How to Use plastic surgery in a Sentence

plastic surgery

noun
  • He needed plastic surgery on his face after the car accident.
  • Read on for a preview of the top plastic surgery trends of 2024.
    Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 6 Dec. 2023
  • What were your feelings about plastic surgery at the time?
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2022
  • She was told to lose weight, forced to get plastic surgery and barred from cutting her hair.
    Ana Ionova, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Once the stuff of whispers and sideways glances, plastic surgery has come out of the shadows.
    Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The damage to his face and skull required six and a half hours of plastic surgery to repair.
    New York Times, 5 July 2022
  • At the hotel, the Deputy Marshals found a receipt for plastic surgery.
    Megan Brown, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • One of the last great Hollywood taboos is celebrity plastic surgery.
    Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Richard Hatch competed, so did some women from that plastic surgery show, The Swan, on Fox.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The modern era of plastic surgery evolved from the work of the military and reconstructive surgery.
    Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2022
  • That’s the case with the non-surgical nose job or the liquid nose job, the latest type of plastic surgery to go viral online.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Bella Hadid is setting the record straight on her plastic surgery work.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 15 Mar. 2022
  • But if both don’t undergo serious plastic surgery, the faces of their games in 2096 will be skulls.
    Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Now, watch 100 years of plastic surgery history: Our bad!
    Taylore Glynn, Allure, 18 Jan. 2022
  • There were all kinds of bodies – shaved, not shaved; bodies with tattoos or plastic surgery; thin, curvy.
    Anissa Kermiche, Vogue, 14 Aug. 2023
  • And, later, as a woman, you’re pushed to do things to control your body, like plastic surgery and so on, but then you’re being made fun of on top of that.
    Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Surgery has always been a field dominated by men, and plastic surgery most of all.
    New York Times, 10 May 2022
  • Better grooming, working out, and a healthy diet are the usual first steps, though some men may move on to plastic surgery.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Sarah Jessica Parker doesn’t love her reflection in the mirror, but doesn’t feel the need to turn to plastic surgery.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2023
  • The adaptation will follow Liu, a young woman who feels the need to get plastic surgery, and Guy, who is seen as having a perfect face.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Simpson is no stranger to opening up about cosmetic and plastic surgery she's had done.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Related: Aliases, a plastic surgery receipt, and six weeks on the run: How suspect in Vt.
    Jim Vertuno, BostonGlobe.com, 20 July 2022
  • While the study focused on the US, other recent data suggest strong demand for plastic surgery around the world.
    Sarah Todd, Quartz, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Like most plastic surgery procedures, the cost can be steep and varies based on geography and the surgeon.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Jack Osbourne doesn’t think his mother Sharon Osbourne can stay away from plastic surgery.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Why doctors are urging caution about a plastic surgery trend N.Y.
    CBS News, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Black celebrities, like Blac Chyna, have been forthcoming about the details of their plastic surgery.
    India Espy-Jones, Essence, 8 Aug. 2023
  • See: when Khloé addressed fans calling her out for plastic surgery and photo editing.
    Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Doctors advised Chelsea, who now had to drink liquids with a syringe, that plastic surgery could protect his mouth.
    Vanessa Arredondo, Los Angeles Times, 27 July 2023
  • That's why face-to-face visits benefit plastic surgery patients more than phone calls.
    Nick Kasmik, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023

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