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Originally Posted by Bruinrab
I was going to give an argument for why the line between cosmetic and reconstructive procedures blurs even with procedures like breast augmentation, but it would have been too explicit for here. Suffice it to say, the patient's view of what is disfiguring has to be taken into account. And I have see doctors turn away patients who they felt either didn't need the surgery they wanted or would have been harmed by it. Happens more often than people think.
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Bruinab,
I really enjoyed your input on this topic of plastic surgery, a very interesting and insightful perspective.
I agree about the psychological factor.
I believe most Islamic scholars will try and divide plastic surgery into two categories- those which are only for beautification, and the other for more "necessary" alterations, like fixing a hare lip, or grafting skin.
But I don't think its that simple. I know some people cite the hadith about women putting spaces between their teeth as a sign of beauty, and how this is wrong because you're altering what Allah created. So then, are braces wrong?