Cosmetic procedures seeing small uplift – Detroit News
From the Detroit Daily News. Scroll down for Dr. Epstein’s comments…
Jaclyn Trop / The Detroit News
Though people are wary of spending full throttle again, they’re slowly opening their wallets for personal care, according to local dentists, orthodontists and plastic surgeons.
“I think they feel it’s stabilizing, whereas a year and a half ago they were concerned about their jobs,” said Dr. Michelle Hardaway with Aesthetic Plastic Surgery & Laser Center in Farmington Hills.
Hardaway said more clients are coming in for consultations and more are opting to have surgery, though her practice isn’t as busy as it was before the recession.
Many patients still have trouble getting financing for their surgeries and are often declined by third-party credit services.
While liposuction, rhinoplasty and breast augmentation remain popular, patients are also choosing cheaper nonsurgical procedures, including Botox, injectable fillers, laser hair removal and laser treatments for the face, Hardaway said.
Dr. Gregory Roche, a cosmetic surgeon in Bloomfield Hills, said appointments for surgical and nonsurgical procedures increased 50 or 60 percent this year over the same six-month period last year.
“People want to improve their image to get back to work or get a job, or they’re doing interim procedures as they wait,” Roche said.
Meanwhile, the Birmingham-based orthodontics firm Tyler Dumas Reyes credits its six-figure investment in new technology and training for its growth, including a third location set to open in Novi next month.
But patients aren’t as freewheeling as they used to be, Dr. John Dumas said.
“It used to be that they’d come in, sign on the dotted line and get going.”
Now, he says, they are more cautious before committing money.
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Dr. Epstein’s Thoughts
Cosmetic Surgery has definitely been on the slow but steady rise over the last year despite the meager growth in the general economy. I believe that this can be explained by the fact that people find it more acceptable to invest in themselves rather than on other items that may not seem like such a necessity. I also believe that even though financing is harder to obtain, people are saving for these procedures and paying for them with money in hand. Prices may be slightly lower too. Furthermore, some of this can be explained by pure numbers, especially in the Midwest. I believe the numbers of people wanting and having elective cosmetic procedures in these areas are on the rise because they have always lagged behind the more traditional cosmetic surgery focused areas, like California, Southern Florida, and the East Coast. It has generally become more acceptable now in the more conservative parts of the nation.
Comments
That is great to hear that things are improving in the economy that more and more people are wanting to get some cosmetic procedures to help them feel better about themselves. Let’s hope that these trends continue down the path that they have started.
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