Cosmetic Surgery: Is it worth the risk? Cosmetic surgery, as seen, portrayed, and glorified on shows such as Botched, The Swan, and Extreme Makeover, is the practice of enhancing as well as changing body and facial features through plastic surgery. The purpose behind cosmetic surgery is to help one achieve a desired look, or to change or alter one’s insecurities about their body. Some common and popular cosmetic surgeries are known to be breast reduction and enlargement, facelifts, hair replacements, liposuction, and rhinoplasty. Cosmetic surgery can date back to being known from 600 BC, when a Hindu surgeon reconstructed a nose using skin from the cheek. The skills required by surgeons in the category of plastic surgery had originally been
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However, modern cosmetic surgery came into play as a result of the advancement of motion pictures and television as well as the American eugenics movement around World War II. The first modern cosmetic surgery was rhinoplasty; performed in 1923. That was followed by the first public face-lift in 1931 (Donohoe, Martin 2). Cosmetic surgery is known to be an expensive hobby that also, however, comes with many health risks such as strokes, heart attacks, blood clots in the lungs or legs, and in the worst case; death. While it can be successful in improving an individuals self esteem or confidence about a particular insecurity, cosmetic surgery sends out a wrong, misconceived message that it will solve life’s problems, not to mention it also has many dangerous and life-threatening risks as well as a negative impact on society’s, and a younger generation’s, perception on what …show more content…
Cosmetic surgery has been linked to many deaths resulting from surgical complications and psychological controversies of patients. It also causes many health-related issues and not to the mention the emotional and psychological affects it has on the society as a whole. So, to the men and women who are interested and convinced that cosmetic surgery will change and improve their life for the better; are they sure? Are the affects of cosmetic surgery that important that the patient would risk their health, psychological wellness, and even life? The process of accepting ones own perceived flaws is a much easier, cheaper, and healthier way of dealing with life’s problems concerning physical
However, modern cosmetic surgery came into play as a result of the advancement of motion pictures and television as well as the American eugenics movement around World War II. The first modern cosmetic surgery was rhinoplasty; performed in 1923. That was followed by the first public face-lift in 1931 (Donohoe, Martin 2). Cosmetic surgery is known to be an expensive hobby that also, however, comes with many health risks such as strokes, heart attacks, blood clots in the lungs or legs, and in the worst case; death. While it can be successful in improving an individuals self esteem or confidence about a particular insecurity, cosmetic surgery sends out a wrong, misconceived message that it will solve life’s problems, not to mention it also has many dangerous and life-threatening risks as well as a negative impact on society’s, and a younger generation’s, perception on what …show more content…
Cosmetic surgery has been linked to many deaths resulting from surgical complications and psychological controversies of patients. It also causes many health-related issues and not to the mention the emotional and psychological affects it has on the society as a whole. So, to the men and women who are interested and convinced that cosmetic surgery will change and improve their life for the better; are they sure? Are the affects of cosmetic surgery that important that the patient would risk their health, psychological wellness, and even life? The process of accepting ones own perceived flaws is a much easier, cheaper, and healthier way of dealing with life’s problems concerning physical