1.   Among the operations that might be postponed are those for cosmetic procedures, cardiac bypass surgery, heart valve replacements, hip replacements and colon surgery.

2.   As a result, the real cost of braces is actually declining as the robust economy is giving people more money to spend on cosmetic procedures.

3.   As with other cosmetic procedures, male clients are a distinct minority.

4.   Botox is not the only cosmetic procedure whose use, considered extreme if not downright fantasy a few years ago, is skyrocketing.

5.   Breast-reduction surgery was the most popular cosmetic procedure there for years, but post-Gisele, breast augmentation has become the national craze.

6.   But Ganske said that in many cases the surgery was not a cosmetic procedure, because without it children could not eat or speak properly.

7.   Costs for cosmetic procedures range widely, depending on the dentist and the region.

8.   Current regulations are failing to safeguard patients, putting them at risk in elective cosmetic procedures, a state Senate committee was told.

9.   Cosmetic procedures at his Northern California practice have doubled in the last five years.

10.   It does not include cosmetic procedures done by general surgeons, ear, nose and throat specialists, dermatologists and other physicians.