Now a study led by Dr Marlese Dempsey has revealed eight women were admitted to the unit over a four-month period during the pandemic with difficulties following elective surgery in various European plastic surgery destinations. The study examined Google trends and found the popularity of plastic surgery topics initially fell at each lockdown date, but rose to pre-pandemic interests after a short period. The authors of the study at the St James’s unit said their research showed cosmetic tourism was imposing a significant cost on healthcare resources despite the current pandemic. “Complications associated with cosmetic tourism have ended up as the responsibility of the traveller’s home country. The authors of the study said cosmetic tourism was becoming a great strain on health services, adding: “This is being exacerbated in recent times with the advent of Covid-19.

Source: Irish Independent February 21, 2022 00:37 UTC