When we start to unpack plastic surgery, or at least the part most people think about — aesthetics or cosmetic surgery — we can broadly define two categories: restoration and augmentation. In a sense, restoration takes you back to the way you were and augmentation takes you somewhere new.
Plastic Surgeons doing restorative work may be working on patients disfigured by trauma or cancer, but the most common (and most lucrative) part of plastic surgery is restoring age-related changes… a broad area of beauty we sometimes call rejuvenation.
As aging is a reality for all those that get the benefit of a long life, it is here that I wanted to start. In this post, I want to explore what happens as we age? And ask what if anything can we do about it? And even broader, should we do anything about it?
