Demand for cosmetic gynaecology has never been higher. For plastic surgeons, business is booming. Marie Myung-Ok Lee asks if it’s just a get rich quick scheme and do women really need it

IMAGINE looking like a woman in her forties — but with a brain that’s almost a century old. Visualise the trauma of losing an arm in an accident — but then simply growing a new one.

There are calls for the regulation of cosmetic surgery in Ireland.

STRICT new laws must be introduced to force Ireland’s €30 million cosmetic surgery industry to protect patients at risk of marketing ploys, punitive cancellation polices and clinics with little or no emergency supports.

IN response to a variety of coverage the Irish cosmetic and aesthetic industry has been receiving in recent weeks, I am growing ever more concerned at the significant omissions being made by many ‘spokespeople’ quoted on behalf of the industry here.