Plastic surgery pairs nip shared body traits together
When Pam Fry, a 57-year-old teacher from Owasso, Okla., had a tummy tuck and breast lift to tighten up her sagging skin after losing 127 pounds, the procedures had a huge impact on her life.
But they also had an impact on her daughter.
“I’d talked about getting a breast lift for years,” says Tami Fry, a 31-year-old single mother who also lives and teaches in Owasso. “[After giving birth], my chest just went flat and down. When I saw how beautiful my mom looked, I said, ‘That’s it. I’m doing it.’”
Mother-daughter “cosmetic duets” — such as the respective face lift and rhinoplasty Christie Brinkley and daughter Alexa Ray Joel reportedly had last month — are becoming more popular, according to plastic surgeons across the country.
Neither the American Society of Plastic Surgeons nor the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery collect statistics on “family” procedures, but Manhattan facial plastic surgeon Dr. Sam Rizk says the practice is “very common.” He sees at least one mom-daughter pair in for simultaneous surgery each month.
“I see it when there’s a wedding,” says Rizk. “The mother wants to have a little face lift and the daughter is getting a nose job. Or they both come in for Botox or fillers. I’ve even seen a daughter-mother-grandmother combo.”
Dr. James Koehler, the Tulsa surgeon who operated on Pam and Tami Fry, says he sees about 10 mother-daughter pairs a year. There are so many, in fact, he’s thinking about offering a family discount.
“It’s usually the mother that goes first,” he says. “And the daughter will be like, ‘Mom, you’re fine how you are.’” 
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