THE MIDLANDS

MUMMY MAKEOVERS

LIKE the rest of the UK, facial contouring with fillers is prevalent here. ‘A typical treatment used to involve just one syringe in the lips or nose to mouth lines,’ says Dr David Ecclestone, medical director of Medizen, a busy Birmingham’s clinic.

‘But now people are booking in for total facial sculpting treatment with typically 5-8 syringes to lift saggy jowls, volumise hollow cheeks and smooth tear troughs.’

Midlands women are body conscious. ‘My clients want to look svelte and healthy, as opposed to the classic hourglass,’ says Dr Lorraine Hill of the Hampton Clinic in Solihull.

While less invasive treatments are hugely popular — clinics report waiting lists for CoolSculpting for muffin tops, bingo wings and back fat and bra rolls — Google figures suggest this area may be the tummy tuck capital of the UK, with the most online searches in the country.

Birmingham-based surgeon CC Kat, a pioneer of body-shaping surgery, reports a 20 percent uptake in abdominoplasty in the last five years and sees 25 to 30 new patients a week.

She is known for her Mummy Makeovers (a procedure that usually addresses deflated boobs and inflated tummies after childbirth).

‘A popular request is to have breasts refreshed with a smaller implant, liposuction of saddle bags and my signature “lock and glue” abdominoplasty,’ she says. ‘This combines liposuction with internal locking stitches and tissue glue to sculpt the abs into a two-pack, giving a sporty definition.’