06/03/2013
PLASTIC SURGERY:
myths and realities
It is a fact that our science is not recent and oldest publication is known, may become evident in the Ebers Papyrus dating from 3500 BC
The image that a human being present to their peers has been a concern and priority primitive has had more impact on the development of different civilizations, and that as a result of the cult of appearance, the man has had many conflicts.
If we are to judge by the most primitive sculptures, the man saw the woman not only a s*x symbol, but the incarnation of beauty.
The vast majority of prehistoric sculptures are for female figures. They mainly emphasize secondary s*xual signs: breasts and hips. The face did not matter.
The oldest female figure is known is the Venus of Willendorf, a small statuette of 10 cm in height carved in limestone, which was found in Austria for more than 30,000 years. Here we appreciate the protrusion of the breasts, abdomen and hips, fertility symbols for primitive man.
As you can see the female form has had a long history, mysteries and returns flaming ... however, still has secrets to a long time.
The warm sand of our beaches, is it not the scene of a charming tragicomedy, where they face, challenging and different breeds of naiads spy and seductive?
From the scandalous bikini from the 50s to the formidable Tang arrived from Brazil in the eyes of the experts have had in 30 years, many areas to discover, and rediscover forgotten.
But how can we do to get the holiday season without apprehension when you have a few extra pounds in the gluteal fold in the belly or arm?
In 1964, Charles Aznavour causes the smile of the hexagon (France) "I abandon," a bittersweet confession husband Tom Thumb with newly released disappointments.
Ten years later, the stout housewife realized that perhaps there was something between a supermarket and return to nature, including consumer associations and advertising agencies, among and between consumerism and guilt a third child and hydrotherapy. Some decisions are difficult to digest, but the female silhouette has fought well.
In the mid-70s, still had to face thousand trials: diet, measurements doubtful strenuous exercise, massage, saunas, injections and physiotherapy of the third kind, and finally to its more radical adherents, gruesome surgeries and lived in semi-clandestine gold price paid.
In short, the female form, in a few years, has spent literally the functional to decorative, later to become an identity nourished by elegance, dynamism and responsibility.
Due to that, for many years, surgeons have sought to alter the human body with minimal sequelae.
Today, new horizons open operative techniques Cosmetic Surgery unexpected benefit of this new context.
Liposuction, liposculpture, ultrasonic liposuction, lipoinjection, facial plasty eyelids, endoscopic facial surgery, facial rejuvenation, dermabrasion, chemical, Cosmetic permanent tattoo, etc., Etc.
No end to mention the procedures currently used to satisfy the demands of today's woman
However it is worth noting that the primary objective of Plastic Surgery, as well as in all medical sciences, is to diagnose correctly and manage the right treatment for each patient.
And then we owe it to our conscience and give the patient's reality.
Not all procedures are applicable to all patients and no surgery without a scalpel.
So the Venezuelan Society of Plastic Surgery, warning the general public about the danger of submitting to procedures by non-specialists.
The most recent theft has been the emergence of a "pseudo - a specialty called Aesthetic Medicine, which combines economics with the wish of the patient, without any comprehensive education where science merges with the feeling, hence we have to receive the reality of a myth: it offers over is not obtained.
It is necessary that the surgeon understands and knows the patient, not to confuse the language to be established between the two, and that a fair agreement between the claims of the patient and the possibilities of the surgeon, because it is also important to assess its extent the concept of Beauty of the patient, because if it differs completely from that has the cosmetic surgeon can never get a satisfactory result.
Often compared to the plastic surgeon with the artist because they both speak the language of beauty but in the work of art, beauty has an immediate purpose, that is, the sole purpose of exhibiting.
Which chieves the Plastic Surgeon in human beings have a transcendent purpose, as to harmonize the body with the spirit, establishing peace and internal consistency that allows the patient to find his own image and achieve a balance with the surrounding world, in all respects.
So we could say that beauty is one of the conditions of happiness.
Each race that makes up the big family of our planet has its own concept of beauty, and also this will mutate with the idiosyncrasies and philosophy of the time.
Even within the same race, we could say that every human being has his own concept of beauty, according to his temperament, culture and sensitivity, which determined its particular way of seeing, conceiving and feel the world, to reason and judge.
Thomas said that there is beauty in everything that pleases the senses, ie, establishing a close relationship between the object and personal sensitivity.
What is important in the formation of our specialists is to cultivate the spirit and mind constantly to distinguish where the beauty of the human being, perhaps the most mysterious and fascinating world.
It is necessary that the plastic surgeon to understand that not enough scientific knowledge for the work to convey beauty, for knowledge is based on tactics and technique, while the beauty hides his law in a tangible manifestation.
Only an abiding love for humanity will always be the concept of beauty, which gives dignity to the specialist, and the day I feel your sensitivity has fallen to such an extent that their spiritual fiber and its nerves are no longer shudder at the miracle and mystery that offers the beauty at the beginning of an operation in search of perfection we can say that the life of the plastic surgeon has done, because he has lost the concept of beauty with only the spirits that throb with life itself.
You need to know and feel.
Thank you very much.
Bolívar City, Octuber 28, 2000
Irma Zamora, MD
