Ask the experts - plastic surgery

Plastic surgery gets its name from the Greek word 'plastikos', which means 'to mould'. It's about changing the appearance. It can include everything from burns surgery and skin grafts to breast cancer reconstruction. The term cosmetic surgery means medically unnecessary surgical procedures, to improve physical appearance. The two can work together. For example you may decide to have your eyelids lifted and the cosmetic reason is that you want to improve the appearance, but the medical part might be that they are so heavy they've reduced your vision. Attitudes to cosmetic surgery have changed over the last decade and as a result, more people than ever before are choosing surgery to improve their looks. The number of people having cosmetic surgery in the UK has increased more than two-fold since 2001. According to research,... [read full story]