...[A] new trend has sprung up in our youth-obsessed society: an increase in potentially dangerous cheap plastic surgery. Billboards advertising $2,999 bargain boob jobs from a "surgeon to the stars" have sprouted on the California 405 Freeway, a sign in the Midwest proclaims you can "buy one implant, get one free," while an advertisement near Clearwater, Florida brags $8 Botox injections. Still, as horror stories like the former Miss Argentina who died at age 38 following a butt augmentation prove, bargain-basement procedures have their price.
There is a disturbing trend occurring in the world of cosmetic surgery. Beauty at all costs and at the lowest bottom line. This leads to unqualified and unscrupulous doctors performing injections and procedures they are not qualified to do or handle the complications should they occur. This is an article from California that reinforces my position. I always offer free consultations for anyone that has any questions about something they heard in the media or questions about a procedure.
"To get the cost down, they could be cutting back on things like general anesthesia. They make you feel like the procedure must be easier and not so serious if you're just getting local sedation. Nothing could be further from the truth," says Long Beach, Calif., plastic surgeon Dr. Marcel Daniels.

The article is accompanied by snapshots of some hard sell-type highway billboards, which do look pretty tacky.

But because facial injections are less involved than full surgeries, they have become the most popular procedure that physicians like dentists and gynecologists are adding to their repertoire.

Experts cite concerns that untrained doctors can improperly inject the substances, which can be toxic and carry harmful side effects, like a droopy lid or lip. There is also the danger that an unethical doctor may use a blend of cheaper ingredients rather than the FDA-approved name brand, as in [Priscilla] Presley's case.