Hamish Laing, honorary secretary of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive andAesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) and consultant plastic surgeon at the Welsh Centre for Burns andPlasticSurgery, said it was a novel idea to make artificial skin that would not only cover the wound but actively fight infection.
The British Association of AestheticPlastic Surgeons has called for a ban on advertising for cosmetic surgeryand said that it preyed on women in a vulnerable state, such as following a divorce.
According to Dr. Richard Chaffoo, a San Diego-based plastic surgeon with experience in the area, reconstructive breast surgery is more complicated than purely aestheticsurgery of the breast and is associated with more surgical procedures and subsequent complications.