Cosmetic Surgery Was The Gift To Give

In 2004 Helena Rasin's grandmother gave her $200 for Christmas. Last year her grandmother gave her a new nose.

"A nose job is the best Christmas present ever, because you'll have it forever," says Rasin, 25, a drug company representative in Los Angeles, at home recuperating from her pre-Christmas rhinoplasty.

"It's not like some sweater you don't like and have to take back to the store. Even with the bandages still on, I can already tell I look cuter.''

For a denizen of a looks-centric milieu like Los Angeles, Rasin, who emigrated from Ukraine in 1992, may seem like a plastic surgery late bloomer.

Many of her peers had their noses bobbed back in high school and did not get cosmetic procedures this year, Rasin says. Instead they gave them to family members. "It's kind of in now. It's kind of hip this year to give surgery."

December has always been a busy month for plastic surgeons.....

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