All the buzz about body positivity is certainly not putting a damper on demand for major body-modification surgeries. More Americans got breast implants and liposuction in 2017 than they did the year before (300,378 and 246,354, respectively). “We talk a lot about being health conscious, but the truth is we’re also increasingly appearance conscious,” says Steven Teitelbaum, a plastic surgeon in Los Angeles. “The stigma of plastic surgery is going down, the procedures themselves are getting better, and the economy is very strong right now.”
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