The Harley Medical Group reveals nip and tuck boom
Released
on: November 18, 2008, 9:46 am
Press
Release Author: Harley
Medical Group
Industry:
Healthcare
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Release Summary: The Harley Medical Group, UKs largest cosmetic
surgery group, reports rise in tummy tuck ops for weight loss
patients
Press
Release Body: The Harley Medical Group, the UK's
largest cosmetic surgery provider, has seen a dramatic five year
rise in patients undergoing body corrective surgery to cope with
the after effects of extreme post obesity weight loss. Dubbed
"Post Obesity Surgery" (POS), various
surgical procedures such as tummy tucks (abdominoplasty), male
breast reduction (gynaecomastia) and breast uplift (mastopexy)
are booming as patients book in for body corrective surgery to
treat their post obesity bodies.
Data
taken over the past five years from The Harley Medical
Group, which has conducted more than 10,000 POS procedures
over this period, shows that tummy
tucks are up 31%, male breast reductions are up 24% and female
breast uplifts are up 18%.
Mr
Frati, a surgeon at The Harley Medical Group, cites the
UK's obesity epidemic as the cause for this boom. With 21% of
men and 22% of women in the UK being classed as clinically obese,
which is predicted to rise to a quarter of all adults in 2010*,
The Harley Medical Group estimates the abdominoplasty
procedure alone will overtake breast
augmentation as the clinic's most popular treatment over the
next ten years.
A
patient of The Harley Medical Group patient,
John Wright from Lincolnshire, who had a tummy tuck operation
plus gynaecomastia (male
breast reduction) after he lost 22 stone commented: "After
the immense effort and hard work of loosing so much weight it
was utterly soul destroying to see vast folds of skin hanging
from my body. My local GP wouldn't refer me to have cosmetic
surgery on the NHS and so I was forced to go private. I used
almost £10,000 of my savings, but I think it was worth every
penny."
Lisa
Littlehales, head nurse at The
Harley Medical Group, explained: "It's heartbreaking
to see patients who have achieved so much to lose dramatic amounts
of weight so embarrassed by their post weight loss bodies. Surgery
is able to transform both their bodies which have been so vastly
overstretched and in the process restore their confidence."
She
added: "Many patients describe how they wish they had
addressed the problem before they became obese, but talk of the
creeping nature of obesity - slowly moving from being simply over
weight to clinically obese over a ten year period. Many feel let
down by healthcare professionals and feel strongly that the government's
focus on educating the public on healthy eating and exercise routines
is long overdue and also needs far greater focus and outreach
work."
*Department of Health's "Forecasting
Obesity to 2010" report
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About
The Harley Medical Group:
The Harley Medical Group is the UK's largest cosmetic surgery
provider, performing more procedures and with more clinics than
any other cosmetic surgery provider. It has been established for
more than 25 years and is one of the most highly regarded cosmetic
surgery groups operating in the UK. It has conducted more than
400,000 procedures to date.
The
Harley Medical Group has always worked tirelessly to maintain
the highest standards in the industry for the benefits of all
cosmetic surgery and non surgical patients. We are currently at
the forefront of the campaign to ensure that the government continues
to regulate the use of all lasers and Impulsed Light Machines
(IPL) used in cosmetic surgery and non surgical treatments so
that patients are protected from permanent damage by unregistered
beauty salons and practitioners illegally using Lasers and IPL
machines.
Web
Site: http://www.harleymedical.co.uk/
Contact
Details: The Harley Medical Group PR Contact:
Hannah Walsh
Rain Communications UK
2 Greycoat Place
Westminster
London
SW1P 1SB
020 7222 4345
www.harleymedical.co.uk
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