cosmetic surgery
Abstract
Cosmetic surgery is one of the things that people can 't stop thinking about it. That really caught my intention and got me start thinking about the real definition for it, advantages and disadvantages.
Introduction:
The search for perfection is in mind of probably every human being. This search had started Centuries ago not only in the twenty first century but it had developed now due to the influence of the media on people specially women and teenagers.
That search of perfection made them thinking of cosmetic surgery as that seemed the easy way to get the shape and the look they wanted, not what GOD had been giving them.
So, what is plastic surgery?
Originally the word plastic surgery came from a Greek word Plastikos, it means the shape or mould. So it has nothing to do with plastic or plastic products.
In my understanding of plastic surgery, it 's type of surgery that repairs the damaged places in the body that got injured or lost organs or tissues of the body. It can be for any part of the body, some people get plastic surgeries for medical reasons but others to fulfill there needs of being perfect and beautiful!
According to a medical dictionary “ plastic surgery is the specialty or procedure concerned with the restoration, construction, reconstruction, or even improvement in the form, function, and appearance of the body structure that are missing, defective, damaged, or misshapen1.”
Another definition for it “A special type of surgery that can involve both a person 's appearance and ability to function better2”. A plastic surgery is the reconstruction or improvement of forms or functions by resection, transplantation, or implantation. Plastic surgery therefore it includes the reconstruction of defects3.
There are two types of plastic surgery:
Reconstructive surgery:
“Reconstructive surgery is frequently performed on burn and accident victims. It may involve the rebuilding of harshly fractured
Cosmetic surgery is one of the things that people can 't stop thinking about it. That really caught my intention and got me start thinking about the real definition for it, advantages and disadvantages.
Introduction:
The search for perfection is in mind of probably every human being. This search had started Centuries ago not only in the twenty first century but it had developed now due to the influence of the media on people specially women and teenagers.
That search of perfection made them thinking of cosmetic surgery as that seemed the easy way to get the shape and the look they wanted, not what GOD had been giving them.
So, what is plastic surgery?
Originally the word plastic surgery came from a Greek word Plastikos, it means the shape or mould. So it has nothing to do with plastic or plastic products.
In my understanding of plastic surgery, it 's type of surgery that repairs the damaged places in the body that got injured or lost organs or tissues of the body. It can be for any part of the body, some people get plastic surgeries for medical reasons but others to fulfill there needs of being perfect and beautiful!
According to a medical dictionary “ plastic surgery is the specialty or procedure concerned with the restoration, construction, reconstruction, or even improvement in the form, function, and appearance of the body structure that are missing, defective, damaged, or misshapen1.”
Another definition for it “A special type of surgery that can involve both a person 's appearance and ability to function better2”. A plastic surgery is the reconstruction or improvement of forms or functions by resection, transplantation, or implantation. Plastic surgery therefore it includes the reconstruction of defects3.
There are two types of plastic surgery:
Reconstructive surgery:
“Reconstructive surgery is frequently performed on burn and accident victims. It may involve the rebuilding of harshly fractured
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