Contents Preface introduction unit 1

Now fill the gaps with the word combinations given above:

COSMETIC SURGERY

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   _______________________did not originate in Hollywood, as some people wrongly assume. It was an ancient practice named after the Greek word plastikos, meaning “to mold”. Before 2. ______________________ and face-lifts were performed on the living these procedures were used to beautify the dead. Ancient Egyptians had to look their best in the afterlife!
   

Reconstructive surgery became popular in Europe and America following World War I. Soldiers returned from the battlefields needing

3. _________________________, 4. ___________________________, and artificial limbs. In the 1960s, when plastic surgeons were no longer in great demand, specialists began to market their skills as cosmetic surgeons. Does it surprise you that middle-aged women were the first to get hooked?

These days, the goal of looking young, thin, and flawless has cosmetic surgeons working overtime. If you’re unhappy with your nose, you get a nose job. If you can’t get your pre-pregnancy shape back, you can get a

5. ______________________________ or 6. __________________________. If you can’t afford the procedure, there are even payment plans. Men, women and even children compare themselves to airbrushed models and celebrities. Is going under the knife becoming a way of life?

Some people are not ashamed of their vanity. They claim to have greater confidence due to their surgically enhanced body parts. Others swear off plastic surgery and regret the decisions of their past. Most people want to remove

7. ___________________________ in the eye area by having eyelid surgery or

8. ___________________________, where implants are placed in the cheeks, while others decide to deform their ears by 9. _______________________. They realize how fake their face-lifts look, or they worry about the health risks of their implants. What about 10. _____________________________ and dental braces? Are these a form of cosmetic surgery, too?

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