Medicine + Technology Blog 4#

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When going over this weeks material the main concept that I found that was most interesting to me was the idea of plastic surgery. Through my whole life my parents have drilled into me that plastic surgery is wrong and that the body god gives you sacred. However I have always been fascinated by plastic surgery and the way it can interlay change how you look. Though I understand my parents perspective towards plastic surgery after viewing the material from this lab I believe plastic surgery to  simply be another way for humans to express themselves and that its not wrong in anyway.






In lecture 3 when professor Vesna talked about the origins of plastic surgery it was enlightening to me because I had always thought that plastic surgery was just a cosmetic option for the affluent. However learning how it was used to help injured people who fought in the war changed my perspective on plastic surgery entirely.




The story about Arlone I found to be disturbing for me in a way I can adequately explain. Even though I have no issue with plastic surgery for somebody who as a problem with there appearance, the way she made it into a spectacle for people to watch I found to be disturbing. I felt to me like she was almost abusing plastic surgery. Even thought there is nothing intrinsically wrong with plastic surgery it still has the capacity to be abused. 














Vesna, Victoria. “Medicine pt3.” YouTube, 22 Apr. 2012, youtu.be/FIX-9mXd3Y4.

 Vesna, Victoria. “Medicine pt1.” YouTube, 21 Apr. 2012, youtu.be/Ep0M2bOM9Tk.
Vesna, Victoria. "Medicine pt2"YouTube, uploaded by UC Online, 21 April 2012.

 Hajar, Rachel. “What Has Art to Do with Medicine?” Heart Views : the Official Journal of the Gulf Heart Association, Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd, 2018, 

Kita, Natalie. “History of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.” Verywell Health, www.verywellhealth.com/the-history-of-plastic-surgery-2710193.

Comments

  1. AnonymousApril 29, 2019 at 11:32 AM

    Baraka,

    Thank you for sharing you thoughts and perceptions of plastic surgery with us! I found your newfound perspective on the importance and usage of plastic surgery to be quite fascinating. I too previously saw plastic surgery as nothing more than an opportunity for the affluent to cosmetically change their looks, but as you have explained, there is much more to it. I never really thought about the fact that plastic surgery could, and has been used to improve the lives of those who have suffered from injuries and birth defects that have severely altered their physical appearance. Great job!

    -Sophie Bendetti

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