According to a new British report, the number of cases of liposuction in that country NEARLY DOUBLED last year and over all cosmetic plastic surgery procedures rose by 31 per cent last year, with an estimated 90,000 procedures carried out.
Compare that, though, with the most recent stats from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and you find that the most popular plastic surgery procedure in 2005 (2006 stats not yet available) is breast augmentation (291,350 performed) ...
Hmmmmm.
Audrey-
I think the number of boob jobs is insane, and reflects exactly the sort of insanity that DBTH is targeting, but I wonder if the liposuction is not so much a reflection of people's conditioned body image, but instead a natural consequence of the rampant obesity that is found these days? I guess the obesity issue is bigger in America than Britain, but I'm sure it's an issue of some consequence in the UK, too.
Anyway, I had no idea the number of breast augmentations done till you mentioned it to me last year, and it's beyond belief to me that so many women subject themselves to that by choice.
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