How Liposuction Works
Get Rid of Unwanted Body Fat in Specific Places Over time, most of us experience weight gain and changes in how fat is distributed across our body. While…
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Diet Before and After a Tummy Tuck
How Your Diet Can Help Before and After Tummy Tuck Feeling thrilled about your upcoming tummy tuck? We totally get it — those butterflies in your stomach are…
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How to Get Rid of Back Fat
Why back fat resists diet and exercise, which areas respond to liposuction, and how to tell excess fat from loose skin. Written by UK plastic surgeons.
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How to Get Rid of Saddlebags
How to get rid of saddlebags: what causes them, why exercise alone rarely works, and an honest comparison of liposuction, BodyTite and a thigh lift.
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Stomach Skin Tightening Treatments
How to Tighten Loose Stomach Skin - Your Treatment Options If you've got loose skin around your belly, don't worry, there are plenty of ways to sort it out.…
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Reducing Scars After Breast Surgery – Top Tips
How to reduce scars after breast surgery: incision placement, silicone, sun protection, massage, and when to get help if a scar thickens.
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Internal Bra Lift Technique for Breast Surgery
Internal bra breast lift: how this hammock-support mastopexy technique works, who it suits, risks, recovery, and cost. Expert guide from Centre for Surgery…
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Do Pectoral Implants Impact Muscle Growth?
Do pectoral implants stop your chest muscles growing? How implants sit under the pec, when you can train again and which exercises complement them.
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Macromastia and Gigantomastia: When Breast Size Becomes a Medical Problem
Macromastia and gigantomastia explained — the 2.5kg distinction, the four types, symptoms, and what the evidence says about breast reduction and back pain…
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Scarless Breast Lift – Is a Mastopexy Without Scars Possible?
Scarless breast lift is a marketing term — every mastopexy leaves scars. Learn which techniques minimise them and what results are realistic.
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Breast Implant Illness – Causes, Symptoms and Treatments
What is breast implant illness (BII)? Causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment options including en bloc and partial capsulectomy, explained in full.
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Is BBL Surgery Painful? What to Expect During and After
Is a BBL painful? You feel nothing during surgery under TIVA. See how BBL pain changes day by day, which painkillers help and when pain is a warning sign.
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Changing Breast Implant Placement from Under the Muscle to Subfascial
Moving breast implants from under the muscle to subfascial placement. Why patients switch, what revision surgery involves, and when it is not worth it.
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Motiva Breast Implants — A Complete UK Guide
Motiva breast implants explained: Ergonomix and Round ranges, SmoothSilk shell, sizing, safety record, and when Motiva is used at Centre for Surgery.
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Mentor Breast Implants — A Complete UK Guide
Mentor breast implants explained: MemoryGel and CPG ranges, Siltex vs smooth shell, sizes, safety record, and when Mentor is used at Centre for Surgery.
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How to Avoid Boob Greed with Breast Augmentation
What is "boob greed" after breast augmentation, why it happens, and how to choose the right implant size the first time to avoid it.
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Types of Breast Lift: Crescent, Donut, Lollipop and Anchor Compared
Donut, crescent, lollipop and anchor breast lifts compared: where each scar sits, how ptosis grade decides the technique, and what a lift can't do.
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Breast Implant Profile and Projection
Breast implant profile and projection explained — low, moderate, high, and ultra-high profile compared, and how to choose the right one for your chest shape.
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Large Breast Implants – Pros & Cons of XL Breast Augmentation
Considering Very Big Breast Implants? In today's age, everyone wants to express themselves and stand out. This has led to a change in what people see as…
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Does Breast Enlargement By Fat Transfer To Breast Last?
Does breast fat transfer last? How the procedure works, what affects longevity, realistic size increase, and combining with implants for longer-lasting results.
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What Are The Most Natural Looking Breast Implants?
The most natural-looking breast implants explained: shape, profile, texture, and size compared in detail, plus the cc-to-cup-size chart most guides leave out.
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Under Eye Fillers – Are Tear Trough Injections Worth It?
Is under eye filler worth it? Who suits tear trough filler, who doesn't, the risks, the two-stage approach and when surgery is better.
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How to Get Rid of a Fat Neck
Excess fat around the neck can soften the jawline and make the neck look heavier and less defined, and for many people it's stubbornly resistant to diet and…
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Golden Ratio Face: Facial Beauty, Proportions and Phi Explained
The golden ratio face — Phi, roughly 1.618 — is a guide to facial proportion and symmetry. Centre for Surgery London explains what it is, the at-home golden…
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