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Many people decide to have surgery to restore the function of a body part, get rid of a scar left by an accident or birth defect, or simply to improve their appearance. Whatever your reason, know the facts about plastic and cosmetic surgery.
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Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery
Breast augmentation (breast implants); breast reduction; liposuction; facelifts; abdominoplasty (tummy tuck); rhinoplasty (nose job); Botox; laser hair removal and other cosmetic procedures are available. But there is really no limit to what a person can have done.
A person can get the fact sucked out of one body part and moved to another. Eyebrows, chins and cheeks can be lifted, tucked, injected with fat, or have the fat taken out. Body parts can be re-shaped, enlarged, and minimized with an operation. Depending what type of surgery you decide to have, you will undergo different preparation, procedures and recovery.
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Nose reshaping, liposuction, eyelid surgery, breast augmentation and facelift comprised 76 percent of all cosmetic surgical procedures performed.
From 2002-2003, there was a 20 percent increase in the total number of cosmetic procedures. Surgical procedures increased by 12 percent, and nonsurgical procedures increased by 22 percent.
Women had nearly 7.2 million cosmetic procedures, 87 percent of the total.
Men had nearly 1.1 million cosmetic procedures, 13 percent of the total (up from 12 percent of the total in 2002).
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