Genetic alterations as a fad

You know how you hear stories in the media about celebrities and their plastic surgeries?  I personally don't care about such news, cause it means nothing to me.  But what if genetic alterations as a form of lifestyle for the rich and powerful in my Black Science novels.  Instead of plastic surgeries to improve their bodily and facial features.  Don't get me wrong, plastic surgery will still be around in my novels, but it will be far more primitive and cheaper in the future, but what if genetics could do more?

In the future, genetic alterations will be the most popular way of changing one's appearance.  Whether to escape criminal charges or for just for the hell of it, genetic alterations will be the wave of the future.  But they won"t be as a effective as one would think.

The fatal flaw in genetic alterations as a fad will be that the cheaper they are or the more they are used by the same person, the more likely they will be susceptible to more unpleasant looking mutations.  For those who are too poor to afford genetic alterations as a fad, they turn to much cheaper alternatives.  At first it does nothing but promote what the user wants (purple or green skin, white or flaming red hair, even the occasional tail, scaly skin, cat like eyes, etc) but after constant use (like most narcotics these days) they make the user take a turn for the worst.

Say for example you want catlike fur, you enjoy having cat like fur so much, you keep buying the same genetic enhancements.  After awhile you become more and more like a cat and then after a certain amount of time, you devolve into the species of feline.

For those who can afford the more expensive procedures, the less the chance you have of mutations.  Most of the time they want it to make them look attractive.  Sometimes they want to change their eye or skin color, but either way they are less susceptible to the mutations because those who are too poor are pretty much the guinea pigs.