Plastic surgery blog posts and news

Botox Sales Down 12-percent In New Survey

Natasha Singer for the New York Times reported results of a survey that suggests a big drops in cosmetic surgery due to consumers tightening discretionary spending.

The data challenges the initial reports that routine cosmetic treatments like Botox are recession proof and immune to the huge decline in equity markets (chart).

102 plastic surgeons and dermatologists reported:

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Top 10 Cosmetic Procedures That Are Worth It

Getting "work" done should always be worth it. The cost, recovery time, pain, all should result in a great gain. But what treatments are really worth it?

We're trying to address this key question with consumer reviews about skin treatments, plastic surgery procedures, dental procedures, laser vision correction, and other cosmetic enhancements offered by medical experts.

At RealSelf.com readers rate which cosmetic treatments and procedures are "worth it." This information is a great starting point to read the stories people share about their cosmetic experiences.

The current top 10 procedures rated as most worth it are:

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Kathy Griffin: Celebrity Plastic Surgery That Didn't Work

Kathy Griffin has turned to her self-ascribed addiction to plastic surgery repeatedly for jokes. Griffin also uses her plastic surgery admissions to garner much wanted media attention. Most recently, she stated plastic surgery was not worth it.

"I've been off the junk, as I call it, for five years. I've had a face-lift, eye job and all that stuff.... It didn't help me one bit. It didn't get me happier or didn't make me look particularly younger."

Chelsea Handler took Griffin's plastic surgery bait. On Handler's show Chelsea Lately she quipped "Kathy Griffin released a statement saying she's done with plastic surgery. Well... plastic surgery has also released a statement... saying they're done with Kathy Griffin."

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Doctors Say Yes To Borrowing For Cosmetic Procedures

Driving home from a meeting last night, I heard an ad that made me want to throw something at the satellite radio dashboard.

It was a commercial on CNN Sirius 132, and it started out "my wife is so happy now, like she was when I married her fifteen years ago."

I thought it was an ad for anti-depressants. But then it continued, "ever since she had that cosmetic procedure she has always wanted."

The ad was for a financing service called "Doctors Say Yes," which finances cosmetic surgery treatments no matter what the credit worthiness of the borrower. Apparently, it's a network of plastic surgeons who have come together to offer the financing with the surgery.

I don't know much more about it than what I've shared, but it's kind of depressing that they advertise to men by saying "if your wife is unhappy, a cosmetic procedure will make her happy again." This is scary. Not to mention the debt.

QUICK TAKE: I didn't look to see what the interest rates are, or even if they are disclosed. I just think that if you are going to pay for somthing "out of pocket," it should be one's own pocket. Save up, for goodness sake. And then get the surgery.

--posted by francine