It used to be that if you didnt like your body, you went on a diet, and if you didnt like your face, you would apply make-up. Not any more. Theres an enormous industry standing ready to suck fat from our thighs, create breasts to fit your fantasi

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Going Under The Knife?

The days of freak shows may be over but the human fascination with physical appearances is stronger than ever. Everyone young and old, male or female, black or white has wished at one time to be able to change something about his or her physical appearances. For years people have altered their appearances through various forms of plastic surgery. Being able to surgically reconstruct body defects and enhance the appearance of a person may sound unconvincingly dangerous but not only does it hold the ability to improve self-esteem, self-assurance and self-confidence but also give hope to those who suffer from congenital defects.

It used to be that if you didn’t like your body, you went on a diet, and if you didn’t like your face, you would apply make-up. Not any more. There’s an enormous industry standing ready to suck fat from our thighs, create breasts to fit your fantasies, move your brows, enlarge you lips, iron out your wrinkles and reverse the forces of gravity. Yet having more techniques to control our appearances doesn’t necessarily mean it’ll be taking the safe route.

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Plastic surgery may be able to reconstruct physical deformity through surgical procedures but there’s no such thing as a prefect operation, all operations have risks. No surgery can be given guarantees that there would be no long-term effects. It all depends on each individual’s body response to the alteration. Rather than having an enhanced appearance, one could end up with a more severe deformity.

It could be a nose seen as too big or lips not full enough for today’s standard, but still it was God that created each and every one of us differently, which changes some ...

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