Plastic / Surgery

plastic (adj.) 1630s, "capable of shaping or molding," from L. plasticus, from Gk. plastikos "able to be molded, pertaining to molding," from plastos "molded," from plassein "to mold" (see plasma). Surgical sense of "remedying a deficiency of structure" is first recorded in 1839 (in plastic surgery).

[sumtruepassion]

he who has x-ray sight will discover all the fake boobies

[plastikos-blog]

Breast implant recipients increase the amount of sex they have, according to a new survey.

http://www.nationalconfidential.com/20120324/survey-breast-implants-lead-to-more-sex/

[plastikos-blog]

[plastikos-blog]

This is so inspiring. Damn.

[plastikos-blog]

A woman lies on an operating table during a facelift surgery at a private plastic surgery clinic in Budapest, March 1, 2012. Hungary, where medical costs are relatively low with high level of service, is a favourite destination for medical tourism, including plastic surgeries. Picture taken March 1, 2012. 

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[thegloryofwhatever-blog]

[koreafantasy-deactivated2012033]

Ok, ok, Cosmetic Surgery is very common in Korea. We don’t deny.

Over 80% of Koreans get double eye-lid cosmetic surgery.

Even our late president Moo-Hyun Roh (T_T MB OUT!) got beauty surgery for his single lid eyes.

So what????

Is it a sin trying to be beautiful? Can you blame us trying to look more like White caucasians???

Or are you just jealous of our beautiful ladies? ^_^

[amberly12]

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[plastikos-blog]

A very alarming trend that must not be tolerated; the techniques used in plastic surgery are very complex and only a specialist should do this kind of operations.

[forensicpathologist-deactivated]

An example of a lateral chest wall defect including loss of bone treated with a local latissimus dorsi flap. This case is not traumatic in origin but the photographs are included because an identical post-traumatic situation will need a similar cover.

Photographs courtesy: Parag Sahasrabudhe from Pune.

[msmigot-blog]

‘These are just ordinary women’ – how breast surgery has soared in the UK

There are eyewatering tales dating back to the late 19th century of paraffin injections, ox cartilage prosthetics and even ivory and glass balls, but cosmetic breast enlargement first became a realistic option for women in 1962, when Texan housewife and mother of six Timmie Jean Lindsey was persuaded to have silicone-filled implants fitted under the skin of her breasts.

“I thought, oh, I’d like that” Lindsey told the Guardian in 2008. “I’d like them to be perkier.”

Half a century after her pioneering surgery, hundreds of thousands of women around the world have followed her lead, opting for perkier, larger or more even breasts – or simply seeking to replace them after surviving cancer.

There have been repeated scares and controversies over the decades, but medics insist the procedure is very safe if performed by qualified and well-regulated surgeons.

But while “boob jobs” are the most popular cosmetic procedure performed in the UK, according to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, the exact number performed is difficult to tally. BAAPS-registered surgeons performed 9,418 cosmetic breast augmentations in 2010, and a spokeswoman estimated the organisation represents 33%-40% of cosmetic surgeons in the UK, but it can be no more specific.

NHS figures for 2008 show that of the 15,479 women in England who had mastectomies following breast cancer, 3,216 opted for immediate reconstruction (others had reconstruction later); separately, it found that only 38% of those having reconstructions had opted for prosthetic implants, as opposed to other reconstructive techniques. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency estimates that reconstructive surgery accounts for less than 5% of the procedures performed each year. (via The Guardian)

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French silicone breast implant manufacturer PIP has been using sub-standard silicone gel in their implants to bring down their cost, leading to many leakages and ruptures. There are also fears of elevated cancer risk in women who have had these implants installed. Authorities now advise people to get their PIP implants removed.

[plastikos-blog]

What a weird incident! But now that I think of it, there's no reason why it couldn't happen - you just have to have breast implants (under the muscle) and have VATS mitral valve replacement with the access point right under the ribs under the implant. And then go do Pilates and have very bad luck.

Wow.

[plastikos-blog]

The TRAM flap, a classic reconstruction method used after breast cancer surgery to restore the form of the breast. More modern techniques include the DIEP and SIEA flaps, which are raised from the same location as the TRAM flap. These flaps do not include any abdominal muscle (unlike the TRAM flap) and therefore the risk for abdominal hernia or bulging after the flap surgery is virtually non-existant.

[cranquis]