Introduction
Cosmetic surgery, also known as plastic surgery, refers to a variety of surgical and a combination of other medical techniques that are designed to enhance physical appearance or organ functionality (Bailey, 2005). For instance, when someone receives a surgery to correct a twisted nose, it can improve the functionality of the nose and also enhance that person’s physical appearance. Cosmetic surgery continues to be used by many people although it has also come with a fair share of disastrous results that have included death (Zuckerman & Abraham, 2008). The procedure is commonly used to achieve a more desired physical appearance especially on facial features such as the nose, lips, eyelids and cheeks (Bailey, 2005). It can also be used to change the appearance of breasts, remove wrinkles on the face and neck and basically make a person look relatively younger and more appealing.
Cosmetic Plastic surgery commonly involves the removal of tissues or addition of tissues to one or more parts of the body. It can also involve the correction of a cleft lip, correction of facial bones, tumor removal, and scar repair among others. According to Espejo (2011) cosmetic surgeries may not achieve beauty perceivable by all as such. However, cosmetic surgeons are usually under strict instructions to tailor the surgery, or whichever medical procedure to yield to the client’s ultimate desirability. As a result, the self-esteem and confidence of plastic surgery recipients improves and this allegedly makes them look even prettier (Blum, 2005).
In recent years, cosmetic surgery has involved extensive use of implants. There are a variety of implants for breast, buttock, and the face among other parts that can be improved constructively. The use of implants is one common way of enhancing beauty as they improve body shape and contouring (Waterhouse, 2008). Thanks to implants, many women can now swing their bodies more seductively.
Cosmetic surgery can also assist in weight loss and the improvement of body shapes. Bailey (2005) notes that besides attractive facial appearance, the shape of someone’s body and posture also contributes immensely to the perception of beauty. Many people consider fat people to be unattractive and, therefore, cosmetic surgery has been heavily used to aid people acquire slimmer bodies. Cosmetic surgery can be used to assist in management of total body weight. Alternatively, it can be used in the removal of fat deposits from specific areas of the body such as the stomach, hips, buttocks, thighs, arms or whichever part of the body one deems to make them look unattractive (Bailey, 2005). Many people have also resorted to cosmetic surgery in the removal of excess skin which may result from previous weight loss procedures. In many cases, cosmetic surgery completes that slim-look image.
Cosmetic surgery can also improve beauty by correcting features that may be out of balance with the rest of someone’s appearance. Someone may have the perfect body shape all other admirable features but one or two organs may be too large or too small as to rhyme with the rest of that person’s features (Zuckerman & Abraham, 2008). Say a small or very large nose, small chin, breasts, or chubby cheeks among many others. The correction by either enlarging or reducing these organs and body parts gives the recipient their ultimate desired look (Espejo, 2011). Most importantly, the surgery improves the self-esteem of those people making them feel even more attractive.
Conclusion
Cosmetic surgery entails the medical procedures (surgery or otherwise) that are meant to improve physical appearance or organ functionality. Although the procedures have at times resulted in irreparable damages and even death, many people still use them extensively. Successful cosmetic surgery improves beauty by having unbalanced or unsymmetrical parts such as a very large nose on a petite face corrected. It can also be used to give someone their desired body shape and assist in weight loss.
References
Bailey, K. (2005). Cosmetic surgery. Detroit: Greenhaven Press.
Blum, V. L. (2005). Becoming the Other Woman: The Psychic Drama of Cosmetic Surgery. Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, 26(2), 104-131.
Espejo, R. (2011). Cosmetic surgery. Detroit: Greenhaven Press.
Waterhouse, N. (2008). Cosmetic surgery. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Zuckerman, D., & Abraham, A. (2008). Teenagers And Cosmetic Surgery: Focus On Breast Augmentation And Liposuction. Journal of Adolescent Health, 43(4), 318-324.
