Cosmetic surgery is increasingly becoming a Christmas gift, according to some experts. Despite problems with most major economies, many cosmetic surgeons have said that 2012 looks set to be a good year for them with some partners buying their significant others a cosmetic treatment for Christmas.

For those who don’t want to go under the surgeon’s knife, non-surgical beauty treatments such as Botox, dermal fillers and teeth whitening are also popular gifts.

Part of the appeal is that the Christmas period is the ideal time to recover from a cosmetic procedure. Many are also asking for the procedures as they cannot justify splurging the cash on themselves over Christmas so are asking for their treatments as their main gift instead.

And it isn’t just women either – the number of men seeking cosmetic treatments has increased dramatically over the past few years and therefore it is no surprise that there are a good number of them who have requested some form of procedure as their Christmas present this year.