"The Business of Cosmetic Surgery" is an article written by Katie Chang in the "The New York Times". It was published July fourteenth in two thousand fifteen and it mainly talks about Cosmetic surgery in the U.S. It describes that even if many Americans are still going under the knife for implants and face-lifts, a more specialized form of cosmetic improvement has also taken root. Which is to ample backsides and strategically injected fillers are the new normal. This article states that there is an 86% increase in buttock augmentations in the U.S. in 2014. Sixty two million dollars were spent on plastic surgery in 2011, for cosmetic surgeries on pets. Nearly 2.5 billion dollars were spent on Botox in the U.S. in 2014. Most popular operations in the U.S. by ages 19-34 is breast augmentations; ages 33-64 is liposuction and from ages 65+ is facelifting.
"The Business of Cosmetic Surgery" is a newsworthy article due to human interest, significance and prominence. A new trend that has flourished, is to replace their own features with those of their favorite
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Having clean original looks, staying "pretty" and forever young is part of being famous. As celebrities age, cosmetic surgery is a necessity to maintain their literal image and not fade away. From lip augmentations, fillers and rhinoplasties to breast implants, eyelid surgeries, tummy tucks, butt implants, facelifts and more, Hollywood’s hottest celebrities continue to prove that nothing is off limits when it comes to their looks. In fact , myfirstclasslife.com has put Jocelyn Wildenstein on top of their celebrity plastic surgery list due to the spend of 2 million dollars on plastic surgery. It is told that she spent over $400,000 spent on facial reconstruction alone, procedures ranging from cheek implants and rhinoplasties to jaw implants and lip injections have transformed this once beautiful woman into a cat like