Earlier this year, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons announced a massive surge in the number of women having cosmetic procedures. And, according to some of London’s expert surgeons, surprising numbers of them are lesbian or bisexual. By Peter Lloyd.
It’s no surprise that the number of women choosing to undergo cosmetic surgery jumped by almost six per cent in 2009, but the underreporting of the lesbian patients who make up that figure is.
In 2009, 32,859 UK women underwent aesthetic procedures. If we assume that five per cent of them were gay or bisexual (which is actually less than the UK’s average gay-to-straight ratio), it would suggest a figure of around 1,500 people. Which equates to a combined spend of around £500,000. Yet rarely do we ever hear about them.
Traditionally, regulatory bodies such as the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons have seen no need to record the sexuality of patients, but a number of leading cosmetic surgeons testify to the increase in the number of lesbians resorting to surgery in their quest for the perfect body.
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