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If you run the numbers, that's about 160 augmentations a year for the entire Army - 3 or so a week, spread out between three huge tertiary care centers and a number of smaller hospital systems, most of which have more than a few plastic surgeons on staff. Is it surprising that a few of these plastic surgeons might like to keep their skills up in all areas of the specialty?

Does anyone have any data to show if this is done on servicemembers or for their spouses? I don't see a big deal either way - I'm just curious. If some E5 wants a set of bolt-ons, I don't see it as a problem.

[Spyder]

Does anyone have any data to show if this is done on servicemembers or for their spouses? I don't see a big deal either way - I'm just curious. If some E5 wants a set of bolt-ons, I don't see it as a problem.

My guess (purely guesswork) is it probably done for those "in the know" - nurses, lab techs, docs' wives, etc., who discover that one of the plastics guys on staff likes to keep his skills up and is looking for practice. Considering the extremely low number being done, it's definitely not something that most active duty folk have a clue is available.

Hubby's an Army dentist and does a certain amount of cosmetic dentistry (only on active duty troops) on folk who seem interested and motivated to take care of it. Also, only when he's not swamped processing reservists with grunge mouths just called back to duty.