The decision to have cosmetic surgery is not one to be taken lightly and potential patients are generally encouraged by their surgeon to take the time to consider what they are entering into.
A new app for the iPhone could help with these considerations by allowing people to manipulate images of themselves as if they had undergone certain cosmetic surgery procedures.
The Plastic Surgery Simulator is now available in version 1.1 following a recent update for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users, while Mac users can download version 1.3.
Essentially, the app is designed to help people to envision how they might look if they were to undergo cosmetic surgery. They can stretch, shrink and move different parts of their bodies and then view before and after images to check if the like what they see.
Benjamin Melki, chief executive of the app developers Kaeria, commented: “People want to be beautiful. With this app, users can distort their picture to see how they would look with a differently shaped nose, breasts, chin, buttocks, and so on
“Sometimes, just a slight modification makes a tremendous difference to one’s appearance. It can be shocking to see the before and after photos.”
While anybody seriously considering cosmetic surgery will need to discuss the process and options with a qualified surgeon or doctor, applications such as this can help in the early stages as people are unsure of what they want to change about their appearance.
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