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Plastic Surgery Essay When you hear the phrase "Plastic Surgery" what comes to mind? Maybe dangerous, and risky, or do you think about the scalpel and all the cutting and all the blood? I myself think about how it's only for rich celebrities who have a couple extra hundreds of thousands of dollars to spend. We have a bad habit of overlooking all the good things that plastic surgery can achieve. From life altering surgeries and saving lives, by highly qualified surgeons, to giving people more confidence and getting rid of depression, plastic surgery provides all that and more. Despite the few risks and health problems that plastic surgery may cause, all the positive effects that it provides are well worth the risks. Of the many positive effects that plastic ...show more content... The skin of the upper eyelid tends to droop with age. This problem also can be corrected with a laser–assisted upper eyelid lift. Laser eyelift surgeries usually involve little bleeding and bruising, and usually requires a short recovery period. In the United States 26.2% of Americans ages 18 and older suffer from depression(Styles). With a quarter of the country down in the dumps, what could possibly help lower that percent? The answer is plastic surgery. If you have a great confidence and a high self esteem, why would you be depressed? You wouldn't, so therefore plastic surgery could be one of the leading factors that lower such a high percentage of depression in the United States. Perhaps we should cover what has been mentioned in this paper. So far we have covered that plastic surgery not only makes everyone feel better about themselves, it also lowers the depression percentage of America, which in return saves lives (Kessler). So with you feeling more confident and more outgoing, your ability to get dates would be much better. Recent studies have found that women find confidence more attractive than actual good looks, says Craig Malkin, Ph.D, a Harvard psychologist. Now that we have covered a couple of the great effects of plastic surgery, we all should be aware of the slight but still dangerous risks of plastic surgery. Sometimes when plastic surgery is required, the area it is required Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

1 Contents 1 Thesis statement 1 2 Introduction 1 3 Plastic Surgery 5 3.1 Methods 1 3.2 Reasons 3 3.3 Reputation of Plastic surgery 3 3.4 Pro´s and Con´s 4 3.5 Safeness 4 4 Discussion 7 2 Thesis statement "Plastic surgery does not always work" The following text deals with the plastic surgery . Whether plastic surgery always works is questionable. When people hear about plastic surgery, most of them tend to connect it with Hollywood. At the present time it is no longer surprising that people operate their body parts, even at the age of 18. But why not think about reconstructive surgery. There are thousands of cases of skin cancer, sears or deformity of body parts. The following paragraphs also report issues such as, ...show more content... The number of people who want to look as young as possible through cosmetic and operational methods is increasing enormously. About 40,000 Austrians – 90 percent of women – put themselves under the knife each year. And nearly 11,5 million cosmetic surgeries were performed in the U.S in 2005 3 Plastic Surgery 3.1. History The first applications of plastic surgery have been over 2000 years ago in ancient India, described "Ayur –Veda ". There were attempts to restore noses from the forehead skin, as it was the custom to cut off criminals for punishment ears, nose and lips. First this type of "operation" appeared in 1450 in a similar way in Italy. There, the Sicilian doctor Branca from Catania took the forearm skin for nasal reconstruction. Since at the time the general public as willed by God viewed mutilations and the doctors came up

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with plastic surgery and the method employed in disrepute into oblivion. In the 19th century, the rhino plastic experienced the first time recognition. The German surgeon Dieffenbach, documented 1824 the first rhino plastic for purely aesthetic reasons, on a butcher's wife with a quite big nose. The first face–lifts were performed in 1919 in France. Some time later, breast augmentations in Japan were performed. For this purpose, initially autologous fat grafting was performed. As the early 20th Century Jacques Joseph docked protruding ears and published this, Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

Plastic Surgery Essay According to dictionary.com, beauty is defined as "the quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit" (1). True beauty has been forgotten. All around the world people are paying thousands of dollars to have plastic surgery done to enhance this unreal beauty. Sadly, reality is that beauty is now seen as having the bigger breast, the perfect smile, zero body fat, and the perfectly chiseled nose. More and more people are turning to plastic surgery as a way to make them happy about their appearances and boost their self–esteem in a quick and easy process. But reality is, plastic surgery has major side effects. Plastic surgery causes more physical and emotional ...show more content... "Thick red scars called hypertrophic scars may appear" after surgery (source 7 page 2). In breast augmentation, "the number one complaint is capsular contracture, a type of scarring around the breast implant itself. In many cases, it becomes painful because the scarring makes the breast feel hard (Stuart and Kotler 2). The most common risks in surgery is paralysis (Serano 2). The "anesthesia and sedation can cause paralysis" after the procedure is completed (source 7 pg. 1). Revision surgeries are more prevalent when someone undergoes nasal surgery. Facial surgeons mostly see "people coming for a revision when a nose is overdone and looks too pinched. It is usually because the first surgeon took out too much tissue" (Stuart and Kotler 2). "The thing many nasal surgeons see over and over is a healed nose with some grooves, depressions, and moguls that show up on the outside" (Stuart and Kotler 2). The inner complications associated with plastic surgery include excessive bleeding, nerve damage, and infections. "Bleeding is quite common within the first twenty four hours" after the procedure. (Plastic Surgery Guide 1). This bleeding can lead to more complications if the bleeding cannot be stopped fast enough. "Blood can pool and collect under the skin" causing bruises and swollen limbs (Plastic Surgery Guide 1). "After eyelift surgeries, excessive bleeding under the eyelids Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Essay on Cosmetic Surgery Cosmetic Surgery Cosmetic surgery has been a growing fascination for many people over the last couple of decades. The public eye has been watching movie stars and rock stars enhance their looks by getting breast implants, nose jobs, lip jobs etc. In Gary Schaefer's article, "Emerging From Stigma, Cosmetic Surgery Remaking Face of Japan" from the Edmonton Journal, we hear the story of a nineteen year old woman named Risa Arato. She had a makeover done on the prime time Japanese television show, "Beauty Colosseum." People of today are being offered this life altering surgery in a less expensive and more convenient way then ever before. What once was considered "disrespectful" to parents is now being supported by them. High risks ...show more content... While there is little risk involved to you physically, the question is how it will affect you mentally and I believe ultimately this life altering surgery will change people's lives in a good way. All though some would disagree, many people are being tormented while growing up for their appearances. They say it is what is on the inner surface or a person's personality that really matters, yet the childish ridiculing of others does not stop. Risa Arato had to take such verbal abuse from her own "estranged father." He told her after not seeing her since she was very young that "she hadn't turned out very cute." This would crush anyone after not seeing their father for years, only to be hurt by him when they do. How can anyone grow up with a healthy self esteem after going through such torture? The nineteen year old decided to take action after going through all of this and this action was made possible by "Beauty Colosseum." The television show has helped many people, not only Risa, in ridding of their " social stigma ." It is, in fact, very shallow to judge people by their looks, yet a lot of people are still doing it. How are people supposed to open up and show their true self if you do not let them because of the way they look ? Being stared at and made fun of makes people become defensive and this causes people to become very unhappy. It is these types of insecurities that I think cosmetic surgery can rid people of. "Beauty Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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Essay on The Risks of Plastic Surgery While the need to feel good about physical appearance, plastic surgery comes with many life– threatening risks, that often times are not even necessary. Even though plastic surgery comes in handy in certain cases, people manage to take it to a whole other level, even as far as an obsession. That is where something good turns into a psychological problem. If the outcome can do more damage than good, it probably is not a wise decision. Medical Reasons The only reason why plastic surgery is necessary for medical reasons, and life threatening circumstances. A few reasons why plastic surgery is medically necessary would be if someone was to get into some kind of accident and needed the reconstructive surgery to fix their face or body that has ...show more content... Some of the consequences to that are the unsterile operation rooms, and lack of experience that cause infections, deformations, and death. According to O magazine "318,123 Number of breast implant surgeries performed in 2010, 2,414 Number of those surgeries performed on patients 65 and older, 4,153 Number of those surgeries performed on patients 18 and younger. Twenty Percentage of patients with breast implants who will need them removed within ten years because of rupture, hardening of the tissue around the implant, and other complications (according to a recent FDA report). 133,511 Number of nose jobs performed last year, 9,094 Number of nose jobs performed on patients 18 or younger, 33 Percentage of potential nose job patients who have moderate to severe symptoms of body dysmorphic disorder (according to a recent study in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery). 84,685 Number of cosmetic surgical procedures performed on patients 65 and older in 2010 (including 26,635 facelifts and 24,783 cosmetic eyelid operations). 91 Percentage of cosmetic surgical procedures performed on women in 2010. 184 Number of members of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) in 1967 (the year it was founded). 2,069 Number of members today, 1.35 Percentage of members of ASAPS who are women, and 10,677,415,674 Dollars Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

Cosmetic Surgery Essays Cosmetic Surgery Effective Essay Writing/COM/150 Cosmetic Surgery "She got her good looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon." Groucho Marx. "I definitely believe in plastic surgery. I don't want to be an old hag. There's no fun in that." Scarlett Johansson. "I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I'd look like without plastic surgery ." Joan Rivers. These are quotes from famous people about cosmetic surgery . Some have had cosmetic surgery and some have not. This essay will look into the aspects of having cosmetic surgery and why people chose to have cosmetic surgery. What makes people want to have cosmetic surgery? I have found a few different reasons as to why men and women may feel the need for cosmetic ...show more content... But people who have had to live with such things as was mentioned not only improve their self esteem, but also physically feel better. Having breast reduction surgery can help a woman's back to feel better. The breast, if large, can feel heavy and can cause poor posture. It also pulls on the back muscles and can cause tremendous amounts of pain for women. They feel better after the surgery is completed. Kelsea Henderson who, over several years, has undergone numerous complex surgeries to her back and chest as a result of a rare cancer. Kelsea had her last reconstructive operations in January 2008, was named Homecoming Queen a few months later, and received a full college scholarship before year's end. She faced repeated adversity, multiple complex surgeries, and seemingly incurable cancer, and yet has triumphed magnificently and now looks forward to what she humbly calls a "normal life." (plasticsurgery.org) Is there such a thing as too much surgery? Men and women can become addicted to having cosmetic surgery done. After they have one done, they can find something else that they feel needs to be corrected. Or, after having one surgery done, they may feel it was not done correctly and want to fix what they think the problem was. "Some people's emotions have a really big effect on how they think they look." (wikianswers) They have a tendency Get more content on StudyHub.Vip

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