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Definition of Cosmetic surgery

1. Noun. Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised. "Some actresses have more than one face lift"

Definition of Cosmetic surgery

1. Noun. Surgery (and related medical treatment) to improve appearance rather than for health reasons. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Cosmetic surgery

1. Surgery in which the principal purpose is to improve the appearance, usually with the connotation that the improvement sought is beyond the normal appearance, and its acceptable variations, for the age and the ethnic origin of the patient. Synonym: esthetic surgery. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Cosmetic surgery

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"cosmetic surgery Aesthetic, or cosmetic, surgery is a much misunderstood pan of reconstructive surgery. ..."

2. Transactions of the Annual Meeting by Ohio State Medical Society (1898)
"THE TECHNIC OF MINOR cosmetic surgery BY LA YOCUM, ... "The Technic of Minor cosmetic surgery," I do not expect to present anything new. ..."

3. Romantic Love and Personal Beauty: Their Development, Causal Relations by Henry Theophilus Finck (1887)
"cosmetic surgery is rich in devices here, all of which are very available in children and young persons, less so when years have hardened and stiffened the ..."

4. Eternal Youths: How the Baby Boomers Are Having Their Time Again by James Harkin, Julia Huber (2004)
"One in ten American baby boomers, according to the AARP survey, is contemplating the radical step of cosmetic surgery.22 The idea that cosmetic plastic ..."

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