patterns

It's funny how things seem to appear in groups. this week we had one day that had several mother-daughter consults together, the next was everyone from Alaska, and we seem to have gone through more Botox in the last week than the whole previous month. Surgery this week is mostly tummy tucks (abdominoplasty), while next week seems to be facelift week. We certainly don't plan things this way but that's the way it often works out.
The mother-daughter thing is not what many assume; it is simply a matter of mutual support. Mothers may feel that it is time to do something for themselves after raising a family, while daughters are often dealing with the more recent changes from childbearing. Sometimes there are issues that the daughter was born with such as asymmetrical breasts, and the young woman is now old enough to consider correction. Those who may criticise and say that we would all be better off learning to accept our flaws should walk a mile in their shoes first. We are not dealing with vanity here.
I am tempted to interpret the surge in Botox and fillers (Restylane, Juvederm, Evolence) as a sign that the economy is improving, though there are few other signs offering such encouragement. In at least one or two cases, it is people competing with younger professionals in a more tenuous employment market. Perhaps other people are just getting tired of hearing about all the gloom and doom and just wanting to get on with their lives.