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Two out of three surgeons seeing botched filler ops

Survey reveals 84% of problems with permanent fillers require surgery or deemed untreatable

London - 24 November, 2012- With the Government’s enquiry into the marketing of cosmetic procedures in full swing, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk ) today unveils new survey results detailing the... Read more

Exhibit DD: Plastic Surgeons submit evidence to Government review

Summary of Points Raised by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

London – 15 October, 2012 – For the last two months (since 15 August) a cosmetic surgery review by the Government has been calling for evidence from both the profession and patients. Today this process ends and the British Association of... Read more

A cut above: surgeons welcome new President

Rajiv Grover assumes leadership role at the BAAPS

London – 21 September 2012 - The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk ), the not-for-profit organisation established for the advancement of education and practice of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery for public benefit,... Read more

Mary had a little lipo? Protect children from surgery ads

Surgeons submit strict new advertising code banning ads to under-18s

London – 20 September, 2012 – The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk ) today announce during their Annual Scientific Meeting that they have drafted and submitted a new, strict advertising code to... Read more

A surgeon by any other name would (not) cut as sweet

Public has been cheated and endangered for too long by false claims, say surgeons

London – 15 July, 2012 – The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk ) today warns that the public has been swindled for too long and backs calls for the term ‘surgeon’ to be legally... Read more

Get'em out: all women should be offered removal of "clearly substandard" implants

Report Confirms Surgeons' Views: Option of Removal Should be Offered Regardless of Rupture

London – 18 June, 2012 – The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk ) today welcomes the final report of the Expert Group on PIP implants which confirms that the devices are "clearly substandard"... Read more

Get 'em off: ban cosmetic surgery ads in public places

Body Image Report Highlights Vulnerability of Young People

London – 30 May 2012 – According to today’s report published by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Body Image, half the UK public suffer from negative body image. The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons... Read more

Surgeons Welcome PIP Report, Renew Call for Implant Register

“An opportunity for the Department of Health to get it right and avoid a repeat fiasco”

London – 14 May, 2012 – The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.rorg.uk) today welcomes the Government’s review into the PIP scandal and agrees with its recommendations that more stringent criteria should... Read more

Surgeons welcome withdrawal of controversial 'boob jab'

BAAPS had urged caution on ‘Lunchtime Boob Job’ injectable

London – 20 April, 2012 – In the wake of the PIP breast implant scandal, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk ) welcomes the decision by manufacturers to withdraw a controversial treatment that had been... Read more

Credit card company reimburses for faulty breast implants

Paid with plastic for your plastic surgery? Ray of hope for PIP victims

London – 13 March, 2012 – The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk ) today welcomes the news that a patient has had the full cost of her original breast augmentation with the now-banned, defective PIP... Read more

Clinics 'do not have the skills' to treat implant victims

Clinics replacing PIPs refuse to treat rupture problems – sending patients to the NHS

London – 16 February, 2012 – The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk) today expressed their concern that clinics replacing faulty PIP implants claim ‘not to have the skills’ to treat problems... Read more

Cross-selling to breast implant scandal victims 'immoral'

Don’t give in to unnecessary procedures or bullying tactics, warn surgeons

London – 10 February, 2012 – The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) today denounce clinics putting pressure on PIP implant victims to buy further surgery when seeking to have the controversial devices removed or... Read more

Britons Tighten Belts (in more ways than one)

Male tummy tucks up 15% - Not one procedure decreases in demand in 2011

London, UK – 30 January 2012 – The economy may be shrinking but so are waistlines around the UK, in particular male ones. In spite of a climate of financial austerity and a burgeoning breast implant scandal over the last year,... Read more

Surgeons' statement re: Polyurethane-coated implants

‘No New Developments – Group Exercising Caution’

London – 29 January 2012 – The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk) urges caution in the face of alarming headlines regarding possible cancer links with a certain type of implant. Polyurethane-coated... Read more

Helping define the shape of things to come

Code of Cosmetic Practice welcomed by surgeons – patient protection ‘Hippocratic’

London – 29 January, 2012 – The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk ), the only organisation based at the Royal College of Surgeons solely dedicated to the advancement of education and practice of... Read more

Surgeons put forward regulation proposal

Straightforward plan calls for advertising ban to ensure controls in the sector

London – 23 January, 2012 – The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk) is delighted with the news of an enquiry by MPs to examine lax regulations which have allowed a ‘cowboy’ market to flourish... Read more

Surgeons put forward regulation proposal

Straightforward plan calls for advertising ban to ensure controls in the sector

Joint statement regarding PIP implants

Clear new guidance on PIP breast implants issued for patients and doctors

MEDIA STATEMENT: Tuesday, 17 January 2012 Authoritative new professional and patient guidance for all women who have received a PIP breast implant has been released today (Tuesday, 17 Jan 2012) by the professional bodies representing... Read more

Survey reveals 95% of surgeons believe clinics - not the taxpayer and hospitals should pay for defective implant removal

Clinics Refusing to Help an ‘Increasingly Isolated’ Element of the Private Sector

London – 13 January, 2011 – Despite assurances from the Government that there is no clinical need for ‘routine’ removal of controversial PIP implants, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons... Read more

It's DD Day

Removal as Precautionary Measure

London - 6 January, 2011 – The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk), recently invited to participate in the Expert Group advising the Government on the situation concerning the controversial PIP beast implants,... Read more