surgiholic

surgiholic
(SUR.juh.hawl.ik)
n.
A person who seeks plastic surgery, from head to toe, and is never satisfied.
Example Citation:
To Sevinor, other reasons for cosmetic surgery are equally suspect. Some people, for instance, are hyper-perfectionists: "They'll point to a line or wrinkle that I have to put on my magnifying glasses to see. I'll never make that patient happy." Some are teen-agers who, believing themselves unpopular, look to facial surgery as a quick fix.
Some are patients Sevinor dubs "surgiholics," who "start at the top, work their way down, and repeat everything. No matter how many procedures they have, it's not enough."
— Madeline Drexler, "Cosmetic surgery won't please everyone," The Chattanooga Times, May 9, 1996
Earliest Citation:
Choosing the appropriate patient is as important as selecting the correct procedure. Physical appearance is one clue to determine whether he or she is a good candidate. Is the patient disheveled? Does he or she have a defect which is only minimal? Has the patient already had a number of plastic surgery procedures performed? In other words, is he or she a plasti-surgiholic?
— Sheldon J. Sevinor, "The psychology of beauty: what are the right reasons for plastic surgery?," USA Today (Magazine), September, 1994
Notes:
The earliest citation for this blend of surgery and the suffix -aholic (meaning, "one who appears to be addicted to something") is actually a variation on the word.
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