Plastic surgery is sometimes branded as an addiction or just generally stigmatized by the media. This is probably in large part due to the popularity of celebrities like Heidi Montag, who have taken cosmetic surgery to an extreme level. We are all defined by the worst of our group – for plastic surgery, it’s wacky celebrities who don’t know when to quit.
But those negative images in the media aren’t a good representation of typical results for a plastic surgery patient. In fact, a recent study has countered previous studies in finding that plastic surgery can actually help with depression and make patients feel better about themselves.
The study was presented earlier this year at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) Plastic Surgery conference in San Francisco.
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