We all know that a lunchtime hit of Botox can make you look years younger, but how about that breast augmentation procedure you've been considering? One day, that also may happen at lunchtime. A doctor claims to have created a new procedure which has very short recovery time. In fact, you can have a breast augmentation in the morning and go out to dinner that night.
The augmentation operation only takes between 30 and 40 minutes, so women undergoing it need only low levels of anaesthetic drugs, and is carried out using an extremely precise cutting device which reduces bleeding.
John Tebbetts, a Texan plastic surgeon who is due to describe the operation at the annual meeting of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons says women should no longer assume they need a period of convalescence after having their breasts enlarged.
"After the surgery we tell the women to go home, have a little nap then get up after two hours, wash their hair which helps them stretch their muscles, then go out to dinner.
"Between 80 and 85 per cent of our patients go out on the evening of their surgery."
He added: "Women have got to get out of the mindset that they are going to be ill after this operation."
Women who undergo the new procedure, which is being marketed as the "out to dinner" breast augmentation, are promised no visible bruising or need for special bras.
They are allowed to drive on the day of surgery and resume normal activities the following day.
It all sounds great, is it really that easy? The article doesn't say, but it sounds like he's using computer imaging to see exactly where to make the incisions. We can't wait to see how his talk goes over with his peers at the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. Will the other doctors agree that the method is sound? One thing's for sure: his lecture will be quite popular. And if it is, it's going to be very, very popular.
Just think, in about ten years or so, you'll be able to go in for surgery in the morning and come out a totally different person by the afternoon. This will be especially useful if you're a spy or on the run from some mysterious covert organization.
