North Carolina is one of the fastest growing states in the south and is also a state adding an excellent mix of new industries to its economy.  Part of the business migration to the state is due to the educational goldmine found in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area.  Duke University and North Carolina University at Chapel Hill are located there and have contributed thousands of new employees to the research parks in the area. 

The Charlotte metro area claims a population of over two million residents.  Charlotte is one of the major banking centers of the nation and is also actively working to develop high technology industries in the area, in conjunction with the University of Carolina at Charlotte and North Carolina State University.  The Greensboro-Winston/Salem-High Point metro area, the third with a population of over one and a half million, is a major commercial and industrial hub with its own educational resources that include Wake Forest University and UNC-Greenboro.

In Charlotte the Carolinas Medical Center is the centerpiece of the statewide Carolinas Health System.  The hospital is a major teaching medical facility and a Class I Trauma Center.  There are clinics and specialty services scattered through the city, including a Carolinas Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery Center with an experienced team of surgeons.   The clinic offers a full range of cosmetic procedures including breast augmentation, tummy tucks, face lifts and body sculpting using liposuction and other recent technological additions.

In a city as large and as affluent as Charlotte you would expect to find a host of plastic surgeons practicing aesthetic surgery, and you will.  The facilities range from single surgeons backed by a medical team to larger clinics that can handle multiple surgical procedures at any given time.  The new technologies including plasma skin treatments, laser epidermal treatment and laser hair removal are all commonly found in the offices of Charlotte’s cosmetic surgeons.

In Raleigh-Durham, the Duke University Medical School operates a major Medical Center that is both a teaching facility and a public medical resource.  The school has a full surgery department with a plastic surgery division.  The area also features many private plastic surgery outpatient clinics.  One is a fully integrated cosmetic surgery and spa that claims forty percent of its clientele is men.  According to the manager, popular treatments for men include eye lifts; face lifts, liposuction on love handles, and laser treatments for rosacea.

There is also no shortage of cosmetic plastic surgeons in Winston-Salem.  The practitioners there seem to specialize; one advertises the practice as being for breast augmentation and facial procedures only, while another touts various laser treatments as the principal feature.