Credit: flickr With nearly two million plastic surgeries taking place each year in the United States, the popularity of cosmetic surgery is growing enormously. The total number of procedures took place in the last decade has shown a significant growth of 98 percent. Today, the vast majority is ready to pay an out-of-pocket amount to get the small surgery done. Plastic surgery has become more of an option for the people who feel that their appearances have changed due to ageing or other such factors. It is true that being conscious about our outlook is a natural element of our culture and the society in which we are living. Today, only women are not contributing to give a boom to this industry, apparently, men are also contributing a lot in the boom of cosmetic surgical procedures. For most of the people, merely the feeling of obtaining enhanced looks gives them peace and comfort, which is priceless for them. For others, treatment for weight loss or weight gain, loose skin, appearance of neck, or procedures to remove blemishes and wrinkles is countless. Cosmetic surgeries are even good for those who have not been blessed with perfect genes. Even though the cosmetic surgery procedures have become extremely common these days, it would be advisable to prepare yourself mentally prior going for it. People do not hesitate to go for a cosmetic surgery just to enhance their physical features, however, for many people, the post operation changes in their body comes as a shock. The top 10 cosmetic surgery procedures are listed below: Liposuction Tummy Tuck Breast augmentation Breast reduction Breast lift Facelift/ neck lift Nose reshaping Brow lift Eyelid lift/blepharoplasty Chin augmentation Liposuction This surgery can be performed in two ways. In the first procedure, ‘ tumescent liposuction ’, the fat suctioned from a specific area of the body to give it a shapelier silhouette with the help of saline solution, that helps blood vessels constrict. The solution along with the body fat is suctioned out of the patient’s body using ‘cannulas’, a hollow metal instrument.  In the other form of liposuction, Ultrasonic-Assisted Liposuction (UAL), ultrasonic energy is released from the cannula that helps body fat to melt down, so that it can b suctioned out from the body. Surgeons believe that UAL has greater risk of burns than tumescent liposuction and involves longer procedure. Tummy Tuck/Abdominoplasty Commonly known as lower body lift, the procedure removes excessive fat from the abdominal area of the body and tightens the skin. This surgery is mostly common in women who gain excess skin after pregnancy. Pateients can resume their normal activities in two to three weeks but are advised to avoid too much physical activity for a longer period of time. Credit: teamholiday.co.uk Breast Augmentation Also nown as augmentation mammaplasty, this surgical

procedure has become immense popular among women that has resulted in 350,000 procedures take place every year in US. Surgery is normally done to make breasts asymmetrical in size, or just to enlarge both the breasts. The surgery is performed under silicone implants, which was once banned due to greater health risk. Patients normally do recover in one or two weeks and get back to their normal activities. Credit: steadyhealth Breast Reduction Known as reduction mammaplasty, this surgery is carried out in the women who have overly large breasts and have difficulties in finding right clothing, poor postures and suffer chronic back pain. The cosmetic surgical procedure ideally reduces the size of both the breasts that helps improve posture and relieves back pain. Patients can return to work after two weeks after surgery performed. Credit: boncukcikolata Breast lift The cosmetic surgical procedure is also known as mastopexy. The procedure is done to raise and firm the breasts by removing excessive skin and tissues surrounding the breasts are tightening to support and reshape the new breasts contour. Credit: fairesplasticsurgery Facelift/ Neck lift This form of cosmetic surgery is normally done to eradicate the signs of old age from face or neck that makes people depressed. The objective of face or neck lift is to give patients a natural young look, not a pretence. The widely noticed areas where changes have made are the lower part of face, the jowls and the neck after surgery. Credit: intactinfo.vox Eyelid lift/Blepharoplasty This surgery is normally done to improve the vision of patients. Eyelid reshaping surgery is done on the eyelids that obstruct patient in getting perfect vision. It is also done for cosmetic reasons, to reduce chronic puffiness and wrinkling in lower eyelids to provide more youthful look. The surgery also removes fat pads that cause the appearance of ‘bags’ under eyes. On an average, a person takes 10 to 15 days for his/her recovery. Credit: cosmeticsurgerytoday Brow Lift This surgical procedure is also known as forehead lift. A brow lift helps minimizing the crease that develops on the forehead or those creases that highly occurs across the nose. It improves frown lines and re-positions sagging or low brow. Credit: counton2 Nose reshaping surgery Rhinoplasty improves the proportion and appearance of your nose that enhances facial harmony and boosts self-confidence. nose reshaping surgery sometimes also done to correct impaired breathing phenomena obstructed by structural abnormalities of the nose. Credit: emedispace Chin augmentation Mentoplasty is done to reshape the chin either by enhancement with an implant or a reduction surgery on the chin bone.  A surgeon normally advises to go for a chin augmentation to a patient who has already gone through nose surgery in order to have face in proportion.

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