British cosmetic surgery experts have warned women against so-called โ€œdesigner dimpleโ€ surgery.ย  following a surge in requests for the controversial procedure. In the UK, there are numerous plastic and cosmetic surgery franchises that are very high-profile and popular.

One cosmetic surgery company says it had received an increasing number of inquiries about Dimpleplasty in the past year, with an 11% increase in interest in the past month.ย According to the report, women want to resemble a dimple-faced popular singer, Cheryl Cole. However, the firm refused to undertake the procedure, which experienced a rapid rise in popularity in America, as its long-term effects are unknown.

ย Dimpleplasty involves making a cut in skin around the mouth and stitching the underside of the skin to a deeper layer to create a small depression. The suture holding the skin in place dissolves to leave the patient with a permanent scar to maintain the dimple.ย  โ€œAs the skin ages and loses elasticity, there is no telling how the scars will look as the face begins to droop. Designer dimples could become designer disasters within a matter of years,โ€ says a spokesman for plastic surgery firm, SurgiCare.

Another disadvantage to the procedure is that natural dimples appear only when a person is smiling, while โ€œdesigner dimplesโ€ are present on the face permanently.

While most inquiries into the procedure came from women, the firm said 10% of requests came from men who wanted to create a chin cleft and two percent from women who wanted to re-create dimples on their lower back that were lost following weight gain.

[Source: Herald and Weekly Times]
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