Crucial Facts To Note Regarding Plastic Surgery

By Jamal D White


Lately, plastic surgery has become a household name, thanks to the many issues arising on topics related to plastic surgery procedures. Presently, cosmetic surgery and non-surgical procedures have become so much in demand across the globe. Before you give plastic surgery a second thought, it is good that you make sure you get the right information regarding plastic surgery.

For the sake of consumer information and the public some doctors have come up with informative facts to assist in eliminating much of the hearsays about plastic surgery. The information has been generally welcomed across the medical field and society in general. People are now learning about plastic surgery concerning the pre-cautions, the effects and the advantages and how to go about it in terms of decision-making.

The origin of the word plastic surgery can put one who has been misunderstanding it, distant from the belief that plastic surgery is nothing but dealing with plastics on the human body. The word plastic in plastic surgery comes from a Greek word plastikos simply meaning to mould or to shape. The word surgery transcends from another Greek word Khirourgos, which means handwork. This helps you understand that the term does not necessarily have to imply the use of plastics.

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.

In the World War period, doctors who took part in treating the victims of war formed an association, The American Association of Plastic Surgery whereby they pushed against the unregulated plastic surgery procedures. Major strides in the advancement on plastic surgery began after World War One that came up from many injuries from the victims of war. Currently, there are many major advancements in the field of plastic surgery.

Reshaping of the nose and augmentation of the breast are the most popular types of plastic surgery done today all over the world. Only ten percent of the total plastic surgery cases done daily in the world are performed on men. Women take the large share on demanding plastic surgery services.

The former U.S. president Bill Clinton stated through a bill that plastic surgery be covered under an insurance policy. This came to the much relieve of many plastic surgeons and to many patients of the same, who in event got covered just in case the surgery went wrong. The bill also covered breast augmentation in achieving symmetry between two breasts.

Cosmetic surgery and plastic surgery both have different practice goals, founded on a specific set of procedures. It states that the procedure of certifying a cosmetic surgeon and that of plastic surgeon must be distinct and different. Plastic surgery training is completed through a post-graduate program while on the other hand cosmetic surgery training is completed after residency training.




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