Advances in Plastic Surgery
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Advances in Plastic Reconstructive Surgery
Meghan E. Gardner
Iowa Western Community College
Advances in Plastic Surgery
Dan was a normal teenage boy who engaged in activities such as Sand Volleyball and Surfing. His only problem was his struggle with gynecomastia. Gynecomastia is an enlarged, feminine breast appearance, which occurs during puberty. After rudely being teased by teammates and friends about his feminine chest, dan became very self-conscious and secluded himself from his once popular social life. He quit his volleyball team and stopped surfing. His motivation diminished. Now three years later, Dan is an all-american pro surfer. With the help of cosmetic surgery, Dan was able to have his gynecomastia surgically fixed, which brought back his self-esteem and his motivation to accomplish many life goals, such as his pursuit of surfing. Not only do people get surgery to fix what is broken, but since the beginning of time, humans have been engaging in the pursuit of self-improvement, so it is no surprise that plastic surgery is considered one of the world’s oldest healing arts.
The word plastic comes from the Greek word, plastikos, meaning to mold or shape with one’s hands. Reconstructive surgery refers to those procedures that have the primary goal of restoring the appearance or function to a particular structure. According to Natalie Kita, from about.com, surgical means for correcting facial injuries dates back more than 4,000 years ago. Starting in Indian in 800 B.C., it is noted that skin grafts for reconstructive work were being used. Plastic surgery has been one that has progressed fairly slow, just like most medicine. Techniques that were used in India were being introduced to the West and the West was adapting new applications in their own ways. It was during the Greco-Roman time that progression in this area of medicine advanced. A Roman medical writer by the name of Aulus...
Meghan E. Gardner
Iowa Western Community College
Advances in Plastic Surgery
Dan was a normal teenage boy who engaged in activities such as Sand Volleyball and Surfing. His only problem was his struggle with gynecomastia. Gynecomastia is an enlarged, feminine breast appearance, which occurs during puberty. After rudely being teased by teammates and friends about his feminine chest, dan became very self-conscious and secluded himself from his once popular social life. He quit his volleyball team and stopped surfing. His motivation diminished. Now three years later, Dan is an all-american pro surfer. With the help of cosmetic surgery, Dan was able to have his gynecomastia surgically fixed, which brought back his self-esteem and his motivation to accomplish many life goals, such as his pursuit of surfing. Not only do people get surgery to fix what is broken, but since the beginning of time, humans have been engaging in the pursuit of self-improvement, so it is no surprise that plastic surgery is considered one of the world’s oldest healing arts.
The word plastic comes from the Greek word, plastikos, meaning to mold or shape with one’s hands. Reconstructive surgery refers to those procedures that have the primary goal of restoring the appearance or function to a particular structure. According to Natalie Kita, from about.com, surgical means for correcting facial injuries dates back more than 4,000 years ago. Starting in Indian in 800 B.C., it is noted that skin grafts for reconstructive work were being used. Plastic surgery has been one that has progressed fairly slow, just like most medicine. Techniques that were used in India were being introduced to the West and the West was adapting new applications in their own ways. It was during the Greco-Roman time that progression in this area of medicine advanced. A Roman medical writer by the name of Aulus...