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The Dramatic Ways Plastic Surgery Has Changed Over the Past Century

Plastic surgery procedures have gone from being taboo to documented all over Instagram.

By Ariel Wodarcyk

February 21, 2020

Plastic Surgery — CaptionPlastic surgery has changed dramatically since the age of paraffin fillers and facelifts that left expressions frozen. In fact, now you can go get non-surgical nose jobs during your lunch break and head right back to work. With the help of Elizabeth Haiken, the author of Venus Envy: A History of Cosmetic Surgery, we took a look back at some of the very first nips and tucks in the US.Getty Images

CaptionPlastic surgery has changed dramatically since the age of paraffin fillers and facelifts that left expressions frozen. In fact, now you can go get non-surgical nose jobs during your lunch break and head right back to work. With the help of Elizabeth Haiken, the author of Venus Envy: A History of Cosmetic Surgery, we took a look back at some of the very first nips and tucks in the US.Getty Images

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