Plastic surgery becomes increasingly fashionable

The number of patients has risen so fast that now they have to wait up to a year to see the best Polish specialists. "The number of my patients has doubled recently," stated doctor Andrzej Sankowski from Warsaw. The reasons for the growing popularity of plastic surgery include the numerous TV programs which promote it, a more affluent society and the fact that the operations are safe. "An increasing number of patients want to be operated on well and they are ready to pay for it," stated professor Jerzy Struzyna, a member of the Polish Association of Plastic Surgeons. However, the prices of operations have not increased significantly despite the higher demand and this is why they are becoming available for an increasing number of the general public. (Rzeczpospolita, pp. A1, A5) E.B.