Undo-plasty: Another Look at Cosmetic Surgery

[Marisol]

The newest cosmetic surgery doesn't slim, enhance, or reduce; it reverses. This procedure, dubbed "undo-plasty," is aimed at reversing a previous surgery to restore the feature to its original condition.

This is gaining popularity because of an all-too-common side effect of plastic surgery: regret. In fact, Dr. Andrew Jacono, chief of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., says that as many as one in two to three procedures he does nowadays are undo-plasties, known as "revision surgeries" to the medical community.

This backlash could be a result of people not considering the psychological consequences of altering their appearance before going under the knife. What do you think? Will the undo-plasty make people think more carefully about getting a cosmetic procedure, or allow them to be more reckless by offering a "return-policy"?

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[Changalang1007]

I think that it could because knowing that half the people who get plastic surgery end up getting it undone. But it could also notify more people of the fact that you can get it undone if you don't like what you got.

Hm.... it's really is something to think about.

 

[jdepp_84]

So what happens if something happesn and the surgery dosent leave you looking the way you were before?

 

[Annia]

Originally Posted by Changalang1007 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I think that it could because knowing that half the people who get plastic surgery end up getting it undone. But it could also notify more people of the fact that you can get it undone if you don't like what you got.
Hm.... it's really is something to think about.

I think minimal surgery should be the message. That way you do not stray too far from your original self.
My boyfriend's mom got a face lift and eyelid lift. When she went in she told the surgeon she didn't want it to be overly done. So the surgeon just lifted her eyes and face just a little bit, and no one really noticed they just thought she looked well rested.