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Plastic surgery booming in Venezuela

 |  By HealthLeaders Media Staff  
   December 29, 2008

Plastic surgery has boomed in Venezuela, ironically, while President Hugo Chávez has attempted to remake the nation as a socialist nation. With the economy awash in money thanks to record oil prices, plastic surgeons report that business has doubled in the past five years. And they expect little slowdown next year, thanks to a culture that puts an emphasis on physical attributes.

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