"I have five days to recover from surgery and look good before my husband gets home." Marina, a 60-year-old Caucasian woman, sits before me to sign the consent forms for her upcoming operations: a 3-D face-lift, upper and lower eyelid lifts and an endoscopic brow lift. I see on her information sheet that she hasn't authorized us to discuss her surgeries with anyone else -- not even her husband. "So you're not telling him about all these procedures?" "Not unless I have to. You don't know him. He wouldn't understand, and he wouldn't want me to spend all this money, especially on something he thinks is frivolous. So that's why I need to look good before he gets back. We've got five days, Dr. Youn."
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Cosmetic surgery has become a new form of infidelity, plastic surgeon says
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Dr. Anthony Youn says a third of patients in his office don't tell their partners about treatment
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Many patients hide how much they're spending, Youn also says
Many patients, like @placeholder, have their surgeries done while their spouses are out of town.