Cosmetic Treatments

Follow the links below to find information on cosmetic treatments, including plastic and cosmetic surgery, cosmetic dentistry, implants and tattooing.

Updated January 2012

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Title:   Liposuction
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Liposuction, or suction-assisted lipectomy, is cosmetic surgery in which deposits of fat are removed to reshape or reduce one or more areas of the body. Liposuction is not a substitute for weight reduction or a cure for obesity. Talk with your surgeon about the risks, benefits and what you can expect.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Hair removal
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Hair removal can be a big hassle. It can also be very confusing. What sort of products should I use? When do I need to start doing it? Do I need to do it at all?
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Skin care - tanning
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   A tan is a sign of skin damage. Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from sunlight or a solarium increases your risk of skin cancer and ages your skin. Having a tan won't protect your skin against sunburn. Alternatives include fake tanning lotions, tablets and tan accelerators. Each option carries some health risks.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Tattoo removal
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Tattoos can be removed by a dermatologist. Permanent tattoos can be removed in most cases using a laser. However, it will take months, and multiple treatments, before the tattoo fades. Minor scarring is rare when the appropriate Q-switched laser is used. A doctor or GP can refer you to a dermatologist for tattoo removal.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Australian solaria regulation and operator training
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   Solaria Operator Training facilitating a national approach for the training of solarium operators consistent with AS/NSA2635:2008 Solaria for Cosmetic Purposes.
Date:   May 2011
Title:   Sun protection
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   We Aussies can be a strange bunch sometimes. We know the damage the sun does to our skin and yet every year thousands of Australians, especially young Australians, slowly bake on the beach. The result being... half of all Australians will get skin cancer.
Date:   Jan 2012
Title:   Body image
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Lots and lots of people worry about what they look like and what other people think of how they look. Are you one of those? Do you think that you're too fat, too thin, too tall, too short, too pale, too dark, too hairy, too whatever?
Date:   Apr 2011
Title:   Fake tanning
Publisher:   Queensland Health
Description:   Fake tanning refers to using a tanning agent to colour the skin. Fake tanning agents that do not require a person to be exposed to sunlight for the agent to work are relatively safe to use.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Body image (easy read)
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Bodies are all different shapes. Why you are that shape. Because you are like mum and dad, and their families and the way you live your life.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Tattoos
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Since the early 90's tattooing has become more common and socially acceptable in Australia.
Date:   Jan 2011
Title:   Solariums (tanning salons)
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   A solarium is an artificial tanning machine that uses high levels of UV radiation to induce a tan.
Date:   Dec 2010
Title:   Solariums
Publisher:   Cancer Council Victoria
Description:   A tan, from the sun or solarium, is a sign that your skin is trying to protect itself from UV radiation. Solariums use UV to give people a tan.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   A hairy story
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   All hair is made of keratin. This is the same hard protein that is found in your nails. Hair grows from a hair root inside a hair follicle (it looks a bit like a bulb) underneath the surface of the skin.
Date:   Jan 2012
Title:   Getting rid of body hair
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   For thousands of years people have removed hair from their face, under their arms, around the genitals and from other parts of their bodies.
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   Cosmetic treatments - injectables
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Facial wrinkles and lines can be reduced with cosmetic injections into the skin. The two main types of injectable substances used are botulinum toxin Type A (available in Australia as Botox® or Dysport®) and dermal fillers. These injections weaken supporting muscles or plump up the skin, and this lessens the appearance of wrinkles.
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Hirsutism in women - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out about the causes and treatments for hirsutism in women - the problem of having too much hair on the face or body.
Date:   Dec 2009
Title:   Solarium use and health effects (solaria)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Solaria are light chambers used for indoor cosmetic tanning. Like the rays of the sun, light rays emitted from solaria contain UV rays, and thus carry a risk of cancers and eye diseases.
Date:   Nov 2009
Title:   Nails
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   Nails are made in folds of the skin near the ends of our fingers and toes. They start to grow in the nail root (the part of the nail that is still underneath the skin).
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Nipple reconstruction
Publisher:   Cancer Australia
Description:   reconstruction of the nipple after breast surgery
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Cosmetic surgery - dermabrasion
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Dermabrasion is a resurfacing procedure used to smooth fine wrinkles and scars left by acne or previous surgery. Controlled surgical sanding 'refinishes' the top layers of the skin to give a smoother appearance. Alternatives to dermabrasion include chemical peels and laser treatments.
Date:   Oct 2008

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