Face
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 | 0 comments
History(not from any source)
The history of face augmentation is actually closely tied in with the history of plastic surgery in general, because the earliest forms of plastic surgery generally involve face modifications like rhinoplasties and reconstructive surgeries.
Breasts
History
It was in 1962 that Timmie Jean Lindsey was offered a solution to a non-existent problem. A factory worker from Texas, she had married at 15, had six children, divorced in her mid-20s, and taken up with a man who encouraged her to have a vine tattooed on her cleavage. Roses tumbled across her breasts. When the relationship faltered, Lindsey decided she wanted the tattoos removed. "I was ashamed," she says, "and I needed them taken off." Her low-paid work made her eligible for treatment at a charity hospital, where she was told the tattoo could be removed through dermabrasion. And the doctors had another proposal. Had she ever thought about breast implants?
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Botox
How does Botox work?
Botox works to relax the contraction of muscles by blocking nerve
impulses. The result is muscles that can no longer contract, and so the
wrinkles relax and soften. It usually takes two to four days to see cosmetic
improvement and the effects tend to last from four to six months. Most patients
require retreatment to remove wrinkles and lines as they begin to reappear, but
after each injection the wrinkles return as less severe as the muscles are
trained to relax.Liposuction
Liposuction, also known as lipoplasty ("fat modeling"), liposculpture suction lipectomy or simply lipo ("suction-assisted fat removal") is a cosmetic surgery operation that removes fat from many different sites on the human body. Areas affected can range from the abdomen, thighs and buttocks, to the neck, backs of the arms and elsewhere.
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Plastic Surgery in Human Capital
Reconstructive surgery is, in its broadest sense, the use of surgery to restore the form and function of the body, although maxillo-facial surgeons, plastic surgeons and otolaryngologists do reconstructive surgery on faces after trauma and to reconstruct the head and neck after cancer.
Reconstructive plastic surgeons use the concept of a reconstructive ladder to manage increasingly complex wounds. This ranges from very simple techniques such as primary closure and dressings to more complex skin grafts, tissue expansion and free flaps.
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Economic impact of Plastic Surgery - Medical Tourism
Medical Tourism is the result of the combination of international travel with preferably less costly surgical procedures.
Means
- Due to globalisation - availability of information on procedures around the world
- Availability of international travel
Desire
- Increasing normalization of cosmetic surgery. - Increasing demand for cosmetic surgery
- Cosmetic Surgery Industry has consistent growth since 2000 (increase in 59%)
- Benefits of both makeover and tourism
- Can keep surgery confidential and still show off the holiday spent abroad.
Social Impact of plastic surgery
Women strive to be more beautiful in today’s increasingly glossed-over world of super models and movie stars. Women have the need to be physically better and to imitate. Plastic surgeries can improve their self-confidence and their image in society.
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History and Evolution of Plastic Surgery
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 | 0 comments
Plastic surgery is a part of medicine and surgery which is concerned with the “correction” or restoration of form and function. “Plastic” is derived from the Greek word “plastikos”, meaning “to mold or shape”. “Surgery” is derived from the Greek word “kheirourgos”, from kheir – “hand” + ergon – “work.”
