What to Tell Friends About Your Plastic Surgery
Cosmetic surgery is so accepted these days that many people talk openly with their friends, family and coworkers about their experience. Today you're more likely to get interested questions than the shocked exclamations your mother might have had to endure. And it's quite likely that you'll discover your friends have already undergone their own cosmetic surgery procedure. But there are many women – and men – who consider cosmetic surgery a very private affair. They want people to notice their new appearance but don't want to advertise how it happened.
Many cosmetic surgery procedures can be performed under local anesthesia. Recovery is fast and patients are back at work the next day with no one the wiser. More extensive plastic surgery can leave minor bruising or puffiness and may take several days or a bit longer before the patient's appearance returns to normal. The skill of the doctor and the type of cosmetic surgery procedure performed affect recovery time. As healing progresses, residual bruising or redness can be easily covered with concealing makeup.
But what do you tell your friends and coworkers if you want to keep your procedure private? Here's how other Cleveland cosmetic surgery patients have handled the issue:
- Some patients take vacation time, telling coworkers they're going to relax at a spa. Rather than going home, they check into a nearby hotel and enjoy a week of pampered luxury while recovering.
- Sinus surgery is an often used excuse. Actresses Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz both attributed their nose jobs to surgery to correct a deviated septum.
- People sometimes credit a new exercise regime or new makeup or skin cream with their new look.
- Many people attribute recovery on an injury.
And when people exclaim about how fabulous you look after healing, all you need to say is "thank you."