plastic surgery: Quick Facts

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surgery on a human patient

plastic surgery

plastic surgery: breast implant

Side-by-side comparison of a woman's lower face showing lips before and after filler injections; the right side displays fuller, plumper lips.

Botox injection

Botox preparation

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Key People

Fiona Wood, 2005.

Fiona Wood

Australian surgeon

Karl von Gräfe, engraving by G. Metzeroth, c. 1845, after a portrait by an unknown artist

Karl Ferdinand von Gräfe

German surgeon

A Yorkshire terrier dressed up as a veterinarian or doctor on a white background. (dogs)

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