Average Plastic Surgery: Average Patient & Plastic Surgery Increase 

 

I read a recent article in a popular newstand magazine this week on plastic surgery in everyday people. The fundamental premise of the article was that plastic surgery today is done on the 'average person', not necessarily the rich and famous. They go on to cite five people who had differing plastic surgery procedures and their stories.

This article was refreshing because they all had positive experiences, which is usually the norm, as opposed to many articles which talk about patient's problems and complications which is not the norm. But the underlying theme of the article is what is most poignant for me. The large numbers of plastic surgery procedures done today could occur for only one reason....that the everday person in society is now representative of the typical plastic surgery patient. There is only a very small fraction of society that is famous or wealthy. The plastic surgery numbers of today, which total in the millions of procedures (surgical and non-surgical), could not come from that segment of society. In the past twenty years we have seen plastic surgery work its way into the mainstream of society and is much a part of American culture as Starbucks, cell phones, and My Space. The typical plastic surgery patient in my practice is just a normal person from the middle fabric of society, the range goes from the unemployed to a company CEO. Nearly 40% of my patients now use financing for major procedures, reinforcing the concept of the 'average' patient having plastic surgery. That number is starting to approach finance numbers for major appliances or other big ticket home items.

Plastic surgery today is and will continue to be for real people. Its benefits are wide reaching and the ability for all of society to benefit, from the child born with a cleft defect to the middle-aged sales representative who wants to look more refreshed, will continue to be more pervasive. The propagation of plastic surgery has as much to do with its overall effectiveness and high patient satisfaction as it does with marketing and media promotions.

Author : Dr Barry Eppley
About Author : Dr Barry Eppley, board-certified plastic surgeon of Indianapolis, operates his private practice at Clarian North and West Medical Centers in suburban Indianapolis. He writes a daily blog on topics and trends in plastic surgery at http://www.exploreplasticsurgery.com

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