aesthetic surgery
Noun

aesthetic surgery

  1. (medicine) Surgery which alters a person's physical appearance, performed not for health reasons but in order to increase his or her beauty or physical appeal; cosmetic surgery.
    • 1978, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,946125-2,00.html Living: The Unveiling of a New Ford]," Time, 23 Oct.:
      Still, for those like Betty Ford who feel the need for outer rejuvenation, aesthetic surgery can be a godsend.
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