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One fifth of consumers want to save for cosmetic procedures

28% of consumers surveyed said they save less than €100 every month.

OVER ONE FIFTH of consumers admit wanting to save for a cosmetic procedure.

The findings were the result of a survey conducted by Bank of Ireland/RED C Research, involving 1,000 respondents.

The top types of the procedures consumers would ideally love to save for was teeth whitening (47%) followed by veneers (24%).

When it comes to how good people think they are at saving, 57% stated that they are either very or fairly confident in saving the same amount every month for the next few years. This compares to just 13% of those they weren’t confident at all.

One in four (28%) consumers surveyed said they save less than €100 every month, with one fifth (20%) saving between €100 and €200 on a monthly basis.

Almost half of savers (48%) said they are saving for a rainy day, with holidays (38%), home improvements (22%) and cars (20%) also featuring prominently as saving goals.

There’s also a bit of good news, with 80% of seasoned savers admitting that saving gets easier with practice, and 88% saying it is easier to save when you have a goal in mind.

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    Mute Drew TheChinaman :)
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    Mar 6th 2017, 1:34 PM

    Yup the same people that are complaining they can’t make their mortgage payments, maintain their car, heat their house or it’s how so difficult to send their kids back to school… No doubt as soon as they have 10% a discount clinic or credit card will finance the rest at a hefty interest rate.

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    Mute Panem et Circenses
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    Mar 6th 2017, 2:03 PM

    Just goes to show the age in which we live.

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Mar 7th 2017, 12:55 AM

    @Panem et Circenses: The stong age, The Bronze Age, The Iron Age, The Nuclear Age and now the Fake Age?

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    Mute HoneyBadger617
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    Mar 6th 2017, 2:25 PM

    Have you seen the state of once lovely woman who get these procedures done. There ruined for life. Keep what you were born with.

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    Mute *The* Brendan Gordon
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    Mar 6th 2017, 4:05 PM

    Two broken teeth and another two lost fillings. No chance I can afford to fix any of it for the foreseeable future. I’ll be looking at dentures by the time I’m 35

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    Mute P.J. Nolan
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    Mar 6th 2017, 8:00 PM

    @*The* Brendan Gordon:
    Head to Bulgaria, or at least out of this country.
    A friend used a combination of Bulgaria and northern Ireland to get major work done, saved thousands.

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    Mute A Random Guy
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    Mar 6th 2017, 3:55 PM

    A tax should be placed on men so women can recieve these for free if they wish, however I would prefer if the women who feel the need for these surgery discuss their reasons, all women are beautiful. Men are not

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    Mute clad
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    Mar 6th 2017, 4:39 PM

    No they dont

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    Mute @UK
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    Mar 6th 2017, 1:43 PM

    Stupid article

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    Mute Alois Irlmaier
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    Mar 7th 2017, 12:53 AM

    A fake age with fake tans, fake personalities with fake tans, fake friends and fake news… We do live in a wonderful time where fake is the new trend?

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