plastic surgery which alters one's looks from one form to another, as contrasted with restorative techniques which return looks to their former condition.
TYPE-CHANGING PLASTIC SURGERY: "Breast augmentation is a type-changing plastic surgery while a breast lift is not."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "TYPE-CHANGING PLASTIC SURGERY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 29, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/type-changing-plastic-surgery/ (accessed June 27, 2022).
