How many times have you heard someone saying “Oh I never had any plastic surgery, only Botox.”? I have heard many celebrities say this. They keep denying ever having going through any kind of cosmetic surgery only to later reveal all they went through were Botox injections. The interesting aspect about this is that many individuals actually do not consider Botox as plastic surgery. There are even those who criticize the plastic surgery industry all the time but would not mind having Botox treatments.

So the question is do you consider Botox to be plastic surgery or you feel it is something completely separate? Obviously Botox is extremely popular. As a matter of fact it is considered to be the most popular form of any kind of cosmetic surgery in the world. Not only does it dominate rankings for non surgical cosmetic procedures, it is overall the most performed cosmetic procedure whether surgical or non surgical. The United States and Canada alone account for millions of Botox procedures each year. Add the global figures to this and you may have tens of millions of Botox procedures being performed every year. It is also one of the cosmetic procedures which have similar numbers for both men and women so obviously it appeals to most people from around the world.

Those arguing that Botox is not a plastic surgery procedure say there are no incisions involved in it. It is only a matter of an injection which can be completed in a matter of minutes. You do not have to take time off from work or alter your daily schedule in any way. It is a simple activity where you go to the surgeon’s office and are out within minutes, back to your normal life.

While the above statements are true, they simply describe most non surgical cosmetic procedures. Also by that argument, aren’t all non surgical procedures not plastic surgery then? Non surgical procedures, even though they do not have incisions involved in them, they still fall under the plastic surgery industry. So the question arises how is Botox different from other non surgical cosmetic procedures?

Do you think the notion that Botox is not cosmetic surgery was started by celebrities and other socialites who want to reverse signs of ageing via cosmetic surgery but at the same time do not want to face up to the critics of the industry? Tell us what you think about Botox and whether or not it falls under plastic surgery according to you.