Unbelievable Phone App for plastic surgery which encourage women to see themselves post-procedure

Before & After

Modern Technology has given birth to a new wave of smartphone apps is allowing users to see the results of plastic surgery before even going under the knife.

After clicking the download button, users can apply morphing technology tools that have long been the reserve of plastic surgeons to nip and tuck their faces and bodies.
But with over 200 already on the market, experts have spoken out against the dangers of the apps which encourage a culture that suggests changing your appearance should be done so easily.

Among the most popular is iAugment for women considering breast surgeries, and The Plastic Show which offers testimonials from other patients while iLipo allows users to perform virtual liposuction and Real Self offers 8,000 images of past procedures.
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons’ (ASPS) official journal, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (PRS), has its own version boasting surgeons' podcasts and multimedia links to the publication.

While some of the hundreds available on apple's App Store and Google's Playstore require payment, few insist on the user's age of consent before offering up endless possibilities of facial and bodily reconstruction.

Experts have pointed out the dangers of the spread of such technology, suggesting it can ‘trivialise’ the seriousness of undergoing life-changing procedures.
Dr Paul Harris of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons said: ’The recent appearance of Morphing Apps for patients themselves to use, is a worrying although inevitable consequence of technological developments coupled with an apparent insatiable appetite for more cosmetic surgery.
‘They give the impression that such changes are easily replicated by surgery and that changing the look of a particular part of the body is as easy as turning a dial on a Smartphone.
Dr Harris, who specialises in breast reconstruction, added: ‘It trivialises the impact and significance of surgery, which is life changing and permanent.’
Once users have generated the images, they have the option to upload them to a sharing website where others can comment on their before and after pictures.
But by sharing the images users may expose themselves to being pressured into undergoing a procedure they may not have considered in the first place.
'The majority of users are young people using them for fun rather than actually thinking of surgery.

‘The difficult area is when the vulnerable young patient starts to use them for fun by posting altered images and then gets pressure from their friends about their appearance and how good they look altered,’ said Dr Harris of Royal Marsden.
‘This seeds an idea or even worse pressurises a patient who would not normally consider plastic surgery.’
The global plastic surgery industry is worth around £8billion, with almost 50,000 procedures being carried out in Britain in 2012 alone.
Breast augmentation surgeries were the most sought after last year, with anti-ageing procedures seeing the largest increase in patients

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Blasphemy Tradegy : Australian man faces 500 lashes in Saudi Arabia

Australia appealed for leniency after one of its citizens was sentenced Wednesday to 500 lashes and a year in prison by a Saudi Arabian court.

Mansor Almaribe, 45, was found guilty of blasphemy after he was arrested last month in Medina while on a pilgrimage, Australian officials said.

It's unclear what Almaribe, a Shia Muslim from Victoria state, said or did to get arrested.

"The ambassador has urgently contacted Saudi authorities and will make strong representations, including to key figures in the Saudi government, seeking leniency," said Kate Sieper, a foreign affairs spokeswoman.

Family members said they are worried about his health.

"He is sick, and he has back injuries and he has diabetes," his son, Issam Almaribe, told CNN affiliate 9 News Australia.

Saudi Foreign Ministry spokesman Usama Al-Nugali said that the court system has an appeal process that Almaribe can resort to.

"We don't comment on court decisions or legal procedures. However, any court pleading, primary and judicial decisions could be appealed in the appeals court. All individuals have the right for a defense attorney, including non-Saudis who also enjoy the right of the presence of their diplomatic mission," he said.

Consular officials have contacted Almaribe several times by phone since his arrest in mid-November, and were in the courtroom during the reading of the verdict.

Australian officials said they were informed he was convicted of blasphemy and "making comments insulting to prophet Mohammed's relatives."

His sentence was originally two years imprisonment along with the 500 lashes, but the court reduced the sentence by a year, consular officials said. It was unclear when the lashing punishment will be carried out.

Blasphemy is punishable by up to a death sentence under the strict Muslim law in Saudi Arabia.

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