TV is pretty boring in the summer with all of the reruns so it was time to check out the new Oxygen show "Addicted To Beauty", a reality show about a plastic surgery and medispa in the San Diego area.Oxygen describes the show "A new reality workplace dramedy that pulls back the curtain on the tantalizing world of medi-spas as seen through the eyes of the larger-than-life staff at one of the country's hottest beauty enhancement facilities, Changes Plastic Surgery and Spa. "
I was curious to see if there was any similarities between the show and similar businesses in the Washington area.
In a word--NOT!!
If someone who has never been to a plastic surgeon's office or medispa of any kind sees this show they could be totally scared off by the bizarre characters who run the Changes Plastic Surgery and Spa in La Jolla, CA.
First of all just about every manager and employee at Changes looks like they went a bit over the top in the "change" department and larger than life is an apt description--wayyy too much Botox and fillers and implants and everything else they could plump or fill out!
The women on the show area a little hard to look at since they seem "off" somehow--not a great reflection on the work done there although in the doctor's defense I think a lot of the work was done over the years by many doctors.
The plastic surgeon in residence is Dr. Gilbert Lee and although he is a bit robotic he comes off as the most sane and "normal" of the crew.
In trying to expand his business he hired Dianne, a local socialite who just split from her wealthy husband, to bring her experience in running a successful spa business to Changes. Dianne appears to be a very attractive woman who has gone too far in trying to maintain a youthful appearance. She might be a few procedures away from resembling the "catwoman" in NY who has been written about for getting many surgeries to actually look like a cat.
She brought a lot of her previous staff with her and there ensues the drama since not all of them got along at the previous business.
They seem extremely petty and self absorbed and very different from the people you usually meet in doctor's offices and medispas.
The actual people I come into contact with look very natural and attractive--if they've had anything "done" it's not instantly obvious which should be the goal of any type of aesthetic procedure. In offices around the Washington area the staff is usually very caring and concerned about the client or patient--not focused on themselves or office politics as the Changes staff seems to be.
So if anything positive came out of watching the show it's a new appreciation for the high standards and quality people that I've been lucky enough to meet throughout our area in the beauty business who shouldn't "change" a thing!!
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