About 10,000 Baby Boomers a day, are turning 65 for the next 18 years
Saturday, 4 June 2011
Depending who you ask, Baby Boomers (born between 1946-1964) are turning 65 at the rate of about 7,000 people a day in 2011. They are 78 million strong and they make up 28% of the U.S. economy.
They are socially affluent, used to having their own way and relatively unaffected by the current economic downturn. Or at least that is what the pundits say. Although they are about as likely to be right as the New York Times. However, there may be some truth in the conclusions. For instance, the entire readership of Vogue is not under the age of 30. Boomers generally feel 9 years younger than their chronological age and although they may be growing older they don’t want to act or look older.
If one was to read their ‘To Do’ List it would not read: New Pair of dentures, Self-illuminating glasses, Shoes with Velcro fasteners etc.
For Boomers, Plastic surgery is not a necessary evil, it is absolutely essential. I like to say that ‘growing old is an oxymoron’ There it is, I said it. As a Baby-Boomer I feel empowered to say these rather pedestrian hum-drum statements. Facing older age myself, I am ‘faced’ with the stark reality that non-surgical procedures can only do so much. I don’t even have the excuse of childbirth or menopause. For men and women. Simply working out at the gym more often, taking longer vacations, retiring altogether, or buying a faster car or a bigger diamond will not correct a turkey neck or droopy breasts. I guarantee it. If I was a betting man, I would rate higher odds for plastic surgery scoring a home goal on any of these issues versus any of the alternatives. So for Boomers, in addition to a healthy diet and lifestyle, a stable weight without a tire of fat around our middle as well as an interesting lifestyle, plastic surgery is a ‘post-it’ on the ‘to-do’ list
Here are some suggestions for surgical rejuvenation and general pick-me-ups:
Upper eyelids: removal of baggy skin; done as an outpatient procedure under local anaesthetic in the office. Stitches out at 4 days. Cost: the surgeon’s fee and a pair of Chanel sunglasses.
Liposuction: Vaser or conventional, under local in the office or at the hospital as an outpatient. Cost, surgeon’s fee and a sexy corset without a crotch. No stitches. Recovery: one weekend.
Breast reduction: Removal of weighty breasts and lifting. Surgery is performed in the hospital under general anaesthesia but you still get to go home and get your husband to make dinner and wash the dishes for at least one night. No stitches to remove and back to driving the kids to school and making dinner or alternatively getting back to work and bossing the Nanny around, whatever the case may be ; after one week.etc Cost Less than a weeks’ vacation for the family in Disney and less stressful.
Breast Auto-Augmentation, lifting and re-stuffing breasts after child-birth without using implants. Good if you have the breast tissue but is just is a couple of inches or more towards your toes. Outpatient Surgery. Cost: the surgeon’s fee and a whole drawer full of new bras.
Abdominoplasty. The quintessential part of any Mummy make-over and also the one with an overnight stay at the Hospital. Painful, but the good news is that we have pain pumps that squirt anaesthetic medicine inside the wound for 48 hours afterwards and also long-acting local anaesthetic to dull the pain when you wake up. Two weeks to get back into the swing of things (metaphorically). Corset for six weeks. Benefits: a flat tummy, upright posture, improved core strength and reduced back pain. And of course being able to wear a bi- or mono-kini. Cost: the surgeon’s fee and an entire new wardrobe.
To learn more about these procedures, call our office for a consultation. Just mention this article and tell us your date of birth so that we know you are a genuine Baby Boomer. However we will accept other age groups.
LK
Posted byLaurence Kirwan at 15:38
Labels: Age 65, Baby Boomers, Cosmetic Surgery for Boomers
