Cosmetic surgery booming despite credit crunch
Cosmetic surgery is booming in Britain... despite the credit crunch, figures show.
More than 34,000 procedures were performed last year - a leap of more than five per cent on 2007.
Boob jobs rose by 30 per cent and women had 91 per cent of all surgery. But the figures, from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, showed the number of men having "man boobs" removed rose by 44 per cent.
Male brow lifts shot up by 60 per cent.
BAAPS president Nigel Mercer said: "These figures indicate that despite the beginnings of a financial downturn last year, the public's interest in aesthetic surgery remained strong, especially in regards to specific procedures.
"Wide media coverage has helped to educate the public about the latest advances and choices available, and we are encouraged by the fact that more people are doing their research carefully and choosing reputable providers.
"In the current climate it is even more important that patients seeking cosmetic surgical procedures do not make decisions based on price."
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In the past few years we have noticed a growing trend in the number of cosmetic surgery procedures that are being performed on a yearly basis. We can say that every single year we see more operations done and one factor that needs to be discusses stands in teens and cosmetic surgery popularity. This is because we have noticed that more teenagers are looking towards body modifications. Whether or not this is moral it is not something that we need to discuss but there is an impact in both our bodies and mind that has to be talked about.