I was voted ‘ugliest girl’ at my high school. Would a nose job change my life?
Filmmaker Desiree Akhavan on being crowned ‘The Beast’ by fellow pupils – and how her parents suggested a radical solution
July 2024
Cosmetic surgery group Skin collapses putting hundreds of jobs at risk
Ask Ugly
Ask Ugly: my mother is pressuring me to get plastic surgery. How do I deal with imperfection?
May 2024
Eye-tattooing: experts warn about risks of colour-changing surgery
Concerns raised as influencers promote pigment-injection procedure as latest cosmetic trend
A warped concept of beauty has taken hold among young women
Letter: They seem to think it is normal to have pumped-up lips, stuck-on eyebrows and exaggerated false lashes, says Michelle Mansell
Vampire facials, under-eye fillers, ‘prejuvenation’: how did cosmetic tweakments get so extreme?
Georgina Lawton
Cosmetic procedures are on the rise among younger people; I’m barely 30. Still this is about more than just clinging to youth, says author Georgina Lawton
April 2024
‘Kardashian children are sharing skincare routines’: experts on gen Z’s ageing fixation
As younger and younger people buy anti-ageing products, we look at the influences behind the trend
March 2024
‘You start to wonder, is it really a choice?’ How it feels to age with cosmetic injectables
Science Weekly
Why do we lose our hair as we age, and what can we do about it? – podcast
February 2024
Purported doctor faces Sydney jury trial over illegal breast augmentation that allegedly led to woman’s death
Jean Huang, who operated the Medi Beauty Clinic in Chippendale, died after the procedure performed by Jie Shao
Modern masculinity
Why is my 13-year-old son coming under pressure to get buff?
Letters: In response to an article about ‘looksmaxxing’, one reader is worried that their young son wants to go to the gym and get muscular. Plus Julie Taylor on the long-term damage of cosmetic procedures
Modern masculinity
From bone smashing to chin extensions: how ‘looksmaxxing’ is reshaping young men’s faces
Chiselled jaws, pouty lips, hunter eyes: everything is up for grabs in the quest to increase ‘sexual market value’. But how did this extreme cosmetic craze become mainstream?
November 2023
Woman’s death during Brazilian butt lift surgery prompts UK-Turkey meeting
Melissa Kerr from Norfolk died on day of buttock enlargement surgery at private hospital in Istanbul in 2019
October 2023
Rising number of NHS medics training in cosmetic procedures
‘Beauty aids often look like horror movie props’: the show lifting the lid on a £660bn industry
I have not been seen in public without a hat for 10 years. Would a Turkish hair transplant change my life?
Weekend
Dolly Parton, John Crace on Keir Starmer, and could a hair transplant change one man’s life? – podcast
Cosmetic surgery needs better regulation to ensure patient safety
How to have healthy skin
‘I refuse to be judged’: three Botox users on how they fell in love with ‘tweakments’
How to have healthy skin
More and more people are having ‘tweakments’. But what do we really know about the long-term effects?