And still the 'offers' and 'discounts' continue...

London - 10 August, 2014 – Despite Sir Bruce Keogh’s review into cosmetic surgery concluding that time-linked incentives, group deals and other inducements in the aesthetic sector should be banned, summer-themed ‘buy now’ marketing promotions continue to flourish, drawing condemnation from the main professional organisations involved in surgical education and training: the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk), the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (www.bapras.org.uk), and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (www.rcsed.ac.uk).
A study which was presented at the most recent BAAPS conference has just been published in the prestigious Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery this May revealed that more than half (52%) of the highest Google-ranking aesthetic plastic surgery providers still offer promotional deals; out of which nearly two in five (37%) were time-linked (as in ‘book byFriday!’). Not one provided the recommended two-stage written consent ‘cooling off’ process recommended by the Cosmetic Surgical Practice Working Party (CSWP).
According to consultant plastic surgeon and BAAPS Council member Kevin Hancock;
“If cosmetic surgery is being offered at a discounted rate, it is either because corners are being cut in order to save money, or because the clinic is making an extreme profit in the first instance. Cosmetic surgery is still ‘proper’ surgery - like any other operation and should never be commoditized via vouchers or time-linked incentives. This type of marketing is blatantly trying to pressure patients to have operations that they should be making informed decisions about, instead of rushing into on a spur-of-the-moment whim. These clinics repeatedly and intentionally flout the recommendations of the Keogh review, and since the Government has not initiated any legislation to prevent them from doing so, will likely continue to prey on vulnerable people with no more repercussion than a slap on the wrist.”
BAPRAS President-Elect and consultant plastic surgeon Nigel Mercer adds;
“The new EU-wide standard actually outlaws incentivizing cosmetic surgery and universally, the surgeons within both BAAPS and BAPRAS have agreed that these practices should cease, as they put undue pressure on patients to have surgery when it may not be appropriate and they have not fully considered the risks. To offer a ‘beach-ready body for the summer’ is not ethical, nor is it possible in July anyways. A surgically-obtained ‘beach-ready body’ if surgery was even appropriate would require that the patient had had their surgery at Easter!  No new scar can take sun exposure, and sand acts like sandpaper on operated skin. This shows marketing at its worst: false hopes, false expectations.”
Dr Judy Evans, Council member of Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh;which recently opened its first-ever base of operations in Birmingham to cater for the 80% of its UK membership based in England and Wales; who is also a consultant plastic surgeon said;
“Surgery should never be subject to cut price campaigns or cheap offers, it is too important.  After the Keogh report it is especially shocking that this is still going on.  We need parliament to pass the laws that were promised to make this sort of thing illegal.  People who produce adverts like this do the whole profession harm, and patients are seriously misled, or even worse, harmed.”


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Many pre-oppers, as well some post-oppers may not be aware of the lack of regulation in the Great Britain that surrounds this surgery.

For years now BAAPShas been fighting to have better regulation to 'protect the patient' and still....nothing! Women being coerced into having by offers being thrown at them or limited dates, or being told if they don't book a certain date it's going to be a long wait for the next opening.... Ohhhh, we've heard it all here and it never fails to disgust me how little regard many clinics have for the women who put their trust in them to continuously keep taking advantage of them. 

Please, please, please ladies! Before booking put your body first! This is a BIG decision to make and one that can go very wrong in the wrong hands. 

We really can't stress enough how much research as a 'pre-opper' will help you post-op. So forget looking for 'discounts and offers' ladies, it'll only lead you down a road of trouble in the long run. Don't put a price on your body - see different surgeons, do your research and the go with who you choose based on YOUR research, rather than the cheapest you can find.

Thank you :) 
I've noticed the 'flash' adverts online as I've researched my proposed boob job... 
I'm prepared to wait for my surgery until we as a family can accommodate the extra financial pressure this surgery will put upon us... But for that hard earned privilege that I will have done eventually :) I've sought my surgeon methodically researching his capabilities aesthetically and through his work with the nhs 

Girls... What I'm trying to say is ...
Surely with patience and rigorous research you should find a bloody good plastic surgeon for your surgery.. And not ... A bloody good deal on the cost of your surgery
Be safe :) x

Well said Church.