Cosmetic Surgery - Dying To Be Beautiful
By GClark
Dying To Be Beautiful - Literally! What You Need To Know About Cosmetic Surgery - The Good, Bad, & Ugly!
Every year young girls and women elect to undergo some sort of elective cosmetic surgery and every year some will die. You have to ask yourself is it worth it to risk your life to achieve more beauty? Whatever happened to "beauty is only skin deep?" Hopefully, this article will aid you in determining what are valid reasons for such surgery and help you weigh the risks vs. benefits should you choose to proceed: How to select a plastic surgeon, what questions you need to ask, and most importantly, help you identify what your reasons are plus your expectations.
Why Women Want To Be Beautiful - And, The risks they are willing to take for perceived beauty
It would be generally agreed upon that most women/girls want to be attractive or even beautiful. The main goal of that, whether acknowledged or not, is to attract men. Our magazines and newspapers abound with stories of before/after this procedure or that, emphasizing the looks of various celebrities and linking their appearance to their ability to having it all - money, men, career,etc. Is it any wonder that women get this message at a very young age and even girls in grade school are now found to be anorexic and starving themselves for their ideal figure.
Risks vs. Benefits
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Cosmetic Surgery Risks VS Benefits
www.the-cosmetic-surgery-directory.com/benefits_risks.htmlInformation about the benefits of Cosmetic Surgeons and Plastic Surgery benefits . -
Cosmetic surgery: What to know beforehand - MayoClinic.com
www.mayoclinic.com/health/cosmetic-surgery/SN00006Aug 7, 2010 – Cosmetic surgery can help improve your appearance, but it's not for everyone. Understand the benefits, risks and limitations before you decide ... -
Risks & Rewards of Plastic Surgery
plasticsurgery.about.com/.../historyofplasticsurgery/a/risks_rewards.h...Mar 9, 2009 – The potential rewards of plastic surgery are varied, and to some patients, great. However, so are the potential risks. Explore both sides of the ... -
Choosing Cosmetic Surgery: Reasons, Expectations, Benefits, and ...
www.webmd.com/healthy-beauty/guide/choosing-cosmetic-surgeryFinally, while any elective surgical procedure carries some risk, the advances incosmetic surgery have translated into faster patient recovery and more natural ...
Surgery Gone Wrong - Celebrities
History of Plastic Surgery
The history of plastic surgery began more than 4000 years ago.
The Indian Method of Rhinoplasty was used in India in 800 BC and was kept secret for centuries. The first recorded account of reconstructive plastic surgery on the living is found in ancient Indian Sanskrit texts. These texts describe procedures to repair noses and ears that were lost either as punishment for crimes (such as adultery) or in battle. Hindu surgeon Sushruta, working near the modern-day city of Varanasi described the “attached flap” method of plastic surgery in his 600 B.C. text Sushruta Samhita. The procedure involves reconstructing the nose by cutting skin from either the cheek or forehead, twisting the skin skin-side-out over a leaf of the appropriate size, and sewing the skin into place. To keep the air passages open during healing, two polished wooden tubes would be inserted into the nostrils.
Most plastic surgeons today recognize Italian Gasparo Tagliacozzi (1546-1599) as the “father of modern plastic surgery” and as the first author of a plastic surgery textbook, De curtorum chirugiau (1597).
Links & Resources
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Is Plastic Surgery a Teen Thing?
www.webmd.com/healthy-beauty/.../is-plastic-surgery-teen-thingFor some teens, plastic surgery can be a godsend. ... 225000 in 2003, according tostatistics compiled by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. ...
Teen Plastic Surgery - Consumer Guide to Plastic Surgery
www.yourplasticsurgeryguide.com/trends/teen-plastic-surgery.htmTeen Plastic Surgery Statistics. Although teens make up just 2 percent of cosmetic surgery patients in the United States, these numbers have increased, ...
Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Statistics
www.cosmeticplasticsurgerystatistics.com/statistics.htmlApr 4, 2011 – Cosmetic plastic surgery statistics. Plastic Surgery information and research resource.
2010 Plastic Surgery Procedural Statistics
www.plasticsurgery.org/news-and-resources/statistics.htmlASPS data, combined with the annual survey sent to more than 17000 board- certified physicians in specialties most likely to perform plastic surgery, results in ...
Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery: MedlinePlus
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Plastic Surgery Statistics
www.plastic-surgery.net/plastic-surgery-statistics.htmlMay 20, 2011 – Plastic Surgery Statistics. In the United States alone, there were almost 9 million cosmetic surgery operations done in the year 2003 according ... -
Plastic Surgery Statistics from the ASPS
www.the-cosmetic-surgery-directory.com/asps_stats.htmlRead plastic surgery statistics, courtesy of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons - by age, gender and procedure.
Comments
There are so many less invasive things a woman can do to increase her beauty. Good health, good manners, good posture and good clothes are transforming. Beauty is more than the sum of individual features. It's the whole person, and it's more than just physical.
@Happyboomernurse - Appreciate your comments as feedback is important to all of us. Thanks again for stopping by. You might also be interested in my hub "A Quick Fix - Liposuction" which deals with the risk vs beauty and an actual tragic case of someone who died in a hotel room a few hours after her "safe" procedure at a local well-known clinic in the area where I live. She wanted to be "beautiful" for her upcoming wedding. This was a talented, smart, young woman with everything to live for and to end up dying alone in a hotel room is simply heart breaking. GClark
Great hub about a very important topic with links to good resources. Anyone considering plastic surgery should thoroughly read up on the potential risks as well as the potential benefits.
Voted up, useful and interesting.
@JammaGenes - Thanks for your comments. I totally agree, surgery on a child born with an open spine, or someone who has been in an accident is totally different than risking your life just to tweak your "beauty." If someone chooses to do a makeover, it is certainly a personal choice; my purpose in writing this article was to provide information that would at least make them stop and think a bit before going ahead. If they still choose to do so after researching the procedure, the doctor and facility then they have at least helped put the odds of a good outcome in their favor. GClark
There's a huge difference between "corrective" (as in the case of the nose mentioned above, or an ear lost in battle) and "elective" plastic surgery. Sure, I'd like to have a few things tweaked. (Okay, now it'd have to be a toe-to-head, full body lift...) But I'll just live with what Mother Nature gave me because going under a knife for beauty's sake is NOT worth being permanently disfigured, much less dying for.
As for the method used to form the new nose: a LEAF? Really! Whatever's available, I guess.
GClark 3 weeks ago
@Chris Hugh - Thanks for your comments, I couldn't agree more. While there is nothing wrong with wanting to look your best, it is a true tragedy when one ends up dying for it. Most important, in my opinion, is to be beautiful on the inside. How many times have you met someone - male or female - who has a very attractive appearance but the more they talk and reveal more about themselves, they become far less appealing. Have also experienced the exact opposite. GClark