Some people are so desperate to change their appearance that they have glued back their ears, tried to iron the wrinkles off their face and even cut open their stomachs in botched DIY tummy-tucks, according to a top psychologist.
Dr David Veale, a psychologist at the celebrity Priory Hospital in London, was speaking to an audience of psychologists at a conference in Bristol organised by the Centre of Appearance Research.
He said that the rise of 'DIY cosmetic surgery' was being driven by a celebrity culture which made people dissatisfied with their own bodies.
He said: "I have seen desperate people in the past who have glued their ears back and cut into their stomach in a bid to be thin.
"The worst case I am aware of is a man who did a DIY nose job. He pushed a chisel up his nose and then replaced the cartilage he had taken off with a chicken bone."
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