Want a new look? Grab an App

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-11-04 10:53

Thinking of a tummy tuck? Need bigger breasts? There's now an App for that.

In fact, there are now two plastic surgery applications, or apps, for Apple's iPhone that offer users information, games and the chance for people to envisage what they would look like with a new nose, face lift or many other procedures.

The Shafer Plastic Surgery App was launched in October as the first such product among the more than 85,000 offerings in Apple's iPhone App Store.

Created by New York-based Dr David Shafer, it is aimed at modern patients who are "sophisticated, inquisitive and information seeking."

The Shafer app will soon be joined by iSurgeon, developed by Miami cosmetic surgeon Dr Michael Salzhauer. iSurgeon combines a game mode allowing users to try their hand at surgery with a feature that gives people the chance to instantly modify images of themselves through lip enhancements, breast augmentations and dozens of other improvements.