Cosmetic surgery refers to the techniques that modifies, restores, or enhances your appearance. There are various reasons to resort to cosmetic surgery. For instance, if you suffered from burns or any other traumatic situation, if you were born with some birth defect or if you "improve" it.

Cosmetic surgery normally comprises:

Reconstructive surgery: This involves improving a visible scar or some other imperfect skin condition that maybe the consequences of a wound, ailment, surgery, or birth defect. These flaws can have an enormous influence on your everyday life, influencing your job, societal, and recreational prospects as well as your self-respect.

Elective cosmetic surgery: This involves employing cosmetic surgery procedures if you are unhappy your natural appearance, e.g., you have a big nose, large breasts. Some people might not consider them as flaws, but others reckon them to affect their personality and confidence so take to cosmetic surgery.

Cosmetic surgery has several procedures to correct/enhance you appearance. Here are the major ones…

• Laser resurfacing: removes or improve the appearance of wrinkles, scars, tattoos.
• Chemical peel: removes wrinkles, scars or superficial skin growths and corrects pigment changes in the skin.
• Dermabrasion: treats acne scars and wrinkles
• Botox injections: removes wrinkles.
• Sclerotherapy: reduces/removes varicose and spider veins.

Important surgical procedure performed in cosmetic surgery include…

• Face-lift: tightens facial muscles
• Eyelid surgery: removes bags and puffiness and corrects drooping eyelids.
• ose job: Changes the appearance of nose.
• Breast enlargement
• Breast reduction
• Liposuction: temporarily removes the stubborn fat.
• Tummy tuck: removes excess fat and skin from the abdominal area

Although cosmetic surgery is an incredible tool to enhance one’s looks, you need to think hard before going for it owing to the following reasons.

• High cost. While reconstructive surgery might be covered by an insurance plan, you will have to pay for elective cosmetic surgery all from your pocket. Moreover, it is expensive!
• Presence of risks of any surgical procedure (e.g., infection, heavy blood loss, scarring etc.)
• A possibility of not obtaining the expected changes