Money may not buy happiness. But it can surely give you a fresher, younger, leaner look It has already helped Spanish couple Debra Hawkins and Michael Morris lose 10 years of their age. After shedding those extra inches, crisp currency notes, and the middle-age image, the two are all set to savour their salad days, once again.

And they are not the only ones going in for a complete resurrection. At Fortis multi-specialty hospital in Mohali alone, over 350 looks-conscious people underwent cosmetic surgery in just one year. A majority of them were foreigners and non-resident Indians eager to go for a makeover.

“From tummy-tucks to facelifts and liposuction of arms and back, so many of them went under the knife to defeat slow-consuming age in the one-sided game,” says Plastic Surgeon with Fortis Dr Krishan M. Kapoor. “For, age does matter!”

Flashing a broad smile he elaborates: “The emphasis has changed now from beauty to youth. Most people going in for cosmetic surgery are eying young, rather than good, looks as youngness itself is a sign of beauty.”

Only recently, a nurse from the UK underwent complete makeover at Fortis just because she wanted to look as young as the other staff members in the organization she was working in, asserts Dr Kapoor.

Sitting next to him in the hospital lobby with his face still wrapped up in bandages, Michael cannot help but agree. “With employers preferring youngsters over the elders, the not-so-young are left with no other option but to try hard for going back to the summer of their youth.”

In his and Debra’s case, it was not the job, but desire to lose the ‘miserable, tired image’ that made them part with their hard-earned money. “Call it a run-up to our 10th anniversary celebrations in September this year or flight of fancy, we wanted to look exactly the way we were when we came to Goa in 1997 soon after tying the knot,” says 43-year-old Debra. “We tried exercising, but that did not help. So we opted for cosmetic surgery”.

She has got her lower face lifted besides undergoing liposuction of stomach, arms and the back area. Seventeen years elder to her, Michael has also got his face lifted; besides going in for liposuction of the neck, chest and the waist. The entire process has taken less than a fortnight and just about Rs 5.50 lakh, including traveling and lodging.

“We chose India through an agent because the people out here are absolutely friendly and the doctors are wonderful. And the treatment is inexpensive. In the UK, the USA, or any other English speaking country, we would have paid much more for getting our looks back”. Now who says money can’t do wonders!

As published in ‘The Tribune’ newspaper as ‘Makeover Magic’ by Saurabh Malik on 25 march, 2007.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070325/ttlife1.htm#5
 

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