Is starting to hit plastic surgery:
The slowdown was a hot topic at the meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in Baltimore this fall. One breast-implant maker sees hints of a slowdown in demand. The number of vision-correction surgeries appears to be falling as well. “This whole mortgage credit crisis is making people think twice,” said J. Peter Rubin, a Pittsburgh plastic surgeon. “It’s something I’ve noticed and some colleagues have noticed as well.”





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