Reconstructive Plastic Surgery

The Art Of Cosmetic Surgery

Myth
A Greek Myth tells a story of the sculpture Pygmalion. This is a sculpture that lived in Cyprus and was sculpturing a statue of a women, this statue was so breathtakingly beautiful, that while working to create this most wonderful image the sculpture fell in so passionately in love it.

The Story Is Known
The story is known that the sculpture was so drawn to the statue, that he constantly and passionately embraced the statue with all his inner love.

Embrace
The sculpture kept embracing the statue, until the goddess Aphrodite seeing the love and passion in the sculpture eyes, brought the statue to life.

Cosmetic Surgery /Reconstruction Plastic Surgery
Some cosmetic surgeons tell the story of Pygmalion, to illustrate a “Pygmalion” complex.

Pygmalion Complex
This is a desire to create perfection, not of a statue form but out of human flesh

Profile
Cosmetic Surgery is the art to try to perform a better profile, and a more youthful facial contour

Reality
Fewer wrinkles, larger or smaller breast reconstruction of ones face, and re-shaping of the body

Derived
Derived from the Greek word Plastikos, which means capable of being moulded

Re-Construction
Cosmetic surgery can embrace so many surgical and re-.constructive techniques

World War One
Re-construction and many other procedures were being produced in the First World War, as there were so many injured soldiers and so many different injuries.

Repair
These procedures helped mend and repair the injured soldiers

Operation
The operations that took place some times needed to be expanded this could included a series of operations to correct the injury

Surgeons / Corrective Purposes
Many surgeons were left repairing hare lips, cleft palettes, and birthmarks, purely for cosmetic purposes

Plastic Surgery
The cosmetic side to plastic surgery has become one of the largest and proven ethics

Considering Surgery
If you are considering surgery ask your doctor to refer you to a qualified specialist