From boom to bigger busts
The number of Britons undergoing cosmetic procedures have been more than doubled in just three years. According to new figures, the number of women resorting to plastic surgery such as breast enlargements and tummy tucks rose by a third last year.
Then with the hit of recession in the economy, a sudden 15 per cent drop in the number of people seeking cosmetic treatment in UK was reported in the final three months of 2008. During this period according to statistics by the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (Bapras) a 25 per cent fall is recorded in the number of procedures performed by almost half of British plastic surgeons. Due to hard times, people considered putting off cosmetic surgery says Hamish Laing, a consultant plastic surgeon and honorary secretary of Bapras.