People wanting a tummy tuck or a facelift could save a fortune, with the clinic offering treatments that don't require an overnight stay.

The £750,000 Sandon House Clinic in Millennium City Park, just off junction 31A of the M6, offers the latest surgical and non-surgical treatments.

But the new venture comes in the wake of controversy over a website encouraging girls as young as nine to embrace plastic surgery and extreme dieting in search of the perfect figure.

The Miss Bimbo Internet game, which has 200,000 UK members, gives users "bimbo dollars" to buy diet pills, plastic surgery and lingerie.

Sandon House Clinic was inspired by the US system of day surgery and has been launched by Peter Paterson, an NHS consultant plastic surgeon at the Royal Preston Hospital.

Mr Paterson, who grew up in Preston and attended the former Parklands High School, says the clinic is the culmination of a 20-year dream.

He wants to make plastic surgery affordable to everyone by offering day case treatment at a fraction of the price charged by many other clinics.

He claims fees are up to 50% cheaper. Procedures such as breast augmentation and nose-jobs are performed as part of a partnership with a nearby private hospital.

Mr Paterson said: "Attitudes towards plastic surgery have changed over the last 10 years and people increasingly feel they don't have to put up with a problem that could be treated.

"The majority of my patients are not wealthy, proving plastic surgery is no longer the sole domain of the rich and famous.

"I want to make plastic surgery more accessible and open up new possibilities for people who may not have considered surgery before."

Mr Paterson spent six years in the Royal Navy before embarking on a medical career in his early 20s.

Facilities in the clinic include consultation and examining rooms, a laser suite for treatments such as hair removal and thread vein removal, twin surgical suites.

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