Two new TV programmes focusing on cosmetic surgery and anti-ageing are scheduled for broadcast in the UK from the end of February. The productions are intended as a response of sorts to the increasing demand for cosmetic procedures seen in the country, highlighted by recent BAAPS statistics revealing a 17% increase in the number of procedures performed since 2012.
The Safe Guide to Nip & Tuck will air on Friday 28 February at 9.00 pm, followed by The Ultimate Anti-Ageing Show a month later on Friday 28th March at 9.00 pm. Both will air on Sky Fitness and the Beauty Channel 282.
The programmes are being written and presented by Antonia Mariconda, known as 'The Cosmedic Coach', who encountered through her work a growth of problems relating to beauty treatments, prompting her that to launch a campaign called Safety in Beauty. The campaign’s aspiration is to bring about improved, safer practices in the beauty industry, and it aims to expose unsafe practices, support the public to help them avoid unscrupulous practice, and advise them when they have experienced a problem as a result of poor treatment. Mariconda felt that a need for responsible television programmes about plastic surgery and anti-ageing, to counter-balance other TV productions looking at extreme procedures for the face and body, along with a burgeoning celebrity culture and social media trends, which she says may be fuelling this growing demand. The documentaries will feature guest experts including surgeons Patrick Malucci, Dr Leah Totton, Dr Tracy Mountford, and Beauty Editor Olivia Falcon.
Mariconda commented: “We all have the right to look and feel better about ourselves, but that doesn’t mean we deserve to suffer the consequences of damage inflicted by incompetent practitioners or business activities. The beauty business is a hugely profitable industry for those working in it, but as consumers we need to take a stand and say that we will no longer suffer nor tolerate sub-standard or potentially harmful activity”.