Plastic Surgery

From 1997 to 2005 there has been a 444% increase in plastic surgery. Therefore, 11.9 million Americans undergo plastic surgery each year, and out of that 11.9 million 335,000 are teenagers and 74,000 are under the age of eighteen! It seems like plastic surgery has become as easy as getting a haircut. Plastic surgery should not be readily available to the public like this because plastic surgery can be very dangerous, Americans take advantage of the procedures, and the surgery is not 100% guaranteed.

Plastic surgery can be a very dangerous procedure. Even through the dangers are rare, complications can still occur. The patient's health condition is very important going into surgery. If the patient does not have good health, the risk of complications increases. Plastic surgery is an outpatient procedure, meaning the patient goes home after the surgery. The patient is then left to care for him or herself during the healing process. Some of the less serious complications can occur during this healing process. The less serious complications include: infection, allergic reaction, or delayed or prolonged healing. The more serious complications occur during surgery. These more serious complications can include: blood clots, stroke, or sometimes in extreme cases death.

Aside that plastic surgery is dangerous; people still take advantage of the procedures. Most places that perform plastic surgery usually don't make the patient pay the money up front for the procedure. Instead, the surgeon allows the patient to make monthly payments. Some people that get plastic surgery don't even need the procedures done and the doctors still performs the surgery. A lot of paietents get muilple producers done. There are people who get so much plastic surgery to make themselves look perfect that by the time they are in their 60's they look disfigured and plastic. Some people get plastic surgery that don't even fit them, and they end up looking funny. Teenagers at a young age are even starting to get plastic surgery. Teenagers aren't even done growing yet and doctors are still performing plastic surgery on