And Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party, which wants to withdraw from the EU, said he feared that any changes Mr Cameron could obtain from Brussels would be "cosmetic" and the UK risked becoming "a province of a United States of Europe".

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Estimates suggest that in 2011, there were 669, 711 surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures carried out in the UK. BAAPS own figures show 43, 172 surgical procedures were carried out by BAAPS members in 2011.

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Cancer Research UK says people should not use artificial tanning devices for cosmetic purposes because they - like the sun - increase skin cancer risk.

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The review said there were no checks on surgeons' qualifications in some parts of the private sector, an issue made worse by more than half of cosmetic surgery being performed by "fly in, fly out" doctors - surgeons based abroad who fly into the UK to perform operations and then fly back out again.

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