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I get what you are saying, but how are transpeople not repeat consumers? They get facework, hair removal, body work (breast implants/breast removal/fat transfer) and the famous SRS. And that's not all, one got his clavicules shortened! If you hang on reddit, a lot of thread related to surgeries and medical technologies who are not even close to existing are derailed by question on how those new procedures could work for transpeople (mostly mtf, but ftm are thrown in there sometimes). A lot of stuff that is science fiction right now, they already know they would want to have it.A lot of plastic surgery patients are repeat customers. If you're the sort of person to find flaws in your appearance and obsess over them to the point where you spend money to have surgery to fix them, you don't stop at just one thing. Not to mention that you want your patients' social contacts to see your work literally on their faces and want to come in and obtain your services themselves. Also, plastic surgery tends to be expensive, meaning that many of your customers have the money to sue you if things go wrong. After all, plastic surgery is a luxury good, you usually only start shopping for a plastic surgeon once you have your financial needs taken care of and you have piled up some money. The incentives for plastic surgeons don't really seem to be on the side of butchery.
Troons, on the other hand, have fixated on their stink ditches and think they'll just get this one surgery and then they'll finally be recognized as Real Women(tm), don't go around exposing their SRS surgeon's work to everyone they meet (well, not usually), their social circles are completely dysfunctional, they have no money because they're crazy, they think they'll die if they don't get the surgery, and there is a cult-like code of silence about saying anything that might stop the eggs from hatching. The incentives are considerably different all around.
I mean yes, plastic surgery can and does go wrong on a regular basis, but this usually isn't the result of callous butchery. There are problems with the industry, but it's far from a horrorshow. Except for SRS surgeons.
"Not all of them do that because they don't have money" well a number of them do have some, and in some countries those surgeries can be in part or totally covered by insurance/taxpayers in exchange of some paperwork. Your local tra are probably asking right now that FFS, fillers and implants be covered by insurance ( security-issue, it's life-saving ect)