Beauty is a favorite issue discussed as old as Cleopatra’s time until today. But the bigger issue today that augmented the discussion of beauty is the science of cosmetic surgery. It had spanned from the liposuction treatment to the nose job and breast augmentation, just to name a few. But truly, what is in stored for people who avails this kind of service? Is it just about the beauty of beauty or the danger in beauty?
People availing cosmetic surgeries can have different reasons. But the most common ones are personal preference or medical need. Victims of fire and other dreadful accidents that may have distorted faces or body structures usually seek for cosmetic surgeries as a medical need to bring back their original looks prior to the accident. For this reason, cosmetic surgery can only try to reconstruct the body part close to its original look. Hence, there is no guarantee of full reconstruction but at least the cosmetic surgery can inspire the patient to go on with his life. This can be referred to as the cosmetic surgery case of turning something bad to good. Meanwhile, another case would be turning something good to better which are those because of personal preference.
Cosmetic surgeries due to personal preference are the most prevalent case. It can be a flat nose turned to a pointed one or thin lips to fuller ones and the list goes one. But the results are not guaranteed to be like those expected simply because cosmetic surgery is not an exact science. In fact, there is no particular field of medicine that surgeons take for cosmetic surgery but instead only guidelines about training and qualifications by medical bodies or organizations are provided. This is why the risks in cosmetic surgeries is very high because the results are not guaranteed and may even have irreversible if not fatal effects to the patient. In addition, on the case where the results are desirable, one should also be aware that results are usually not for the long term. Hence, cosmetic surgeries are usually done repetitively incurring more costs over time. But the most important lesson about cosmetic surgery goes beyond the money issue and that is not to comprise the safety of the patient for cheaper cosmetic surgeries and unreliable medical surgeons for one’s life is priceless.