Win a fantastic free non-surgical treatment or a discounted surgical procedure at Linia? – Deadline now extended to Valentines Day!

How would you like to win a free non-surgical treatment or a discount on your choice of surgery at Linia?

We have extended the deadline of our competition, which will now be drawn on Valentine’s Day. Why not enter on behalf of a loved one? Give them the ultimate gift of rejuvenation…

Two lucky winners can each choose one of the following options:

● Breast Augmentation under local anaesthetic for £2,950

● Breast Augmentation under general anaesthetic for £3,450

● Facelift from £3,750

● A Non-Surgical treatment for free, up to the value of £250

● Or £500 discount on a surgical procedure of your choice

All you have to do is email enquiries@liniacosmeticsurgery.com to tell us in no more than 25 words why you would choose Linia for your Cosmetic Surgery. The best selection will be entered into a prize draw and two lucky winners will be pulled out and notified directly.

Closing date is 14th February 2011. Best of luck!

Terms and conditions apply.

Body Under General Anesthesia Tracks Closer to Coma than Sleep

Article published in Scientific American
by Katherine Harmon on December 29, 2010

Studying brain waves and physiologic patterns in patients under general anesthesia might help researchers build new neurological models of disorders, such as comas and insomnia

DEEP SLEEP?:

Patients undergoing significant operations, such as major cardiac or transplant surgery, typically require general anesthesia. But putting patients to “sleep” might not be the best way to describe the process, argued the authors of a new review paper, published in the December 30 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

What anesthesiologists are really doing is closer to putting patients—close to 60,000 each day in the U.S.—into a drug-induced coma. “It’s a reversible coma, but it’s nevertheless a coma,” says Emery Brown, a professor of anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School and coauthor of the paper.

General anesthesia before major surgery dips brain activity (as measured by electroencephalogram, or EEG) down to levels akin to brain-stem death. For the most part, Brown has found that anesthesiologists talk about the process in colloquial terms, telling patients they will be “asleep,” rather than “unconscious”—likely in an effort to not make a medical ordeal any scarier than it already needs to be.

How would you like to welcome in the New Year with a fantastic free non-surgical treatment or a discounted surgical procedure at Linia?

Two lucky winners can each choose one of the following options:

● Breast Augmentation under local anaesthetic for £2,950

● Breast Augmentation under general anaesthetic for £3,450

● Facelift from £3,750

● A Non-Surgical treatment for free, up to the value of £250

● Or £500 discount on a surgical procedure of your choice

All you have to do is email enquiries@liniacosmeticsurgery.com to tell us in no more than 25 words why you would choose Linia for your Cosmetic Surgery. The best selection will be entered into a prize draw and two winners will be announced at the end of January 2011.

Closing date is 26th January 2011. Best of luck!

Terms and conditions apply.

Cosmetic Surgery on the increase… especially with the men

Even though the last few years have been financially gloomy – the UK population has still wanted to look its best! Despite the recession, BAAPS (British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons) have reported that over 36,400 cosmetic procedures were carried out during 2009. Their figures show that depite the downturn in the economy, there has been a steady increase in the number of people having cosmetic surgery over the past few years. In fact, they recorded a rise of 6.7% from the year 2008 to 2009. Male surgery has proved to be one of the fastest growing areas, which has seen a 21% growth in demand. Gynaecomastia (male breast reduction) procedures alone have escalated by an incredible 80%.

‘New York Lip’ augmentation techniques – available at all UK Linia Cosmetic Surgery Clinics…

The effective lip pumping techniques used to create the popular ‘New York lip’ are available at all Linia Cosmetic Surgery Clinics across the UK, from Plymouth to Glasgow! If you’re looking to achieve a perfect pout – the number one non-surgical choice with many top models, leading celebrities and media personalities, you don’t need to travel as far as New York…. This effective procedure gives amazing, truly natural looking results for kissable, sensual looking lips.

’New York Lip’ techniques at Linia use either collagen or the body’s own fat, transferred from the abdomen or thigh area and injected directly into the lips. Depending upon which process is right for you, the treatment can take up to 45 minutes and the results are immediate. This produces a soft, augmented look that will last up to 9 months. To maintain the look, repeat treatments are recommended once the effects have broken down naturally into the body.

Latest Information regarding PIP Implants

Latest information regarding PIP Implants

At Linia we don’t use PIP implants. However these implants have been used in the past.
If you have any concerns, or would like information on our PIP replacement policy, please contact us on 0845 230 1700.

ACTION UPDATE
released by Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
04/10/10

The MHRA has issued the following information regarding women who have been implanted with PIP silicone gel filled implants after 01 January 2001:

There is no current evidence of health risk associated with the filler and there is no indication for routine action in the form of implant removal (explantation) or ultrasound.

Information on the testing of PIP implants is available on the MHRA website. Further information about clinical management is available on the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) and the Association of Breast Surgery.

Results from tests commissioned by the MHRA have not shown any evidence of genotoxicity or chemical toxicity of the filler material. One of the French genotoxicity tests was, however, inconclusive and further testing will be conducted by AFSSAPS (French medical device regulatory authority) with results expected in early 2011.

Mechanical testing of the implant shells carried out by AFSSAPS suggests that there may be an increased risk of rupture. However, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) of the Australian government also carried out tests on PIP silicone gel filled breast implants and found that these implants conformed to the relevant international standards for this type of product, including those for gel cytotoxicity and shell strength.

PRESS RELEASE regarding PIP Implants
29/09/10

French Authority test results for silicone gel filled breast implants manufactured by PIP.