Men getting cosmetic treatments isn’t just for celebrities anymore
Picture a person undergoing a cosmetic treatment. The chances are the first image — or one of the first 50 images — that popped into your head wasn’t a man getting lip fillers. Maybe it should be. “Men rarely had anything done other than hair restoration 40 years ago,” said Dr. Toby Mayer, a Beverly Hills facial plastic surgeon. “Today they are closing the gap with women.” Dr. Mayer said the popularity of male cosmetic procedures has risen dramatically, and it’s not just more men getting hair transplants . He said that liposuction , fillers , and Botox are among the most popular male treatments in his office. There were 1.3 million male cosmetic procedures in 2016, up three percent from 2015, according to a report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Dr. J. David Holcomb has experienced a similar trend in his Sarasota, Florida, practice. “Men are gradually becoming more accepting of surgical treatments and the ‘investment’ of downtime required, but al...