The first thing you may find surprising about plastic surgery and believes the type of operation that is much older than most. Indicates that the ancient Egyptians practiced a primitive form of reconstructive surgery, and the Romans were in the implementation of basic operations for the repair of damaged ears, addressed among others. American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASP), the world's oldest companies, is celebrating its 75th birthday in 2006. Today, as techniques improve and reduce costs, plastic surgery – apparently when the exclusive domain of movie stars, with too much money – are becoming increasingly popular and acceptable.

An estimated 3.5 million procedures are performed each year in the United States at a cost of almost $ 5 billion. Plastic surgery has been practiced almost exclusively by middle-class Caucasians previously, now attracts more people from all income classes, races and social groups. About a third of plastic surgery procedures for people between 35 and 50 years. Reality TV will be carried out, shows like "Extreme Makeover" and "The Swan" have made plastic surgery to the public.

And if you really want to see how it is done, you can live "webcast" on the internet with such fascinating stomach stapling procedure and eyebrow lifts. Plastic surgery can mean many different things. It can be anything from increasingly popular tummy tuck or breast augmentation to facial implants, the significant impact on the shape of the face of a man. Contrary to popular opinion, today most of the plastic surgery is for medical reasons, psychological or medical grounds will be used not only for pure vanity.

A new trend is the increasing number of types of plastic surgery is performed on men. Men are much more comfortable with cosmetic surgery, which was for a long time, mostly done, plastic surgery facial, by women. Procedures more important for men of hair transplant, liposuction and eyelid surgery. The neck "lift", which is more loose skin removed from his neck and jaw areas will also always been a popular procedure with humans. Most plastic surgeons are also men – only 1 in 9 women, but this number is growing slowly.

Huge progress in the techniques of plastic surgery in recent years, the increased use of a laser scalpel has been held. Laser can be used to eliminate or minimize the various conditions such as moles, warts, and of course, tattoos. They tend to use a laser behind less scar tissue and bruising to the area covered by a traditional surgery. Plastic surgeons have a role in the treatment of wounded soldiers after the First World War and now plastic surgery is still a great benefit to many soldiers wounded in the fight against the war in Iraq.

Surgery has helped to amputation of arms and legs of hundreds of soldiers to prevent the wounded in suicide attacks or landmines. One of the most controversial of plastic surgery procedures can also make a sort of return. Silicone breast implants were banned in 1992 because of security problems have not received conditional approval from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and is again the order of the first for too long. One of the visions of the practice of plastic surgery is to be able to successfully reconstruct a face full.

Surgeons in France have already run successfully the first partial reconstruction of the surface and reduce the ASP are confident that soon will be complete facial reconstruction for victims of serious burns or other accidents of the day. This innovative technology includes a full face transplant of tissue from human to human, and not just partially transplantation, which is the normal procedure today. But as a person can pay for plastic surgery, when the average cost of a procedure to about $ 3500? Since this type of surgery is more acceptable, there are more financing options available.

Some procedures will be covered by medical insurance, some procedures that do not necessarily need a loan are required by companies specializing in financing for plastic surgery. And if you do not take into account, and go under the knife, you're in good company. Celebrities such as Kenny Rogers, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Vivica A. Fox, among others, have a plastic surgery at one time or another – or at least were able to talk to.

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