WHAT IS PLASTIC SURGERY

Is Plastic surgery in today’s society a good thing to consider as a beauty enhancement tool? Is getting the features like your favourite celeb worth it? The word plastic originates from the Greek word plastikos, which means to form or mould. There are two different type of plastic surgery, Cosmetic surgery and reconstructive surgery. Cosmetic Surgery is when you want a particular part or your body improved and enhanced. Most common type of plastic surgery is the Liposuction, rhinoplasty, breast augmentation and tummy tuck.

Cosmetic surgery is waste of money

Twice as many women opt for plastic surgery then men. But it is still quite common for men to also consider plastic surgery usually rhinoplasty, eye lid surgery. Procedures such as botox or laser hair removal might not alert the bells in our head that it might be cosmetic surgery. But these two are the most common type of non surgical plastic surgery. Teens young as 16 years old want or already might have had laser hair removal or botox. But this is all a waste of money. As plastic surgery can lead to addiction. Also many people start regretting ever getting surgery. One of the most famous cases is of Pete burns and Jocleyn. Jocelyn was not satisfied with her looks after the surgery, which led to her addiction to plastic surgery. Now she is known as the $4 million monster, can you believe it she threw away $4million to look like a monster. Even celebs like Heidi Montag said in an interview that she regrets getting plastic surgery. It is the way our society is structured that if we don’t have the perfect features, we will feel self conscious, and it affects our self esteem. So many people start thinking about plastic surgery from an early age. But what we don’t consider are the risks involved.

cosmetic surgery horror

When we have saved up enough for the particular surgery that we want. Very excited we hop in the nearest clinic to see the physician, so that he/she can work the magic on you as well. But what we don’t consider are the risks involved with cosmetic surgery. Even thou the risks are not that high but they are there and people need to be aware of any risks that might be involved. Usually people don’t take the risk seriously, they often believe that chances of serious infection from the surgery will not happen to them. The most common place people go wrong is when they are selecting their surgeon. People often go for the cheapest option available. They don’t notice if the surgeon is qualified to perform that surgical procedure on them. The risks are so high that it can even lead to death. According to abc news, so far there have been 36 death due to cosmetic surgery. Procedures such as liposuction, which is one of the most common surgeries and also known to have low risks resulted in a death of 38 year old women in 2011. But why look at these people when we usually want to follow the Hollywood lead, we don’t have to look too far to see cosmetic surgery disasters in Hollywood.  Pete burns  and Jocelyn Wildenstein is one the worst cases for cosmetic surgeries gone wrong.

Reconstructive surgery

Reconstructive surgery is another form of plastic surgery, but it is different from the classic cosmetic surgery. Reconstructive surgery is done to restore the original look of a person or repair the damage done to the body due to many factors such as burns, birth defects etc. I think reconstructive surgery is good option as it can help people live a normal life. Today many fall victim to attacks that can leave scars and trauma for a life time. Reconstructive surgery is not done because people are not happy with their looks it is done to restore a person’s looks. Reconstructive surgery help people like Katie Piper take stand in society. It gives people a chance to be normal again. Katie Piper had fallen victim to a acid attack in 2008. With the help of many reconstructive surgeries done to save and restore her face, Katie has once again gained confidence of being in public.

Plastic surgery is dangerous

I think when plastic surgery is done for the purpose of cosmetic enhancement then I m completely against it. People should be comfortable in their own skin. We never hear animals changing their skins or fur, so why don’t the humans feel comfortable with  how they look. I thought humans were higher up in hierarchy of intelligence. A major influence is due to the glamorous Hollywood. People want to copy the features of the celebrities that they are ready to spend thousands of dollars to create the perfect image of their self. But Hollywood is often wrong and misleading and should never be look upon as a role model. Even after people spend the big buck on their look they are still not happy, then they go for more procedures leading to addiction to plastic surgery. Resulting in disfiguration of their face.  People only realise that plastic surgery is not the best option is after they have spent huge amount of money and they are still not satisfied with their looks. The only time plastic surgery should be considered is when it is done to restore a person’s looks. Often disfigured people don’t fit in the society as they feel they will be looked down on, they feel they might not be accepted in the society.  Reconstructive surgery in not only done to restore your looks it is also done to remove tumours. So not all plastic surgeries are bad. But what is I think the problem is, the desire to look like Barbie. Many young girls want to look like dolls and they want to do that at any cost even if it means going under the knife.

If plastic surgery can go so wrong for celebrities, who can afford to have the best surgeons in the world, then it can definitely go wrong for us commoners.

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