Its everywhere from promos for Larry King on CNN about Star Jones having gastric bypass surgery.  I know that doesn’t necessarily count as plastic surgery, but the point is that society is obsessed with improving appearances no matter what.

I watched a few episodes of Dr. 90210 the other night.  The show follows three different plastic surgeons.  It details cases with patients from a playboy tv star who wants new breasts to a girl who can’t breathe through her nose.  But it also centers on the plastic surgeons personal issues like trying to break into the reality tv star business and troubles at home.

While the show does try to normalize plastic surgery, it is difficult for the viewer not to assume that its just a “LA thing” not affecting the smaller cities and towns.  In Q: Who Is the Real Face of Plastic Surgery, it discusses how people are financing their plastic surgery the way they plan for a mortgage or vehicle.

“I just wanted to proportion myself out and look like I did before I had children, simple as that,” said Ms. Cornier, 33, who is married and works for a government agency. She took a loan for $10,800. “I did not want to wait two or three years to save up for surgery.”

Its funny you would think that shows like Dr. 90210 depicting real surgery, with blood, guts and all, would deter people from seeking out medically unnecessary surgeries.  I know it has deterred me from seeking it out though I’e never wanted it myself.

What worries me the most is that more and more people are looking to plastic surgery instead of trying to lose weight, diet wisely and make other lifestyle choices.  But that seems to be the larger struggle a lot of us are dealing with, choosing easy fixes that don’t work as well as the choices that lead us to longer endeavors which lead us to better results.