Attitudes towards plastic surgery are beginning to change in the pandemic, with growing numbers of people taking the crisis as an opportunity to "get work done". Photo: 123rf
The treatments are risky and mostly unnecessary. The doctors can be dubious, and the results typically disappointing. At least that's according to the cliche.
Cosmetic surgery often gets a bad rap, with discussion confined to celebrity surgery gone wrong, young people wanting to emulate their selfie filters or women dying for the dream of a "Brazilian butt".
