American Society of Plastic Surgeons revealed about 14.6 million cases of cosmetic surgery in U.S alone in 2012. Nearly every rich person in US undergoes this procedure to get perceived look. What may the reason of plastic surgery, reconstructive or cosmetic, it holds serious drawbacks that must be known prior to applying it. Here are the drawbacks of Plastic Surgery.
The Possibility of Death
One of the most dangerous medical risks of plastic surgery is the possibility of death that may occur due to the reaction of chemicals used during surgery. Sometimes, excessive bleeding or change in blood pressure during surgery may lead to death.
Physical Risks
Think, think and again think before undergoing this procedure as it carries many physical risks like sever infection, blood clots, scarring, brain damage, airway obstruction, nerve damage and even heart attacks. Before taking a decision, you must think whether you can take the described risks or not.
Unexpected Results
Sometimes results are not the same as you are expecting. Most of the time, patients are not satisfied, they either want to get back their original look or urge to have some other look. These numbers of revisions for obtaining perceived appearance may lead to drastic results
A research done by APA (American Psychological Association) on patients undergoing plastic surgery indicates that the patients who built high expectations with plastic surgery process when did not get the expected results, then most of them went for additional surgeries while other unsatisfied patients showed depression, anger and even isolation for unexpected results.
Healing time
Healing process vary person to person depending upon the factors like how strictly the person follow the doctor advice, skin type, age, pre-existing health issues and immune system. Sometimes, people have to pass through a number of surgeries for repair of scars or for other maintenance requirements. Healing process takes days, months and even years. So you must consider it before undergoing plastic surgery.
Confidence Level
Most of the people decide to do plastic surgery to build their confidence level because they are not satisfied with their physical appearance. But these people sometimes remain in the same inferiority complex after surgery. It is necessary to kill this inferiority complex in spite of running towards harmful solutions.
Expensive Process
Plastic surgery is not for all people. It is very costly and the patients must have account more than $6000 to go for this process.
Addiction
You will be surprised to hear that this process is an addictive one. Once a person has passed through this process, he urges to change the other flaws of the body too. He ignores the medical risks and financial risks.
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