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COSMETIC SURGERY MARKET

Some Botox before the war?

In the affluent neighborhoods of Beirut, aesthetic medicine clinics are bustling.

Some Botox before the war?

In Beirut, patients spare no expense for a beauty treatment. (Credit: Laurent Selinder)

Thanks to the loyalty of a disoriented clientele seeking affordable treatments, the beauty market is thriving, unaffected by any crisis.With a cast on her nose and a smartphone in hand, Maya tried to snap a photo of her neighbor. Sitting in a waiting room filled with faces swollen from injections, a famous TV host drew the puffy-eyed stares of visitors and the intrigued attention of the secretaries.“It’s the season. Those who appear on television take advantage of the August break before returning to work,” said one of the secretaries, a witness to the parade of forgotten starlets coming to “refresh their looks.” Read also Why flights to Lebanon are canceled On the top floor of a chic clinic in Achrafieh, patients were on a first-name basis with doctors and nurses, while a constantly ringing phone disrupted the manicure session of a...
Thanks to the loyalty of a disoriented clientele seeking affordable treatments, the beauty market is thriving, unaffected by any crisis.With a cast on her nose and a smartphone in hand, Maya tried to snap a photo of her neighbor. Sitting in a waiting room filled with faces swollen from injections, a famous TV host drew the puffy-eyed stares of visitors and the intrigued attention of the secretaries.“It’s the season. Those who appear on television take advantage of the August break before returning to work,” said one of the secretaries, a witness to the parade of forgotten starlets coming to “refresh their looks.” Read also Why flights to Lebanon are canceled On the top floor of a chic clinic in Achrafieh, patients were on a first-name basis with doctors and nurses, while a constantly ringing phone disrupted the manicure...
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