Harmonization (Harmony)
Cosmetic Surgery - Plastic Surgery - Aesthetic Medicine - Reconstructive Surgery
Aesthetic surgery performed by qualified plastic surgeons aims to
restore body proportions and harmony lost as a result of various
diseases and disorders that can affect virtually any part of the body.
There are also a number of patients who are very unhappy with some
parts of their anatomy and feel a need to modify their bodies for
strictly personal reasons. Without neglecting the social pressure
behind this desire to change the body to appear more consistent with
the canons of beauty that appear in contemporary society through the
media, fashion and advertising, aesthetic surgery has become the
patient's search for harmony between the way he or she is and the image
he or she wants to show others. Dialogue between the surgeon qualified
in aesthetic surgery and his patient is fundamental to the attempt to
identify the genuine will of the patient, his/her deep desire to match
the image of his/her body to the one he/she feels deep inside Caution
is always advised before any transformative surgery. The harmony sought
may not be consistent with the patient’s expectations. .
For example, during genioplasty, the chin is moved and so the face is
more or less modified to achieve frontal and side harmony.
Similarly, when dealing with breast enlargement problems, the
qualified plastic surgeon will look to correct the breast size but also
to remodel the breasts to bring them into harmony with the morphology
of the patient.
Beauty is associated with notions of order, symmetry and harmony. Well
performed aesthetic surgery, used wisely and skilfully by skilled
surgeons may be one way to help people find balance and harmony both
physically and psychologically.