As in, with more extreme procedures, why is it that they sometimes go horribly wrong? Is there some element of luck, or surgeon incompetence, or something else entirely?
And if it’s one of the first two, then why is it still popular, even among people that aren’t *obsessed* with perfecting their body?
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It can be any reasoning, really. From celebrities going to all-lengths to get the specific procedure they want regardless of the recommendations of morally sound professionals to a point that they risk getting them done in sketchy-cheap places by surgeons with outdated licenses (basement surgeons), dangerous methods of doing the procedures (search for Cardi B and Alejandra Guzman botched butt augmentations), and bad hygiene or sterilization that promotes infections; to immoral surgeons that prefer a paycheck rather than the well-being of their patient; to the patients themselves having so many procedures that there’s simply not enough material to work with, which causes the inevitable botch that we see so often.
The best surgical a/o cosmetic procedures go completely unnoticed, and we really only know about the botched ones because they’re the loudest, and most obvious to pick apart.
A lot of the prominent Hollywood actors and singers have had nose revisions, rhinoplasties, blepharoplasties, hair transplants, liposuction, breast augmentation, and cosmetic injections like filler or Botox, but we don’t “notice” unless something goes completely haywire.
Surgeries are popular because they work, and because in a perfect world, they’re performed by a team of professionals following a controlled, strict, and sterile procedure that produces an accurate result. A few bad apples don’t spoil the bunch when it comes to plastic surgery. Celebrities, and most self-aware people, are willing to spend top dollar for something that could be dangerous to their physical health a/o mental health, just like a regular patient pays top dollar for Lasik eye surgery, sterilization, gastric bypass, appendix removal, etc.
If something improves quality of life, regardless of how miniscule the change is, people are willing to risk anything to get it.
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