Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
China standard is living as funds from export industries eventually trickle down into the earnings of (some) ordinary Chinese. Where are the Chinese spending their newfound wealth? In part, the answer is self-beautification procedures. According to the Economist: “China performs more cosmetic surgery than any country except America and Brazil. Almost 1.3m licensed procedures were…
Why don’t more doctors choose primary care? Here’s why doctors are choosing to specialize in vaginal cosmetic procedures rather than more general OB-GYN: …it was clear that patients aren’t the only—or necessarily the primary—driving force behind the cosmetic-gyn boom. Many of the conference’s OB-GYNs groused that even after they’ve amassed hundreds of thousands of dollars…
With the economy in a downturn, many firms have been hard hit. Industries that sell luxury goods have been especially hard hit. One example of a luxury good sector taking a beating is the elective surgery market. The New York Times reports that dermatologists, facial surgeons and plastic surgeons have all seen a significant drop in…
Many Americans are dissatisfied with how they look. They want to be thinner or have bigger muscles or have larger breasts or have fuller lips. The diet industry, the plastic surgery industry, the fitness industry all make money because people are dissatisfied with how they look. How can you be happy with your looks? As…