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Plastic Pecs are so Last Year… Don’t believe the cosmetic surgery hype – not everyone is racing for an elbow tuck 
Feeling inadequate because you haven’t gotten the latest in hot, new plastic surgery procedures? Forget about it. Not as many people are getting fringe procedures – such as vaginal rejuvenation and pectoral, buttock or calf implants – as you may think. Although these micro procedures are viewed as the next line of surgical perfection, in reality, the little details aren't causing us a lot of angst. At least not to the point of going under the knife. “These trendy new procedures that are supposedly all the rage around the country simply are not being performed in large numbers,” says Dr. Bruce Cunningham, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. In fact, says the surgeons’ group, here are the 2005 numbers: • Buttock implants – 542 • Calf augmentation – 337 • Pectoral implants – 206 • Vaginal rejuvenation – 793 Traditional procedures accounted for a much greater portion of the 1.8 million cosmetic surgeries done in 2005, including 323.605 liposuctions, 298,413 nose reshapings and 230,697 eyelid surgeries, ASPS statistics show. |
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