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INTRODUCTION
What do the words
mean?
• Cosmetic surgery is surgery to improve appearance
• Aesthetic surgery is another name for cosmetic surgery. It
comes from the
Greek word for beauty.
• Plastic surgery is surgery to change the shape or form of the
surface and
sometimes the deeper structures of the body. The word ‘plastic’ comes
from
the Greek word for moulding. Plastic surgery includes cosmetic surgery,
repair operations after burns and other injuries, correction of inherited
deformities, breast reconstruction after operations for breast cancer,
and
removal of skin tumours.
Plastic surgery is surgery to change the shape or form of the
surface and
sometimes the deeper structures of the body.
Plastic surgery is surgery to change the shape or form of the
surface and
sometimes the deeper structures of the body.
Plastic surgery is surgery to change the shape or form of the
surface and
sometimes the deeper structures of the body.
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