2. Aesthetic
• From Greek the Philosophy of beauty
• The philosophical theory or set of principles governing the idea of
beauty at a given time and place:
3. Plastic surgery
I) Reconstructive Surgery
II) Aesthetic surgery
(Healthcare Commission 2004: 12)
• “[…] operations and other procedures that revise or change the
appearance, colour, texture, structure or position of bodily features,
which most would consider otherwise to be within the broad range of
‘normal’ for that person.”
4. Aesthetic surgery or Cosmetic surgery
Top Surgical cosmetic procedures USA, 2007
• Liposuction 456,828
• Breast augmentation 399,440
• Eyelid surgery 240,763
• Abdominoplasty 185,335
• Female breast reduction 153,087
• Total - 1,4 million
2013 Top 5 Cosmetic Surgical Procedures
Breast augmentation (290,000)
• Nose reshaping (221,000)
• Eyelid surgery (216,000)
• Liposuction (200,000)
• Facelift (133,00)
• Total – 1,6 million
(Source: American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery)
5. • British Association of Plastic Surgeons 2009
• 36,482 procedures (up 6.7% from 2008)
• 90% of procedures carried out on women
• Procedures on men up 21% (to 3623)
7. Aesthetic surgery includes
• Face
• Facial contouring
• Facial rejuvenation
• Body
• According to area ( breast, abdomen, buttocks, arms or thighs)
• According to procedure ( liposuction, lipofilling, plasties, Augmentations)
