No reliable figures are available, according to the German Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (DGAePC). Only procedures that are performed and the motivation behind them are included in the annual statistics, not queries that plastic surgeons turn down. Mang advises anyone looking for cosmetic surgery to make sure they check that the doctor is a plastic surgeon. A further issue is that many specialists in other fields make extra money on the side through cosmetic surgery, says Hilpert. A plastic surgeon in the United States has noticed the same phenomenon - which he describes as the "Zoom boom."

Source: The Star August 05, 2021 08:37 UTC