apollo Health City. Few surgeries are gaining popularity because of focused importance by society within ethical guidelines. cosmetic. Another example is non-surgical liposuction. are done by unqualified people. Even though obstetrics and gynecology have combined training, a gynec can’t perform liposuction. Injections, lasers and platelet rich plasma.“Now-a-days treatments like Botox, fillers and lasers, etc. Jithendran. These are delicate procedures which require a lot of technical and anatomical knowledge.”After the medico’s death, plastic reconstructive and aesthetic surgeons warn of the dangers of these procedures without precautions. “A young medico loses his life after undergoing a virtually harmless procedure like hair transplantation,” says Dr G. Doctors suspected the cause of death could be anaphylaxis — an allergic reaction to the anaesthesia used. Jithendran, consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Aware Global Hospitals, points out: “Surgeons with little experience and at times without qualifications, who pass themselves off as licensed professionals, are causing serious harm to patients on operating tables.”Why are people crazy about needless surgeries

“This is a very tricky and important question in today’s world. They enhance beauty but again do not promise anything. They are not qualified to do such surgeries. More importantly, the centre was licensed only for cutting and styling hair and not for advanced procedures. Any surgery has ethical guidelines and protocols need to be followed. Others credit it as a craving for instant gratification, youth and perfection, and fear of aging and death. The procedure went on for six hours, with plugs of skin with hair from the back of the scalp implanted on the bald patch. Venkatesh Babu, consultant plastic recons| Age on Sunday Explosion-proof safety switch factory Auto Refresh Search Horoscop16, 10:26 pm IST Recently, a final-year medical student from the Madras Medical College died a day after undergoing a hair transplant procedure in Chennai.” He adds, “Cosmetic procedures have a dual edge.”Leg-lengthening procedures were originally used to treat limb defects or injuries, but recently a growing trend has emerged and patients, especially youngsters, request doctors for the sole purpose of becoming taller. “One should understand that these procedures range from simple to complex and have two sides of the coin — benefit and risk. That’s why you see so many reports about side effects and disfigurements. Counselling is lacking in our system and needs to be improved.jpg Recently, a final-year medical student from the Madras Medical College died a day after undergoing a hair transplant procedure in Chennai.R. Dr Padmavathi, dermatologist and cosmetologist, adds, “Non-surgical procedures are more popular as they don’t have any downtime.K. All these surgeries which are currently done in many hospitals should not be termed as needless or unwanted surgeries without clinical evidence.Dr N. Dr Jithendran says, “It doesn’t come as a surprise that these days gynaecologists are doing liposuctions, ENT surgeons are doing hair transplants and even orthopaedics are doing flap surgery and grafting

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