Is cosmetic surgery classed as “major surgery” with serious potential complications?
In skilled hands, cosmetic surgery very rarely produces serious complications. This is nevertheless, “surgery”, and as such subject to a number of imponderables. Potential risks and complications can range from minor and expected after-effects such as swelling, bruising and discomfort to, more seriously (but also more infrequently), infection, implant rejection and anaesthesia complications. Modern medicine is equipped to tackle most of these adverse fall-outs but you need to keep in mind that they do exist as possibilities. They are the “calculated risks” you undertake when you undergo any surgery. Do discuss them all with your surgeon in advance. TOP 4. Are the scars of cosmetic surgery avoidable? Any form of surgery leaves scars, and cosmetic surgery is no exception. Despite what you may have hard or read, all scars are permanent and cannot be erased. The cosmetic surgeon tries to make his incisions so that the scars are hidden in the natural creases and body-fold areas. In most cas
