Australia tops America on amount of cosmetic proceedures

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The quest for a more beautiful, youthful appearance has seen Australians spend three hundred million dollars on cosmetic procedures last year. The procedures which include botox, ‘facial fillers’ and other non-surgical procedures mean that Australians spend more per capita on cosmetic enhancement than their American counterparts.

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Tuesday, April 15 2008
Produced By Dilenjit Singh
Featured in storyDr Mary Dingley, President of the Cosmetic Physicians Society of AustralasiaMerrilyn Walton, Associate Professor of Medical Education at the University of Sydney and former Health Care Complaints Commissioner NSW Dr. Meredith Jones, author of ‘Makeover Culture’ and ‘Skintight: An Anatomy of Cosmetic Surgery’
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