To the Editor: Non-surgical cosmetic procedures have rapidly increased over the past 15 years, and although there are no reliable figures for Australia, there was an eightfold increase in such procedures in the United States between 1997 and 2010.1
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- 1. American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Cosmetic Surgery National Data Bank statistics 2010. http://www.surgery.org/sites/default/files/Stats2010_1.pdf (accessed Feb 2012).
- 2. Health Care Complaints Commission. The cosmetic surgery report: report to the NSW Minister for Health, October 1999. Sydney: HCCC, 1999. http://www.hccc.nsw.gov.au/ArticleDocuments/158/Cosm%20report. pdf.aspx (accessed Feb 2012).
- 3. Australian/New Zealand Standard. Guide to the safe use of lasers in health care. AS/NZS 4173:2004. Sydney: Standards Australia, 2004.
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