Of late, plastic surgery has experienced an incredible boom in the amount of business it is getting. The statistics tend to vary, but most agree that the increase is somewhere in the 650 to 700% range over the last decade. This is not merely because of the re-constructive value of plastic surgery, which is not as large a portion of the business as one might be led to assume. Most of the people who go to the office of a plastic surgeon go there for cosmetic surgery, rather than re-constructive surgery. In recent times, there have been some indications that these visits are more deeply rooted in a variety of psychological issues and concerns than previously believed. Some have even come so far as to claim that there is a strong link between physical appearance (as granted by plastic surgery) and mental health.
The primary mental health concern linked to plastic surgery is body dismorphic disorder. The disorder results in a person being convinced that their appearance is unsatisfactory, thus making them willing to undergo procedures over and over again. This is a major concern, as there are still only vague statistics to show that plastic surgeons are rejecting people who...