Plastic Surgeries on the Rise in the UK in Spite of Current Credit Crunch
Even as many are facing a tightening of their belts in tough economic times, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons is reporting a 12 per cent rise in cosmetic surgery operations over last year.
Though breast augmentation remains the number one choice for those seeking cosmetic procedures, there are plenty of people so unhappy with perceived faults in their appearances that they are willing to pay out large sums and go through the painful recovery times of a plastic surgery procedure just to get the body they have always wanted.
Obscure surgeries such as toe tucks, butt lifts, and “cankle” surgeries are on the rise in Britain. As plastic surgery becomes more accepted in society, many people are taking a hard look at their appearance and deciding that cosmetic surgery may be able to correct even what some would consider minor flaws in their appearance. Office worker Lisa Dalgeith decided to get a difficult procedure known as a “toe tuck” done because she has spent her life hating what she believes to be overly long toes. “As a teenager I dreamed of wearing cute flip flops like my friends, but the sight f my big toes made me physically sick. They looked hideous.”
Dalgeith paid 3,000 pounds for a three hour procedure that involved chiseling the bones in her toes to make them shorter. Toe tucks are not the only bizarre surgery people are clamoring for, Britain Julie Seymour had a pricey operation performed to have butt implants inserted into her buttocks in order to give her backside a more rounded appearance. The 2,8000 pound procedure gave her the butt she always wanted and the confidence to get into a bikini for the first time.
Fellow Britain Anne Grey had a liposuction procedure done on her “cankles” to bring out the shape of her ankles and improve her body image. The procedure sucked fat out of the area where her ankles meet her calves and created a more defined ankle structure.
Though these surgeries may seem bizarre and unnecessary, to the patients the procedures were just what they were looking for to get over years of insecurities related to a certain body art. As societal perceptions become more accepting of cosmetic surgery expect to see a lot more of your friends and neighbors making subtle changes to their appearances in order to gain the confidence and satisfaction that has alluded them for years.
