New Advances in Plastic Surgery
Plastic surgery isn't just about nosejobs and breast implants anymore. Increasingly, new advances in plastic surgery have allowed more various and more subtle techniques to flourish, while also improving older, more common procedures. Some technologies, like laser surgeries to remove blemishes and age spots, have completely replaced older techniques. Lasers, in fact, are now used for literally hundreds of cosmetic surgeries, including dermabrasion, facial surgeries (such as eyelid surgery), subdermal and transdermal surgery, freckle removal, tattoo removal, and wrinkle reduction.
In other cases, improved materials technology has improved the results, appearance and safety of older practices. Today's breast and buttock implants, for example, are done with much more lifelike and safety-driven materials than the saline or silicone products of the past: alloplastic materials, used beneath the skin to alter the shape or curvature of the body, are revolutionizing the field. These materials are nonallergenic, noncarcinogenic, and can't be rejected by the body.
The rise in technology has also reduced the cost of common cosmetic surgeries. Breast implants, which were once as expensive as a new home, are now available for just a few thousand dollars, while blemish removal can often be done in less than an hour in a shopping-mall clinic.