How to Use cosmetic surgery in a Sentence

cosmetic surgery

noun
  • But her number one rule for cosmetic surgery: come clean.
    Alex Apatoff, Peoplemag, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Dakota Mortensen is lifting the lid on his cosmetic surgery!
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
  • One woman in the group, Latavia McGee, was going to Mexico for cosmetic surgery, and the other friends had joined her for a road trip.
    Suzette Hackney, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Most of the patients are young women from 23 states in the United States who went to the clinics for cosmetic surgery procedures between Jan. 1 and May 1.
    Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 3 July 2023
  • Meghan Trainor is opening up about her cosmetic surgery plans.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Last Friday, the four Americans crossed into Matamoros from Texas so that one of them could have cosmetic surgery.
    CBS News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Now, the actress, 37, is getting candid about how some of the negative effects of young fame led her to pursue cosmetic surgery.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The Brazilian Butt Lift is a cosmetic surgery that enhances a woman’s body shape to create an hourglass figure overnight.
    Celeste Polanco, Essence, 15 Mar. 2024
  • When people turn 16, they are given the chance to become Pretty after a very heavy cosmetic surgery and move to a more desirable city.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Credit baby boomers, feminism, the fitness movement, Eileen Fisher or even the rise in Botox and cosmetic surgery; 60 is no longer the beginning of the end.
    Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The cosmetic surgery industry provides a great example of what could be achieved.
    Brian P Simpson, Orange County Register, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The news comes as the comedian grieves the death of his longtime partner, Ms. Jacky Oh!, who died in May from cosmetic surgery complications.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Four friends who were traveling to Mexico so one member of the party could have cosmetic surgery were caught up in a drug cartel shootout in Matamoros.
    CBS News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Others position filters as a pipeline to cosmetic surgery or a risk to mental health.
    Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Across the country, physicians from a range of specialties have ventured into the lucrative world of cosmetic surgery.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
  • One of the victims was treating herself to cosmetic surgery after having six children.
    Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Traveling abroad for cosmetic surgery:Why are more people traveling abroad for cosmetic surgery, and what are the risks?
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • Last year, four Americans were kidnapped in Mexico on a trip during which a member of the group wanted to get cosmetic surgery; two of the Americans died in the ordeal.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Apparently, one of them was going to get cosmetic surgery.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Mar. 2023
  • But what humans would call cosmetic surgery is helping pets like Hamilton, a 4-year-old English bulldog, overcome the pain of misshapen eyelids.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 20 July 2024
  • Smith had traveled to Miami with her aunt to undergo cosmetic surgery.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • For many, cosmetic surgery represents a path to achieving more self-confidence.
    Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 12 June 2024
  • At a fraction of the cost and just across the border, cosmetic surgery in Mexico has lured many U.S. citizens who might otherwise not be able to afford such procedures.
    Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The reality then explained how her views on cosmetic surgery have changed since becoming a mother.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 27 July 2023
  • Also, the lawsuit said, New Life didn’t inform Green about the dangers of pulmonary embolisms, a common cause of death among cosmetic surgery fatalities.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Also, the lawsuit said, New Life didn’t inform Green about the dangers of pulmonary embolisms, a common cause of death among cosmetic surgery fatalities.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Nearby, in a small office tucked away on North Bedford Drive, two men have been awake for hours, trying to perfect an invention that would eventually change the face of cosmetic surgery.
    Shikhar Sachdev, thehustle.co, 21 Feb. 2025
  • How does her request differ from any kind of elective cosmetic surgery that also isn’t covered by insurance?
    Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2023
  • Expand All For the second time in 17 months, a Coral Gables cosmetic surgery center doctor will be fined, but this time for overall violations at the facility.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024
  • But soon, even Kate the referee can’t resist acknowledging that their famous friend has had some significant cosmetic surgery, and also that Jaclyn can be awfully full of herself a lot of the time.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 23 Feb. 2025

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