Many More Youngsters Opting for Cosmetic Surgery

Looks are apparently on top of the shopping list of teenagers these days as many more of them seem to be opting for cosmetic surgery.

Ajay Kashyap, Cosmetic Surgeon at Apollo Hospital, revealed that he was seeing younger patients in high numbers these days. “I have seen a huge increase in the number of cosmetic surgery cases. Four years back, I had rounded about 80 cases, but now it is 120 cases a year,” he said.



The pressure to look good and thrive in friends ‘circle is a trigger for this rise in the number of teens opting to go under the knife to get that perfect nose or that perfect chin.

“Youngsters these days don’t mind going under the knife. All they want is the desired look. This trend catches up before the new session in college begins,” Dr Kashyap agreed.

Furthermore the plethora of television channels popularizes a particular look and teens want to appear like their favorite Bollywood star or cricketer and they do not mind shelling out Rs.60, 000 and Rs.100, 000 for the same.

However experts have cautioned that it is not advisable to go for cosmetic surgery so early in life.


Source-Medindia

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Radiotherapy for breast cancer cut down to 30 minutes

Radiotherapy no longer will be a lengthy procedure to treat breast cancer. Now the patients can take a dose for 30 minutes only, instead of present regime of over six weeks.



British doctors has tested a new technique to blast the tumour inside the breast by just one shot tat will last for half an hour. The research team, having an Indian Dr, Jayant S Vaidya as well, treated some areas affected by cancer with radiation. But they focus only on the tumour rather than the whole breast, as is the way of treatment today.
This treatment was on trial for 10 years in nine countries and was tested on over 2,200 women. It has proved that instead of whole of the breast radiation, targeting of a specific area is much more result oriented and effective through radiation treatment.

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