Yesterday's rainbow, stretching out over the South Bay.There seem to be an awful lot of Chicken Littles running about these days, squawking about the demise of plastic surgery. I saw a few articles (here and here), drawing from statistics released from the ASAPS, pointing to the ongoing downward trend in elective cosmetic surgery.
Let's face it - last year was a terrible year for everyone, even us plastic surgeons in the Bay Area. But I disagree that this spells the end of plastic surgery; I still think that there is a lot of interest in cosmetic procedures (hence the noted uptick in less invasive - and cheaper - interventions like Botox and fillers) combined with increasingly pent-up demand. We're just all waiting for the economy to turn.
Are you listening, Washington? Make it happen!
