Pairing up for plastic surgery
Lauren-Beth Kassinger says that if she bought a pair of shoes that looked good on her, her mom would "go out and get the same thing." So it wasn't such a stretch, after Kassinger decided to get plastic surgery, that her mom, Elvia Rabinor, decided to do it, too.
According to 2005 statistics released by the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, a specialty group for certified plastic surgeons who focus on the face, head and neck, 34% of those surveyed report that more people are getting plastic surgery with a companion. The pairings range from friends, sisters, husbands and wives, and mothers and daughters, to some more unusual cases.
"I had a divorced couple come in recently," says Jay Calvert, a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, Calif. "I guess they wanted to get freshened up for the next experience."
The tandem surgery experience was just one trend among many that emerged in 2005 as Americans continued their love affair with plastic surgery. Numbers gathered by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) show that in 2005 surgeons performed:
• More than 10.2 million cosmetic procedures, up 11% from 2004. Of those, the bulk (8.5 million) were minimally invasive procedures such as Botox injections and chemical peels. The rest were procedures such as liposuction and breast augmentation.

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