Miriam says when cosmetic surgery became cosmetic it came with lower standards, wild claims, dodgy techniques, dodgier practitioners and an erosion of the checks.Call me old fashioned, but winning surgery as a prize in a competition strikes me as bizarre. Since when could a medical procedure – and one with potential complications at that – masquerade as a prize? Since when could surgery be won? Well, since the cosmetic surgery industry rolled into action. Really, since cosmetic procedures became commercialised. With commercialisation came lower standards, wild claims, dodgy techniques, dodgier practitioners and an erosion of the checks and balances that keep orthodox medicine on the straight and narrow.
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