This can vary tremendously depending on the circumstance. For example, it can depend on whether the surgery was covered by insurance or completely cosmetic with money out-of-pocket. It also depends on why the patient is dissatisfied. With cosmetic procedures, surgeons will often not charge for any revisions necessary to repair or correct a complication. However, the patient may incur additional facility or anesthesia fees. These issues are dealt with on a case by case basis but we usually try to accommodate our patients to the best of our ability.
Chin augmentation becoming much more popular
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons published a report showing there has been a rise in the number of people receiving chin augmentation procedures which was posted on the Mother Nature Network. Below is an excerpt from the study. See the full article here.
The number of Americans undergoing plastic surgery on their chin rose dramatically last year, according to a new report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
In 2011, more than 20,600 people received “chin augmentation,” a plastic surgery procedure that reshapes the chin with implants or by moving bones. That’s up from about 12,000 chin augmentation procedures in 2010, the report says.
Slightly more than half of chin augmentations were done in men. The largest increase was among people older than 40, the report says.
“The chin and jaw line are among the first areas to show signs of aging. People are considering chin augmentation as a way to restore their youthful look,” said Dr. Malcolm Roth, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.
The report offered the increasing use of video-chat technology as one reason for the increase.
“As more people see themselves on video-chat technology, they may notice that their jaw line is not as sharp as they want it to be,” Roth said.
However, chin augmentation procedures are not at an all-time high. In 2000, close to 27,000 people underwent the procedure, according to the report.
Percent of plastic surgery procedures according to race and ethnicity
- Caucasian – 78%
- Hispanics – 8%
- African-American – 7%
- Asians – 5%
- Other – 2%
Thanks to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery for the below graph illustrating the percent of total procedures according to region.
Plastic Surgery by Region Information
Thanks to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery for the below graph illustrating the percent of total procedures according to region.
Boosting Your Career Through Plastic Surgery
We found this article from another plastic surgeon who controversially claims that eye lifts, face lifts and liposuction can boost your career. We’re not saying that plastic surgery can or cannot help you move up the corporate ladder in your career, but we found this article interesting enough that we thought we’d share it with you all.
By Dr. Afschin Ghofrani, GulfBusiness.com, find the original article here.
Beauty sells. It’s a truth that not all of us are willing to accept. We are attracted to the attractive, and not just when it comes to affairs of the heart.
As a plastic surgeon with 22 years of experience, having performed more than 30,000 procedures, I have come to see a growing trend in people consulting me in order to improve their appearance, especially for their professional career.
A corporate personality needs the corporate look, and as younger executives fire themselves up the career ladder, those in their mid-forties are looking at themselves more critically and choosing to enhance their appearance in order to compete.
There is no male/female divide on this. Both executive men and women over 40 years of age are requesting treatments at my clinic – whether that is a lid lift, face lift, or a lipofilling of the face. The procedures vary, but the desired result is the same – to look good and to look younger.
There is a lot of research on this and it is a proven fact that beauty sells.
A Yale study found that, in the US in particular, good-looking workers earn a lifetime total of $230,000 more than those with below-average looks, while attractive men earn nine per cent more than unattractive men.
In an article for the December 2011 issue of Psychological Science, Margaret E. Ormiston, assistant professor of organisational behaviour at London Business School, along with Elaine M. Wong and Michael P. Haselhuhn of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, examined pictures of CEOs and found that there was a correlation between performance and facial structure.
Their article, ‘A face only an investor could love: CEOs’ facial structure predicts their firms’ financial performance’, showed that CEOs with wider faces have better-performing companies than CEOs who have longer faces.
The 2011 book Beauty Pays: Why Attractive People Are More Successful, written by Daniel Hamermesh, an economist at the University of Texas, says that attractive people are hired sooner, get promotions more quickly, and tend to achieve higher ranking in their companies.
For Hamermesh, it is less about the looks but more about the fact that attractive people have higher self-esteem.
In Dubai, executives are seeing that having a small procedure to improve their appearance can help them a lot to boost their self-confidence and garner professional growth.
Recently, I had a patient who was doing really well in her sales career. Then, she began to notice that her boss was not sending her out to meet with clients as often. Since the product they were selling was targeting the youth, her boss told her that it was important for the firm to present a youthful image.
We performed an aesthetic procedure to improve her appearance and as a result she not only looked more attractive but also more dynamic and self-confident. Eventually those improvements led to a recovery of her previous sales performance and standing in the company.
Appearance sells and this is the reason why more and more executives and top sales people consider plastic surgery treatments.
Dr. Afschin Ghofrani is a German board plastic/aesthetic surgeon and hand surgeon. He is the owner and medical director of the Aestheticon Clinic in JLT Dubai. For more information, visit www.aestheticon.ae
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