Plastic Surgery

In recent years, many celebrities invest in plastic surgery to improve their body image. Since plastic surgery is starting to gain a lot of interest from ordinary people, they want to spend a lot of money to enhance a part of their body. However, there have been numerous reports about botched surgery and disfigurement. Also, people who survive the operation are suffering from serious complications. Plastic surgery only works when the procedure is done by a licensed surgeon. Therefore, many ordinary people need to understand the benefits and risks before going under the knife.

A nose job, also known as Rhinoplasty, is a surgical procedure for teenagers and adults. The purpose of a nose job is to restructure the following areas: bridge, shape, and size.

Also, nose jobs are only beneficial for people with unsymmetrical noses or breathing problems. Once the procedure is complete, the recovery phase is very complicated because many patients may feel depressed about their results. In addition to developing depression after surgery, many patients may experience swelling on the surgical area. The cost for a nose job depends on the state, but the median price is between four-thousand to eight-thousand dollars. Only very few insurance companies cover this procedure because there are a lot of the following fees: anesthesia, surgical, and facility.

Breast augmentation, also known as a breast implant, is the most abused plastic surgery procedure done by women patients. Many surgeons warn women about deadly effects in the chest area, but women spend thousands of dollars a year to enhance their breasts beyond their normal body capacity. For example, a woman who is thirty years old will spend her life savings expanding her breasts to the extent that she can no longer fit into her favorite clothes. Also, the majority of breast implant operations use gel-filled silicone. When the surgical area is filled with too much silicone, the outer thick plastic layer bursts resulting in many health problems for women. In addition to an increase risk of rupturing, many silicone gel-filled implants don’t last forever. Therefore, many women need to go under the knife again and pay more money to get a new pair of silicone gel-filled implants. As a result, many women patients are caught in a financial loophole because this procedure is not covered by medical insurance.

A facelift is a plastic surgery procedure that removes excess fat from the face. However, facelifts don’t remove wrinkles that are on the face or near the eyes. While the incisions are minimal, there are many risks to a facelift because recovery lasts for six months. In addition to the long recovery, many patients may suffer from an unsymmetrical face or disfigurement.

Liposuction and Tummy Tuck are very similar plastic surgery procedures that involve removing excess fat from patients. While a Tummy Tuck targets the abdomen area only, Liposuction removes excess fat from the following areas: legs, arms, neck, face, thighs, and buttocks. These procedures are very beneficial for overweight people, but they need to learn how to exercise without spending thousands of dollars for surgery. By exercising for at least an hour every day, many overweight people will be able to lose the excess fat naturally without using plastic surgery.

Overall, plastic surgical procedures have many risks and many drastic and body-changing results. Furthermore, the majority of patients seeking plastic surgery as a method to improve themselves have to pay everything. They have to pay for the procedure because plastic surgery is classified under the cosmetic category. Moreover, plastic surgery doesn’t involve saving a person’s life from an immediate health threat. Therefore, the majority of medical insurance companies refuse to pay for plastic surgery.