Cosmetic Surgery
Around the early 1920's the first cosmetic surgeries were performed on actresses such as Fanny Brice and Barbra Streisand (Haiken 1). Cosmetic surgery has become a very popular surgery in the 2000's. Teens are the most controversial new category of plastic surgery patients (Alagna 6). Although teens are not in the majority of those who get cosmetic surgery, more teens are getting cosmetic surgery than ever before (Alagna 6). Although surgery may seem like it's a good idea, that is not always true due to many health risks.
Modern surgeons trace their history to India, where, as early as 600 B.C.(Haiken 4). Plastic surgeons also claim kinship with Gasparo Tagliacozzi of Bologna, Italy, who is often credited as the "father of modern plastic surgery." (Haiken 5). Sometime between 1586 and before World War I, plastic surgery was "lost." During World War I plastic surgery was "reborn," as an art and a profession; even then is was a medical response to the medical......

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