14 DAY TRIAL // A woman’s wedding day is admittedly the most important event in her entire adult life, right up there with childbirth and seeing children grow up. No matter what tradition tells us about this very special day, though, the bottom line is that all women want to look their best when slipping into their wedding gown. As of late, they have found that plastic surgery weeks before the big event is a very convenient and relatively easy method to look fabulous, as the British Daily Mail informs.
In the UK alone, the number of future brides who turn to surgery for a “quick fix” has increased considerably over the past few months. In fact, it is being said, some of them leave surgery for the last moment, being then sent away from the doctor’s because they do not include the recovery time in their calculations. Nevertheless, the trend is there and it speaks volumes as to the lengths women would go to look their best on their wedding day: because fashion has turned unforgiving, women have turned “cheaters,” so to speak.
Since January this year, the number of women who request implants or liposuction on their hips, thighs or abdomen has increased with almost 75 percent, one leading firm says for the aforementioned publication. Of these women, 60 percent undergo the procedures specifically to look good in their wedding gown. This is not so much a whim, but rather a response to the changing fashion industry, which no longer leaves room for the gowns of yore, which allowed women to hide all their imperfections, it has been said.
“Girls say, ‘I need to wait for my fitting,’ then turn up later with very high and firm breasts. What we have seen in the past two years is what we call catwalk glamour gowns. We have a lot of slimmer, slinkier dresses in stock at the moment.” Maria Yiannikaris, owner of the Mirror Mirror bridal shops in North London, explains for the Mail. Katy Kearns, manager of the Wedding Dress Shop in Wimbledon, South-West London, agrees, “In the past, women have gone for structured, corseted gowns, regardless of their figure and breast size and shape, as this style is easily worn. However, the trend is now influenced by delicate, fluid styles with lots of lace, thin spaghetti straps and no structure at all.”
Implants and liposuction are both aimed to correct all imperfections and help brides look fabulous in the trendiest wedding gowns. However, money considerations aside, they also have to remember that implants require almost six weeks recovery time, and three months to look natural, at their best, plastic surgeons warn, so leaving surgery for last is certainly not a good idea.