I admit I’m a recent convert (along with friends who have school fees to pay and acquaintances with fixed-rate mortgages) to the delights of discount supermarket Lidl but – although these may be straitened times financially – surely there can never be a good reason to shop for a cosmetic surgery bargain? I feel the same way when people ask me to recommend an inexpensive spa. Would they be prepared to bring their own soap and towel? Accept a cheap massage oil in place of their favourite aromatherapy brand? Allow a trainee to do their facial? No, I thought not.


