Cutting Edge Beauty

Mothers and daughters have always done girly things together. Sharing makeup; mani-pedi sessions; body scrubs at the spa. Now add cosmetic surgery into the mix as families talk about breast implants and eyebag removal as easily as discussing which college to apply to.

With the influence of Korean pop culture, Instagram, selfie apps and the general perception that good-looking people get better jobs, cosmetic surgery is on the rise. So too has demand for non-invasive procedures by general practitioners. But while the latter industry continues to boom, the cosmetic surgery sector has sagged, hampered by price competition, advertising rules and aggressive marketing by foreign medical centres. It's even prompted outspoken surgeon Woffles Wu to suggest that Singapore's cosmetic surgery sector is in dire need of a makeover itself. But is it?

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