Citations:surgiholic

Noun: "a person motivated to repeatedly undergo cosmetic surgery"

 * 1988 — Roger Kohn, Textbook of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lea & Febiger (1988), ISBN 9780812111125, page 189:
 * Surgery should be avoided when the deformity is minimal, particularly in patients with a "surgiholic" tendency.
 * 1996 — Madeline Drexler, "Cosmetic surgery won't please everyone", The Chattanooga Times, 9 May 1996:
 * 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."
 * 2004 — Joseph A. Mauriello, Techniques of Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery: A Case Study Approach, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (2004), ISBN 0781744660, page 26:
 * The "surgiholic" patient who has had multiple previous surgery procedures.
 * 2011 — Lucian Fodor, Yehuda Ullmann, & Monica Elman, Aesthetic Applications of Intense Pulsed Light, Springer (2011), ISBN 9781849964555, page 32:
 * Potential problematic patients are those with unrealistic expectations, excessive demands, indecisive or immature personalities, secretive or "surgiholic" patients,