In this episode Mark and Cody discuss plastic surgery! Learn the stats, cost, side effects, and more in this episode. The news section in this episode is a special one consisting of some tales of surgeries gone wrong, rotting flesh, sunken skin, oozing, and severe infection and then some. The hosts of the Lunch After Dark podcast would like to say: “Be careful; some discounts may not be worth it!”

 

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Show Notes:

 

What is plastic surgery?

 

It is a common misunderstanding that the word plastic in plastic surgery means artificial. Rather, the word originated from the ancient Greek word plastikos, which means to mold or give form. Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involved with both the improvement in a person's appearance and the reconstruction of facial and body tissue defects due to illness, trauma, or birth disorders.

 

Plastic surgery restores and improves function, as well as appearance. It can involve surgery on any part of the anatomy, except the central nervous system, including:

 

Skin (including skin cancer, scars, burns, birthmarks, and tattoo removal)

 

Maxillofacial (the facial skeleton)

 

Congenital anomalies (including deformed ears, cleft palate, and cleft lip)

It is important to select a doctor who is certified in plastic surgery by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Generally, a surgeon who is board-certified in plastic surgery has graduated from an accredited medical school and has completed at least 5 years of graduate medical education--usually 3 years of general surgery and 2 years of plastic surgery. In addition, the surgeon must practice plastic surgery for 2 years and pass comprehensive written and oral exams to become board-certified. Board certification is renewed every 10 years to ensure ongoing competency in the specialty.

 

What does plastic surgery include?

 

Plastic surgery includes both reconstructive and aesthetic (cosmetic) procedures:

 

Reconstructive plastic surgery

In general, reconstructive surgery is done on abnormal structures of the body that may be caused by the following:

 

Trauma

 

Infection

 

Developmental abnormalities

 

Congenital (present at birth) anomalies

 

Disease

 

Tumors

 

This type of surgery is usually done to improve function but may also be done to change appearance.

 

Cosmetic (aesthetic) plastic surgery

Cosmetic surgery is done to repair or reshape otherwise normal structures of the body, generally, to improve appearance

 

Top 5 Cosmetic Surgical and Minimally-Invasive Procedures:

 

Of the more than 1.8 million cosmetic surgical procedures performed in 2018, the top 5 were:

 

Breast augmentation (313,735 procedures, up 4 percent from 2017)

Liposuction (258,558 procedures, up 5 percent from 2017)

Nose reshaping (213,780 procedures, down 2 percent from 2017)

Eyelid surgery (206,529 procedures, down 1 percent from 2017)

Tummy tuck (130,081 procedures, about the same as 2017)

Among the 15.9 million cosmetic minimally-invasive procedures performed in 2018, the top 5 were:

 

Botulinum Toxin Type A (7.44 million procedures, up 3 percent from 2017)

Soft Tissue Fillers (2.68 million procedures, up 2 percent from 2017)

Chemical Peel (1.38 million procedures, up 1 percent since 2017)

Laser hair removal (1.1 million procedures, down 1 percent from 2017)

Microdermabrasion (709,413 procedures, down 4% from 2017)

Year of the Body:

 

Three of the top five surgical procedures focus on the body, and in 2018, there was an increase in all three. In fact, there were more than 12,000 more liposuction procedures performed in 2018 than in 2017, while breast augmentations increased by four percent. There were also surges in other body-sculpting procedures like buttock augmentations and thigh lifts.

 

Funny Surgery:

 

https://www.rd.com/advice/work-career/craziest-requests-plastic-surgeons-have-ever-received/

 

https://www.foxnews.com/health/plastic-surgery-horror-stories-2019

 

https://www.healthline.com/health/most-common-plastic-surgery-complications