cosmetic surgery

noun

: surgery done to improve a person's appearance

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Emilie Blichfeldt’s body horror film includes several difficult-to-watch scenes of crude cosmetic surgery, including its protagonist eating a tapeworm, sewing in eyelashes and enduring a barbaric rhinoplasty. Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025 The Covid era aggravated our social media addiction and introduced us to the tyranny of video calls, steering many women toward cosmetic surgery. The Styles Desk, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2024 Dakota Mortensen is lifting the lid on his cosmetic surgery! Bailey Richards, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025 Wildenstein, known for her extensive cosmetic surgery that gave her a cat-like appearance, died in Paris, her partner Lloyd Klein, 57, confirmed to AFP and People. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for cosmetic surgery 

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“Cosmetic surgery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cosmetic%20surgery. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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