Natural Beauty
“I only want slight surgery so it looks natural!” “I want the most surgery possible so it looks obvious!” These are the comments I hear most when consulting outpatients regarding plastic surgery or when consulting just before surgery. Most people basically think that being ‘natural’ involves changing a little, and ‘obvious’ means changing considerably. But ‘natural’ doesn’t actually mean changing a little, it means you can’t tell surgery was performed and the change isn’t awkward looking. You can still end up looking natural even after a substantial amount of surgery. It will look natural even if you’ve transformed a lot if the changes aren’t awkward and it still seems like you were originally born that way. On the other hand, ‘obvious’ means that you can tell surgery was done. Regardless of the amount of change, it will look like you had work done if you end up looking awkward and it doesn’t seem like you were naturally born like that way. It can look obvious even if the chang