Monday, October 31, 2011

Facts About Undergoing Cosmetic Surgery

By Michael Iostos


Many people complain about some aspect of their appearances. However, people who have suffered a traumatic injury or illness often deal with irreversible damage to their bodies. To remedy their pain and embarrassment, these individuals might choose to undergo cosmetic surgery.

As a matter of fact, patients who go through breast cancer treatments might have to have a mastectomy done to remove the cancer. Removing the diseased tissue also means that the person's breast on one side is also removed. To make her body appear to be more normal, the patient may have reconstruction done through the use of implants.

Similarly, a man who has lost part of his jaw or his tongue to oral cancer may opt for an operation to rebuild his face. This might involve having a prosthetic tongue implanted and a synthetic jaw bone put in his face to rebuild his jaw line.

Similar to cancer survivors, people who have suffered traumatic injuries choose such surgeries in a bid to improve their lives. For example, a person that has lost a limb due to a car accident might have a prosthesis fit onto his or her limb. This treatment might require that a skin graft be constructed first over the limb's end.

Likewise, fires are known to cause substantial damage to people who live through them. Victims might need extensive skin grafts to reconstruct damage tissue. Surgeries are needed to cut away healthy skin from other parts of the body and then to graft it onto the affected areas. Some patients require multiple surgeries in order to be healed.

Modern medicine allows those who deal with altered appearances regain normal appearances through cosmetic surgery. Individuals that have become injured through car accidents or other circumstances, those who survive cancer treatments and patients who sustain damaged tissue in fires can choose to undergo these operations in a bid to make them more comfortable about their bodies. Reconstruction techniques allows them to resume their lives.




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