Plastic surgery or cosmetic surgery is one of the most commonly carried out medical procedures in today’s world. Cosmetic surgery‚ in the old days‚ was left for the repairing of various deformities and reconstruction required during an accident. However‚ today‚ cosmetic surgery is carried out as a whim. Plastic surgery is considered a must by some‚ if one’s nose is too large‚ breasts are either too large or too small or if one has wrinkles or spots on the face. Any person who considers cosmetic surgery
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in ‘plastic surgery’ does not mean ‘artificial‚’ but is derived from the ancient Greek word ‘plastikos‚’ which means to mold or give form” (Schnur and Hait). What was once used to help reconstruct the faces and bodies of wounded soldiers is now used to aesthetically create new faces and bodies around the world. The motive for surgery is changing. Statistics show that plastic surgery is becoming increasingly more popular among men‚ women‚ and teens. Not only is the number of surgeries performed growing
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How Plastic Surgery Helped Reshape the World As we see throughout the years‚ plastic surgery also known as cosmetic surgery has become more and more popular every year. Plastic surgery has increased to nine percent from 2000 to 2001. There are many various types of procedures that could make the body the way the person prefers it to be. The most popular surgeries that are performed include facial reconstruction‚ liposuction‚ breast implant‚ arm‚ thigh‚ and many more. The word "plastic" in "plastic
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Cosmetic surgery is very popular and not because people need surgery‚ but because society has made the perfect person and everyone is trying to be that. Cosmetic surgery is the new hip thing going around and it isn’t always a good thing. In my essay I’m going to discuss the history of cosmetic surgery. I will discuss how it came about and how it has grew over the years. We will discuss how popular it has become with reality TV shows and Hollywood stars. And last talk about the pros and cons of getting
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Plastic Surgery Medical science has come a long way over the last few decades and one only needs to look at the state of plastic surgery to be convinced. Plastic surgery is not limited to correcting minor scars anymore but instead now it is also possible to change literally any aspect of physical appearance. The original intention of plastic surgery might have been to help victims of accidents or medical conditions that affect physical attributes‚ most of the procedures are now performed for
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development of plastic surgery in recent years has opened larger opportunities for health care professionals to offer a wide range of services to its customers‚ while the growing popularity and high demand on the services of plastic surgeons stimulated the rapid development of this field of medicine worldwide." according to Thompson (2011). "In fact‚" he continued "nowadays‚ plastic surgery becomes accessible to a larger number of people and‚ instead of the elitist surgery available to only a limited
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Catastrophe of Cosmetic Surgery: Effects of Cosmetic Surgery on Health and Financial Status Proposal Catastrophe of Cosmetic Surgery: Effects of Cosmetic Surgery on Health and Financial Status Today‚ for both males and females‚ physical beauty is an important aspect of their life. Actually‚ nobody is perfect‚ but many people want their beauty enhanced to be more perfect. As a result‚ they are ready to undergo hurt to get that perfect look. With “cutting edge technology”‚ everybody
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body ideals‚ and they turn to cosmetic surgery to seek ‘perfection’. I wanted to research why so many women want to under go the knife‚ what dangers are involved‚ and why cosmetic surgery receives bad publicity. I also wanted to see weather cosmetic surgery is used for any other reasons than vanity. Above all I wanted to see if the negatives out weighed the positives and if cosmetic surgery should be banned or not. Why do so many women want cosmetic surgery? According to Louisa Peacock‚ the author
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ROBOTIC SURGERY Robotic surgery‚ computer-assisted surgery‚ and robotically-assisted surgery are terms for technological developments that use robotic systems to aid in surgical procedures. Robotically-assisted surgery was developed to overcome the limitations of minimally-invasive surgery and to enhance the capabilities of surgeons performing open surgery. In the case of robotically-assisted minimally-invasive surgery‚ instead of directly moving the instruments‚ the surgeon uses one of five
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of plastic surgery. Cosmetic procedures become a trend among people who are seeking a way to improve their appearance‚ because everyone wants to be more attractive and pretty. In some countries‚ plastic surgeon is as common as supermarket. For example‚ Korea is number one in the world in term of plastic surgery. One of five Korean admitted that they have done cosmetic procedure. Because of the image centric culture in today’s society‚ more and more people tend to get plastic surgery in order to
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