Greek men and women found an opportunity to change what they do not like in their face and body in the midst of its pandemic coronavirus. The confinement, the endless days in the house, the restriction of their social gatherings but also their teleworking made them say "yes" to an operating room that they either had in their future plans or had not even thought about what they would like to do.
This is not, however, a phenomenon that was observed only in our country, mainly during the days of the first and second lockdown. Frenzy for cosmetic surgery also caught the Hollywood stars, as they now found more free time according to what plastic surgeon Terry Dubro, known from the TV series "Botched", told TMZ.
Residents of Britain, the United States, Australia and Japan also rushed to make an appointment for their plastic.
The British Plastic Surgery Association announced that its members saw the demand for appointments from people interested in plastic surgeries to increase by more than 100% during quarantine.
At the same time, the Japanese Society of Aesthetic Medicine went so far as to stress that the plastic surgeries performed "were not necessary for many people" and urged people not to undergo unnecessary surgeries to "prevent further spread of the virus."
The coronavirus and especially the lockdowns helped the Greeks to be taken to the plastic surgeon for the surgeries they wanted to do and until now they did not decide or did not have time, explains speaking to newsbeast.gr the plastic surgeon Nontas Kapositas, PhD from the Greek faculty of the University of Athens, specializing in the University of Illinois at Chicago.
As he emphasizes, the people who wanted to undergo an operation found the time to do it now as they can more easily "hide" and recover in peace.
"Quarantine facilitated patients for many reasons. They had the plastic surgery in mind but so far they either postponed it or did not make the decision to do it "he states and notes:" Others did not have it as a priority for the given moment. They had arranged a trip, to make a purchase, but after these plans were postponed, they called us to make an appointment for the operation that they might do later ".
"Women especially prefer it at this time breast surgery, but also the surgeries on the face (mainly the rhinoplasty) as they can "hide" them with the mask. There is also a great demand for chin surgeries, abdominoplasties and liposuctions ", he emphasizes.
«The surgeries that are most in demand in Greece in general are rhinoplasty, breast surgeries and liposuctionNotes Nontas Kapositas.
"Injectable therapies as they are Botox and hyaluronic acid, continue to be performed but there is more interest in the operations as the result is more permanent "underlines the plastic surgeon Nontas Kapositas.
As the plastic surgeon, doctor of the Greek faculty of the University of Athens, Nontas Kapositas, explains "In the United States, three people who had had hyaluronic acid and then had the coronavirus vaccine developed angioedema, a swelling after vaccination».
"These cases were very easily treated by taking oral cortisone and they did not even have to be hospitalized," he said, adding that much of the population had already been vaccinated and only three such cases had been identified, which is not a cause for concern.
Citizens during the first lockdown period were less careful and more skeptical about the virus, explains Nontas Kapositas.
"The first quarantine is different from the second. "People have learned to handle the situation and live with the coronavirus."
«All surgeries and treatments are performed with great safety and care in both clinics and clinics. He can not pass a patient who will even do local anesthesia if he does not do a covid test first ", he emphasizes, stating that no one should worry if he wants to visit his doctor.