Cons of Plastic Surgery
There is always risk with any surgical procedure and plastic surgery is no exception. All the plastic surgery operations have their own risk profile, so there is no way of listing the cons for plastic surgery in terms of health risk as an exhaustive list across the board. Therefore, you need to read about the procedure that you are thinking about in particular, from respected, updated, and authoritative sources, such as the American Association of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). ASPS has a website (plasticsurgery.org), from where you can learn the basics about the procedure, learn about the risks, and how you can minimize the risks associated with that procedure and all procedures in general. On general level, according to ASPS statistics, cosmetic surgery is very safe, if performed in ASPS accredited surgical facilities by board-certified plastic surgeons. According to their 1997 survey based on more than 400,000 operations performed in accredited facilities, the rate of serious complications from plastic surgery operations was less than half of 1 percent and the mortality rate was at only one in 57,000 cases. Apart from potential health risks, other cons for plastic surgery include the high costs of many of the procedures and the potential for getting addicted to plastic surgery. You can see the average costs for plastic surgery from ASPS statistics, at www.plasticsurgery.org/Media/Statistics.html The more dramatic plastic surgery operations, such as breast augmentation, can be very expensive, and the costs vary greatly depending on the region where you do the operation. Addiction to plastic surgery cases have been documented in popular daytime shows, for example, with the most talked about case being the case of Jenny Lee (anti-aging-guide.org/jenny-lee-plastic-surgery.html) and her condition that is associated with body dysmorphic disorder (BBD), which has lead to the continuous dissatisfaction of how she looks.
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