• April 16, 2024

Mexico ranks fifth worldwide in the number of plastic surgeries performed, according to a statistic of the International Association of Plastic Surgery, ensures the medical surgeon José Luis Sanjurjo Martínez.

In an interview for GetQoralHealth, also a specialist in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital Español de México He details that the plastic surgeries with the greatest demand are those of body contouring (breast implants and liposculpture).

"Focusing on facial surgery, the main one in Mexico is the nasal and second the eyelid surgery", explains the member of the Mexican Society of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery .

Self-esteem, key to undergo aesthetic surgeries

"The question of self-esteem is fundamental, both in young people and children and adults, to undergo facial surgery," says José Luis Sanjurjo.

Regarding rejuvenation surgeries, the specialist notes that "every day we are in a competitive world where older people have to compete with younger people and finally the face is our letter of introduction".

"One day the older people get up, look in the mirror and want to do something that improves them and helps them keep looking younger," he says.

Facial rejuvenation, favorite surgery for over 40 years

Those who undergo cosmetic surgery such as the nasal, chin implant or to correct a congenital defect are younger patients, which can be from 15 to 35 or 40 years.

Meanwhile, facial rejuvenation surgery is performed in patients around 40, who can also undergo non-surgical things like botulinum toxin. And you, why would you submit to plastic surgery?

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