You might look at plastic surgery as the ultimate in vanity, but it is not always so. I’ve often said I’d just as soon avoid surgery that wasn’t medically necessary. But sometimes it’s hard to define what “necessary” really means. The “Father of Plastic Surgery”, Sir Harold Gillies developed techniques of transplanting and shaping skin in order to help seriously wounded soldiers. Plastic surgery helped some of them to show their faces in public, which is not medically necessary, but has a lot to do with the quality of life. How about breast implants? A lot of women have them not to have bigger boobs, but to have boobs at all after mastectomies. I can’t say I wouldn’t do the same thing. Actor212 recently had a cancer removed that left a hole in his nose. He had it repaired by surgery which transplanted tissue from his leg and ear. And my daughter has braces to repair a severe underbite. They might work, or she may need surgery later to correct the jaw. Not strictly medically necessary, but we might pursue it, although it will be ultimately her decision. But of course there are tons of people who think plastic surgery is a quick fix for natural imperfections; at least enough to get some jokes out of!

Butt Implants Gone Wrong

Young women with perfect breasts are getting augmentations because they are used to seeing falsies in the media.

Plastic surgery gone wrong: Orit Fox.

The story of Jocelyn Wildenstein, told by a plastic surgeon in three parts.

Scariest Celebrity Faces. (via J-Walk Blog)

This guy got breast implants for his tattoo!

A plastic surgeon wrote a children’s book to explain “My Beautiful Mommy”.

People often regret having plastic surgery. So what do they do? They have more plastic surgery!

What would these celebrities look like if they had plastic surgery? (via My 2 Second Shelf Life)

RECONSTRUCTION

It was a pretty serious auto accident. Because he wasn't wearing his seat belt, Sean smashed his face into the windshield. In a strange twist of fate, he wasn't seriously injured, but the cracked glass pinched his right eyelid and, when he bounced back, ripped the eyelid off. Unfortunately, the tissue wasn't saved for reattachment.

At the hospital, plastic surgeons weren't sure how to repair it. Skin grafts wouldn't do the trick, since plain skin isn't thick enough for the job. Then one of the surgeons noticed Sean wasn't circumcised. The thick, elastic skin there would be just the ticket!

Sure enough, the operation was a success and the new eyelid works just as intended. But the TRUE measure of success in any plastic surgery is: how does it LOOK? It's not *quite* perfect, doctors say -- while it works perfectly, Sean will forever be a little cockeyed.

PLASTIC SURGERY

(Thanks, Whitesnake!)
A sexually active woman tells her plastic surgeon that she wanted her vaginal lips reduced in size because they were too loose and floppy.  Out of embarrassment she insisted that the surgery be kept a secret and the surgeon agreed.

Awakening from the anaesthesia after the surgery she found 3 roses carefully placed beside her on the bed.

Outraged, she immediately calls in the doctor.  "I thought I asked you not to tell anyone about my operation!"

The surgeon told her he had carried out her wish for confidentiality and that the first rose was from him:

"I felt sad because you went through this all by yourself."

"The second rose is from my nurse. She assisted me in the surgery and empathized because she had had the same procedure done some time ago."

"And what about the third rose?" she asked.

"That's from a man upstairs in the burn unit.  He wanted to thank you for his new ears."

Previously at Miss Cellania: Plastic Surgery, Bodymods, Beauty, and Real Beauty.

Thought for today: I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I'd look like without plastic surgery. -Joan Rivers

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