Cosmetic Surgery, Why or Why Not

Cosmetic plastic surgery used to repair and restructure a body damaged in an accident or other unpredictable circumstances is well used. People are caught in fires and their skin is so badly burned that they are hardly recognizable. A cosmetic plastic surgeon can take a skin graft from another part of the body that has been untouched by the fire and repair the damaged skin so that it appears flawless. Cosmetic plastic surgery is good to use when someone's livelihood is negatively impacted because of an accident but the body can be fixed.

Cosmetic plastic surgery is negatively used when someone choses to have it done for purely selfish and superficial reasons. The women on Real Housewives of Orange County are the most mainstream examples of when it is not appropriate to use cosmetic plastic surgery. These women are already beautiful but every other week another woman is getting work done. It is not worthwhile to get cosmetic plastic surgery simply because we think that changing the way our bodies naturally are would be a better use of our money.