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Cosmetic surgery is risky and should be performed only on healthy people, warned U.S. medical experts. The operations carry the same significant risks as any other kind of surgeries and should require thorough preoperative screening, Dr. Rod Rohrich, chairman of plastic surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, was quoted as saying by the website of The Los Angeles Times Saturday. As the number of cosmetic surgeries increases rapidly, experts are struggling to educate people. “I think American consumers have been treating plastic surgery like a commodity,” said Rohrich. “It’s not like going to find a pair of shoes. You can take the shoes back. You can’t bring your life back,” Rohrich said. “Bottom line, cosmetic surgery is only for patients that are healthy,” said the expert.

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WOMEN wanting quick-fix breast enhancement are being offered loans at high interest by surgeons. Victorians are driving an explosion in “treatment loans” for liposuction or cosmetic surgery on their chests and noses. Cosmetic surgeons are increasingly setting up finance for patients who can’t afford $10,000 for the average breast enhancement. One finance firm, justboobs.com.au, lends within 48 hours of women applying for funds for speedy breast work. Almost ever surgery contacted by the Sunday Herald Sun this week offered referrals to finance companies. Some worked directly with the companies or had brokers to arrange loans - at rates of up to 17.5 per cent. Mat Ishac, spokesman for St Kilda-based justboobs, said the company also could find a surgeon, with work often done within a week.

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A MELKSHAM-based cosmetic surgery business is starting a Saturday morning clinic.  Snowberry Lane Clinic is holding the clinic at Tetbury Hospital and will offer SmartLipo, a popular minimally-invasive fat removal method, and Radio Frequency Surgery, a high-tech way to tackle raised skin blemishes.  The procedures will be carried out by Dr Malcolm Gerald, a practising local GP