To What Extent Is Plastic Surgery Beneficial ?

Sitti Annisa

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Andrea Thompson

24 October 2019

EAP 1 Morning

620 words
 In the current era of globalization, human as social beings cannot be
separated from interaction with others in terms of appearance, some people choose
to look different from what has been created. To realize the desired thing, humans
often chage their appearance in various medical ways, one of them by plastic
surgery.
Firstly, plastic surgery can save lives. According to WHO (2017), an estimated
265,000 deaths each year are caused by burns, the vast majority occur in low- and
middle-income countries. Plastic Surgery means a second chance at life for many of
the patients the Africa Mercy is currently treating in Madagascar.. Estimated that
between 1,730,000 and 1,965,000 lives could be saved worldwide if cases fatality
rates among seriously injured persons in LMICs could be reduced to rates of high-
income countries (HICs) through improvements in trauma care (Mock, et.al 2017).
Plastic surgery is the only solutions to real medical problems and can have a
beneficial and often life-saving impact on a patient’s health. 
In fact, reconstructive plastic surgery can often be used to help people
suffering from genetic disorder or life-altering trauma to improve their quality life. In
American Society for aesthetic plastic surgery statistical data (2019) There is
surgical procedures in 2018 have increase their procedure to change their
appearance, breast augmentation 329.914, liposuction 289.261, breast lift 158.964,
tummy tuck 157.492, eyelid surgery 115,508. Now, plastic surgery not only used to
reconstruct body parts that are deformed or abnormal, but it has become a lifestyle
in this modern era. While reconstructive surgery aims to reconstruct a part of the
body or improve its functioning, cosmetic (or aesthetic) surgery aims at improving the
appearance of it.
However, There are risk of complication with cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic
surgery is the parts of plastic surgery. Firstly, when someone try to change their
appearance by plastic surgery it is the way making someone addicted and wanting to
change the other areas of their body. Some people feel dependent to plastic surgery
and not satisfied just for one time to do plastic surgery, but they do not know of the
risk when they do so many cosmetic surgery on their body. Breast augmentation is
one of the most popular aesthetic plastic surgeries worldwide.While many patients
with breast implants are statisfied with the results of their surgery, breast implants
are associated with important risks. Many patients also experience breast pain,
wrinkling, asymmetry, scarring and infection.
 Cost problem of plastic surgery. Healthcare in the 21st century is a perfect
storm, with unprecedented demands being placed on healthcare systems globally.
Indeed, this “perfect storm” extends to aesthetic surgery or plastic surgery.Many
people thought of undergoing surgery. Although it is believed that healthcare in
general does not conform to the laws of economics, plastic surgery appears to be an
exception (Wong, et al 2010). In 2017, Americans spent more than $6 billion on
cosmetic surgery from breast augmentation to eyelid surgery procedures to change
our appearance are becoming increasingly common. Prices of cosmetic surgery
procedures correlated with financial metrics such as cost-of-living indices and real
estate costs.
Even though plastic surgery is have a risk and the cost is expensive, never
the less plastic surgery can save humans live, many people miss understanding
about what is the use of plastic surgery. They just think plastic surgery is about
change their body, but the main goal of plastic surgery for helping people. However,
plastic surgery had many benefits to helping humanity for saving their lives from any
accident, for repairing a disability or abnormality in a part of the body, for restore
shape or reconstruction.
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Plastic surgery addiction is a behavioral addiction characterized by
psychological compulsions to continuously alter one’s appearance with
cosmetic surgery.

There is a common belief that people who routinely get plastic surgery are
self-absorbed; however, this is a misconception as many people who
develop an addiction to cosmetic surgery struggle with severe and
debilitating insecurity. They are preoccupied with how they look, but in a
negative way – seeing themselves to be ugly, malformed, misshapen, or
hideous. This intense insecurity is often caused by body dysmorphic
disorder.

The Dangers of Plastic Surgery

Numerous cosmetic
procedures pose multiple serious health threats to the body, such as
excessive scar tissues, blood clots, infections, collapsed muscles, and
cardiac arrest due to anesthesia. Because of these risks, plastic surgeons
perform careful assessments to determine if undergoing surgery is safe or
even possible for a patient. It is not surprising then that many people who
are addicted to plastic surgery are often turned down by their surgeons.
When refused the procedures that they are seeking, many take matters into
their own hands and find less qualified doctors that will consent to
operating or even perform surgery on themselves.

Treatment for Plastic Surgery Addiction

As plastic surgery becomes more common and affordable, rates of plastic

surgery addiction are bound to increase as well. Fortunately, cognitive
behavioral therapy has proven to be very effective in treating both plastic
surgery addiction and body dysmorphia disorder. If you believe that you or
someone yonu know may be suffering from a plastic surgery
addiction, contact a dedicated treatment specialist today. There are
treatment options available and they can assist you in finding the best
choice for your personal recovery.

When an addicted person understands why they feel or

act a certain way — and how those feelings and actions
lead to substance use — they are better equipped to
overcome their addiction.
https://www.addictioncenter.com/treatment/cognitive-behavioral-therapy/

Last month, a Chinese woman made headlines as her mother publicly threatened to disown her due to
her obsession with cosmetic surgery. The 29-year-old was barely recognizable to her mother after
receiving over 20 surgeries in the past two years.  This is just one example among many extreme cases of
plastic surgery addiction.
Plastic surgery has become increasingly commonplace throughout the world, especially in Asia. South
Korea is the cosmetic surgery capital of the world, with a higher per-capita rate of surgery than anywhere
else on the planet.

https://www.thecabinhongkong.com.hk/blog/co-occurring-disorders/the-reality-of-plastic-surgery-
addiction-more-than-skin-deep/

What is Plastic Surgery Addiction?

Plastic surgery addiction falls into the category of a process or behavioural addiction. Unlike someone
who struggles with drug or alcohol abuse, individuals who are addicted to plastic surgery are not
necessarily attracted to a substance, but instead are pulled toward a specific behaviour.
Those who suffer from addiction to cosmetic surgery have become attached to the behaviour of correcting
their appearance. Once they undergo a procedure, they may feel a sense of relief in having perfected one of
their many perceived flaws, but that feeling of satisfaction does not last long.  Alternatively, they may feel
that the surgery created more issues that they must remedy via even more cosmetic procedures. Regardless
of their satisfaction with the procedure, they quickly return their attention to other flaws and often go to
extreme lengths to obtain ‘perfection’.  But sadly, despite the money spent and the arduous procedures,
they are never satisfied with what they see in the mirror.

Most people who decide to get cosmetic surgery do not become addicted immediately. But in most cases,
one surgery leads to another until the desire for perfection obstructs one’s daily life in terms of finances,
relationships, work and other areas.

Treatment for Plastic Surgery Addiction

We live in a world in which, as a global population, our body image issues are only increasing. As plastic
surgery becomes more commonplace and more affordable, rates of plastic surgery addiction are bound to
increase as well. The addiction is not as simple as a vain person paying too much attention to their
appearance. Cosmetic surgery addiction is a multifaceted issue that is often intertwined with other mental
health and substance abuse concerns.

Some people feel dependent to plastic surgery and not satisfied just for one time to do plastic surgery, and
they do not know of the risk when they do so many cosmetic surgery on their body

• Even though plastic surgery is have a risk and the cost is expensive, never
the less

“PLASTIC SURGERY CAN SAVE HUMANS LIVE”

• Many people miss understanding about what is the use of plastic

surgery????. They just think plastic surgery is about change their body,
but the main goal of plastic surgery for helping people.

• PLASTIC SURGERY HAVE MANY BENEFITS to helping humanity for saving

their lives from any accident, for repairing a disability or abnormality in a part
of the body, for restore shape or reconstruction.