Friday, January 16, 2015

Crucial Facts To Note Regarding Plastic Surgery

By Jamal D White


Before you embark on a mission to have that facelift in the name of plastic surgery, it is of much importance to gather the right facts on the very issue. There is a high rise in the number of cases of people seeking plastic surgery services. It is so popular in the world today and yet unpopular at the same time in equal measure.

In order to have you enlightened, some surgeons and physicians have put up facts that are considered more accurate to assist you make an informed decision when with regards to plastic surgery. These facts have been accepted across societies of surgeons and other medical practitioners. The facts help in enlightening against mis-information and myths about plastic surgery. So much of wrong facts have been bandied around in regard to plastic surgery.

Far away from the general belief that that plastic surgery is the use of plastics. The genesis of the word plastic surgery can be traced back to time in ancient Greek whereby the word comes from a Greek word plastikos meaning to shape up and surgery from Khirourgos meaning crafting using the hands. This gives an insight to the common belief that it is all about putting plastics in the body.

Many people believe that plastic surgery is one of the oldest forms of surgeries to be performed on humans. Craniotomy was one of the first forms of plastic surgery, dating back to 10000 BC. Reconstructive surgery dates back to 3000 BC in India, whereby they performed skin grafting on some parts of the body such as, the nose, ears and even hands.

During the world war, surgeons who took part in treating the injured victims of war, ended up in the post-war forming The American Association of Plastic Surgery and were significant in the move against ending unregulated plastic surgery practices. Advancements on plastic surgery started after World War arising from many disfigured cases of injured people from the war. This has continued with more developments being done most recently.

A total of about 10 % of the people who undergo plastic surgery account for men, while women account for 90% of the people who demand these services. Nose reshaping and augmentation of the breasts are the most popular forms of plastic surgery witnessed today.

President Bill Clinton put a bill in the United States stating that plastic surgery be covered under an insurance policy, forward. This was a great relieve to both the plastic surgeons and their patients. The bill also covered breast augmentation for achieving symmetry between two breasts.

It is good to note that there is a distinction in the certification of a cosmetic surgery and that of a plastic surgery. Plastic surgeons have to undergo a post-graduate training before certifications while a cosmetic surgeon under-goes residency training to be certified. It proves a point in distinguishing between the two practices.




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