The Executive Director of the Foundation, David Hagan, revealed this during a medical screening and preparation exercise for beneficiaries at Pomposo in the Obuasi East Municipality of the Ashanti Region.

Speaking to Adom News’ Isaac K. Normanyo, Mr. Hagan disclosed that although over 500 people applied, financial constraints meant the Foundation could only support 100 beneficiaries at a total cost of GH¢400,000.

He noted that the Foundation has already supported more than 700 individuals in similar interventions over the years, stressing that the goal is to restore dignity and inclusion for those who often feel neglected and isolated.

A medical practitioner involved in the project urged the public, especially teachers, parents, and community members, not to stigmatize persons with deformities, reminding them that such conditions are not the fault of the victims.

One of the selected beneficiaries shared her ordeal of years of stigma and exclusion, expressing hope that the surgery would finally give her a chance to live without discrimination.

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Speaking to Truly, Elaina Starr, disclosed that men often only wanted to be with her because she was ‘plastic.’

The 33-year-old content creator, who is said to be ‘worth $250,000’ has endured 500 ops to perfect her plastic look’

Elaina, who has had ‘four or five’ Brazilian butt lifts (BBL), also spoke out about her various procedures as well as her concerns that plastic surgery has ruined her love life.

While getting ready for a blind date, she said: ‘I’ve had over 500 procedures. Guys will stare and women always have an issue.

‘I am worth $250,000. If someone I was dating asked me to stop getting plastic surgery, he would find himself single very quickly.’

In addition to her five BBLs, Elaina revealed she has also had lip fillers injected, adding that she knows they don’t look ‘natural.’

She added: ‘People don’t like it but for me, it’s sort of a lifestyle….

‘I’m just really looking for somebody who likes me for me because I’m intelligent and funny and because there are so many other things that I bring to the table.’

She admitted that she was ‘really nervous’ and was just looking for someone who wanted to be with her and didn’t pay any attention to her unique lifestyle that sees her frequently going under the knife.

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Speaking on TV, he expressed bewilderment at why his prominent nose would bother those who don’t have similar features.

According to him, he has the advantages of breathing in ‘more air’ than the average person due to his nose size, adding that, it should not be a bother for anyone.

“I breathe easily… I cannot get sick. I don’t even need oxygen at the hospital. I can really breathe lots of air. My nose doesn’t choke. I would rather eat at the chop bar (local restaurant) with the money.

“No matter what, you will die in life… it’s okay to look good, but you can die anytime. No one can escape death. You will definitely grow, you cannot ageing. What didn’t Michael Jackson do? But where is he now? Gone.” He said.

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The contouring procedure, which uses suction to remove excess fat, accounted for 14.8% of cosmetic surgeries performed worldwide, while the equivalent figure for breast augmentation fell to just over 13%.

Changing trends are part of a global surge in aesthetic medicine, which saw over 30 million surgical and non-surgical procedures carried out in 2021, a jump of 19.3% from the previous year. The data, published Tuesday as part of ISAPS latest annual survey, suggests that the cosmetic surgery industry has not only recovered from two consecutive years of Covid-related decline — it has grown far beyond pre-pandemic levels.

The total number of surgical procedures rose by over 33% between 2017 and 2021, while non-surgical procedures (the most popular of which is botulinum toxin, or Botox) grew by more than 54% in the same period.

The number of breast augmentations also increased marginally, by 0.5%, over those same four years. But the report’s editor, Dr. Gianluca Campiglio, pointed to a relative decline when compared to other procedures. He linked this trend to concern over BIA-ALCL, a form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — a cancer of the immune system — attributed to the implants.

Campiglio, who works as a plastic surgeon in Italy, also highlighted a sharp jump in the number of patients seeking to remove their breast implants, a procedure that grew by almost 50% globally in the past four years.

“The lower increase in breast augmentation, and related increase in implant removals … reflects our experience following publication of reports on BIA-ALCL in the preceding year,” he said in a press release.

The US Food and Drug Administration said it first identified a possible link between breast implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) in 2011. Credit: megaflopp/Adobe Stock

Campiglio meanwhile heralded the growth of liposuction as part of a wider growth in interest in body contouring. More than 1.9 million liposuction procedures were recorded worldwide in 2021, a jump of almost 25% from the preceding year.

Also among the most popular procedures are rhinoplasty and abdominoplasty (or nose jobs and tummy tucks). Eyelid surgery was the third-most common procedure in the world in 2021, and the most popular among men.

Elsewhere in the report, thigh lifts were found to be the world’s quickest growing form of cosmetic surgery, up over 53% from 2020. The report also highlighted a “notable increase” — of over 30% — in the use of hyaluronic acid, which is commonly injected as a facial filler.

As in previous years, the USA was found to have the most cosmetic surgeons in the world. The country’s approximately 7,000 surgeons in the field accounted for almost a quarter of the procedures carried out worldwide, with Brazil and Japan finishing a distant second and third at 8.9% and 5.7%, respectively.

Turkey, Colombia, Mexico and Thailand were meanwhile identified as the most popular destinations for patients traveling overseas for cosmetic treatments.

ISAPS, which represents over 5,600 doctors in 117 countries, based its latest survey findings on data collected from over 1,000 cosmetic surgeons. The report only included procedures carried out by certified physicians, though in 2017, Dr. Debra Johnson, the then-president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, told CNN that “there are a lot of non-plastic surgeons providing cosmetic services.”

“We always encourage patients to do their homework, make sure that their plastic surgeon is board-certified, that they’re well-trained in the procedures that the patient wants,” she said at the time.

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Identified as Christabel, the girl is reported to have died after a botched plastic surgery in a UK hospital annex in Nigeria.

Christabel underwent her second liposuction after which she allegedly suffered some complications which led to her death.

Reports currently in circulation from her family indicates that they were not informed of her demise until they went in search of her at the facility three days later.

It is alleged that her disfigured body was located in the aesthetic hospital’s morgue.

Videos shared online captured the moment the family confronted the doctor who simply was tight-lipped in respect to their code of ethics.

The issue has raged netizens who have began an online petition to have the facility shut down.

The hospital, has issued a release assuring to break their silence soon, within the limits of what can be ethically disclosed.

The Hospital Group, which has a long list of celebrity endorsements, has confirmed the ransomware attack.

It said it had informed the Information Commissioner of the breach.

On its darknet webpage, the hacker group known as REvil said the “intimate photos of customers” were “not a completely pleasant sight”.

It claimed to have obtained more than 900 gigabytes of patient photographs.

The Hospital Group, which is also known as the Transform Hospital Group, claims to be the UK’s leading specialist weight loss and cosmetic surgery group.

It has 11 clinics specialising in bariatric weight loss surgery, breast enlargements, nipple corrections and nose adjustments.

The company has previously promoted itself via celebrity endorsements, although it has not done so for several years.

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Former Big Brother contestant Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace told Zoo magazine about her breast enhancement surgery with The Hospital Group in 2009.

Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona, Shameless actress Tina Malone and reality TV star Joey Essex from The Only Way is Essex are also previous patients who have endorsed the clinic.

Confidence has confessed that she hated her tiny breast which had a huge areola and to make matters worse, they were sagging despite her young age.

She said her quest for fuller breasts caused her to go under the knife, as far back as 1999 when she made a trip to England.

Desparate, yet naive of the breast implant process she was going to undertake, Confidence said she agreed to all the terms and conditions, a mistake which almost cost her beauty.

The procedure, she said, worsened her plight and forced her to have a second surgery after her breast continued sagging.

The second operation demanded she undertook a breast and areola reduction to uplift the tissue and fat but that also failed woefully.

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“The areola was cut but one was bigger; there was a mismatch but I was given the assurance that after six months, everything will be back to normal. A year and half later, things were still not alright,” she said in a very sad tone.

Confidence said after years of depression, a friend introduced her to a surgeon who did a perfect sculpture on her chest area, adding a liposuction around her belly and inner thigh.

After experience taught her a bitter lesson, Confidence is advising ladies who wish to have surgeries to do some research, as well as demand for photos of the surgeons’ previous works just to be sure of what they are going into.

According to her, although she isn’t against people paying huge sums of money to look attractive or gain enormous attention, she will rather remain natural.

The singer, noted for her curvaceous looks, said she has never been a fan because “I have seen people do it and I don’t want to go through it.”

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Plastic surgery has become the order of the day for some female celebrities in the entertainment sphere.

The idea of having a close-to-perfect body is driving many young girls to plastic surgeons who are specialised in buttocks and breasts augmentation surgery.

But the ‘Weather’ hitmaker, in an interview on Daybreak Hitz on Monday, monitored by Adomonline.com, debunked rumours that she had altered her body.

“My ass is supernatural; I am not a fan of plastic surgeries. I think everyone can do what they want with their bodies but I don’t want to go through that.

“I don’t like surgeries because I have been there before. I have seen people do it and I know the complications they go through,” she told Andy Dosty.

According to him, the idea of cheating nature by remaking your body on an operation table is ridiculous and disrespects God.

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Speaking on Daybreak Hitz on Hitz FM, monitored by Adomonline.com on Thursday, Mr Logic said ladies who patronise such services have no confidence in themselves.

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“If I discover a lady as a ‘plastic surgery’ from that day I will hate you and for the rest of my life. It’s a Western philosophy. And I don’t know why ladies are attached to it. The overseas lifestyle is not the way to go. It’s a choice but to me its insanity,” he said.

Source: Adomonline.com | Dennis K. Adu