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Health: The deeper the cut, the younger you look: Angela Wilkes reports on the Mask, a new cosmetic surgery technique that gets right down to the bone for a longer-lasting facelift (CORRECTED)

Tuesday 11 January 1994

CORRECTION (PUBLISHED 1 FEBRUARY 1994) APPENDED TO THIS ARTICLE

BEST-SELLERS / Top 10 Cosmetic Surgery Procedures

Monday 06 December 1993

-------------------------------------------------------------- TOP 10 COSMETIC SURGERY PROCEDURES -------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Liposuction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . from pounds 1,600 2 Rhinoplasty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . from pounds 1,600 3 Collagen Replacement Therapy. . . . . . . . .from pounds 170 4 Sclerotherapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . from pounds 170 5 Surgical face lift. . . . . . . . . . . . .from pounds 2,100 6 Blepharoplasty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .from pounds 1,700 7 Breast re-shaping . . . . . . . . . . . . .from pounds 2,000 8 Varicose vein removal . . . . . . . . . . . .from pounds 900 9 Cosmetic face peel . . . . . . . . . . . . from pounds 1,600 10 Removal of warts, moles and cysts. . . . . . from pounds 400 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Chart supplied by The Harley Medical Group, London -----------------------------------------------------------------

Student maimed

Friday 03 December 1993

A student is to undergo plastic surgery after a fight in Sheffield in which half his nose and part of his cheek was bitten off. A police spokesman said: 'People biting off ears and noses is quite common these days, but I have never seen it to this extent.'

Aryan confesses

Thursday 12 August 1993

Jonathan Haynes, a white supremacist motivated by hatred of anyone 'feeding off Aryan beauty', allegedly confessed to the killings of a Chicago plastic surgeon and a San Francisco hairdresser, Reuter reports from Chicago.

Surgical skill brings back a smile: Celia Hall reports on a plastic surgery technique used to cure a facial deformity in children

Wednesday 07 July 1993

THE SECRET of eight-year-old Clare Mendham's smile was revealed yesterday by her plastic surgeon, who told how he had restored movement to her paralysed face.

Plastic arts

Monday 25 January 1993

Clay models sculpted by plastic surgeons during a Royal College of Surgeons course in London on the art of reconstructive surgery, to help improve members' aesthetic awareness of the head.

Sindy facelift stops fight

Wednesday 23 December 1992

THE GLAMOROUS toy doll Sindy is to have plastic surgery to stop a multi-million pound High Court battle with her American rival Barbie.
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