What It Costs to Get Cosmetic Surgery (and the Awesome Stuff You Could Buy Instead)
Turns out admission to the Fountain of Youth is not cheap. We won’t judge you if you decide to “freshen up,” but consider the options you purchase for a similar price. Just sayin’…
(Cosmetic surgery prices based on 2010 figures from American Society of Plastic Surgeons.)
Lose the man boobs
(gynecomastia)
$3,013
or a 70” flat-screen TV for your man cave
Boost the boobies
(or “breast augmentation,” if you want to be fancy)
$3,351
or 5 pairs of Christian Louboutin leather pumps
For women, breast augmentation surgery is most popular. In 2008 alone, about 840 boob jobs were done daily.* That’s like a boob a minute!
Be like Joan Rivers
(facelift)
$6,231
or a non-stop, round-trip flight to Rome + a week’s stay at a five-star hotel
Americans underwent 13.1 million cosmetic procedures in 2010, a 5% increase from the previous year.*
Get a Kardashian butt
(clinical term is “buttock augmentation”)
$4,676
or money down AND one year’s lease on a car
Six-pack express
(tummy tuck)
$5,130
or meet twice weekly with a personal trainer for a year
Shrink the schnoz
(nose job)
$4,306
or 8 UNICEF water pumps for a third-world community, where the people will certainly not judge you or your nose
Cover the dome
(Hair transplant)
$4,676
or get a pair of endzone tickets at the 2012 Superbowl
“Correct” your jaw like Bristol Palin
(chin augmentation)
$2,000
or a diamond bracelet from Tiffany’s
Guys get surgery, too. What’s the most popular surgery for him besides rhinoplasty? Eyelid surgery.
Radiesse
(wrinkle remover)
$650
or sponsor two children for an entire year through the Save The Children Foundation
Botox
$373
or 10+ weeks of a daily venti-sized Starbucks latte fix
Collagen injections
$475
or weekly hour-long massages (plus tip) for a month
BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!
Opt for collagen that comes from a pig or a cow and save an average of $7 per treatment! Suuu-weeet!
~Barbara Bellesi
