Professor Ruth Holliday comments on the cosmetic surgery boom
The number of cosmetic surgery operations in the UK hit 50,000 a year for the first time in 2013.
Ruth Holliday, Professor of Gender and Culture, believes the cosmetic surgery boom of 2013 isn’t a sign of ‘economic health’.
Ruth Holliday, Professor of Gender and Culture, believes the cosmetic surgery boom of 2013 isn’t a sign of ‘economic health’ in an article entited 'Cosmetic surgery boom not a sign of economic health'
The article begins:
"The number of cosmetic surgery operations in the UK hit 50,000 a year for the first time in 2013. This is worrying given that the Keogh review into the industry following the PIP scandal, which saw thousands of women given potentially dangerous breast implants filled with industrial silicone, found it was woefully under-regulated."