The NYT reports about a new trend in plastic surgery:
YOU can choose your friends, and you can choose your breasts, but you can’t choose your friend’s breasts. Or can you?
Some friends certainly try. They show up at a plastic surgery consultation to lend moral support. But they don’t just sit in the waiting room: They march into the doctor’s office with the prospective patient. “I’ll be showing a patient pictures of representative results,” said Dr. David Hidalgo, a Manhattan plastic surgeon, meaning photos of others who have undergone a similar procedure. “And the friend will say, ‘You don’t want a scar there’ or, ‘Do you want to go that big?’ ” That’s if the friend just sticks to her task. Sometimes the friend becomes interested in having a little work done, too.
“It is not uncommon for the friend to lift her blouse and say: ‘Oh, by the way, can you look at my stomach? Do I need a tuck?’ ’’ Dr. Hildago said.