
Free Cosmetic Surgery - What don't you like about yourself?
“What don’t you like about yourself?” is the famous line from the FX show, Nip/Tuck. If you could get free cosmetic surgery what would you change about yourself? According to the National Health Service in the UK they have contributed over $5.7 million for hundreds of people to provide free cosmetic surgery including over 400 liposuctions, 1600+ nose jobs, tummy tucks and breast reductions. But there is a catch, they do not give free cosmetic surgery for those just wanting to look better, there has to be a medical reason.
Some of their patients were suffering from body dysmorphic disorder (sometimes also referred to as dysmorphic syndrome or dysmorphophobia), a psychiatric disorder where the patient is extremely concerned and preoccupied by an imagined or very minor defect in their appearance. Body dysmorphic disorder can cause severe psychological distress that can impair social performance, sometimes to the point of total social isolation. There has to be a vast amount of evidence that the patient is suffering from body dysmorphic disorder before they would be authorized to have free cosmetic surgery.
The NHS isn’t the only agency that gives money for free cosmetic surgery. Other organizations are:
Operation Smile out of Norfolk, VA or The Smile Train from New York, NY are organizations that help children with cleft lip/cleft palates. This defect makes breathing and eating difficult while causing problems with speech development.
Clean Slate Tattoo Removal and The Chuck Muncie Youth Foundation out of Emeryville, CA will offer free or low cost laser tattoo removal for those with gang related tattoos. Participants must have counseling, group therapy or community service to qualify.
Doctors Without Borders is known for providing humanitarian aid throughout the world by addressing all manner of healthcare needs in developing nations which also means performing reconstructive surgery on victims of wartime violence.
Iraq Star works with cosmetic surgeons to help soldiers that got hurt in the line of duty.
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Face to Face, Alexandria, VA and Healing the Children, Spokane, WA are organizations that make up many doctors, nurses, and others who donate their time and talents to help those suffering with disfigurement as a result of birth defects, cancer excisions, accidental trauma, burns, acts of war and domestic violence.
Other agencies that help those that are disfigured by domestic violence are The Royia Grizzell Foundation for Victims of Violence out of Indianapolis, IN and The National Domestic Violence Project Hotline 800-842-4546.
Organizations are just one way to get free cosmetic surgery. Another is to ask the surgeon themselves. Many surgeons offer free cosmetic surgery or pro bono work for those needing reconstructive surgery.
What if you don’t need cosmetic surgery for medical or reconstructive reason? There are a few other tips I can offer you to get free or low-cost cosmetic surgery.
Many surgeons themselves have promotions offering 2 procedures for the price of one or at a reduced price. I just saw an advertisement online offering $1.00 liposuction with a breast augmentation or tummy tuck. Check your mail for coupons, your local paper classifieds or cosmetic surgery websites for surgeons in your area.
Go Online. There are actual websites that if you join their forums and discuss cosmetic surgery they will award credit towards their surgery for every post that is written. New Found Beauty’s members will be able to go to any NFB participating providers and redeem their credit. The more a member participates, the more they will accumulate credit towards their cosmetic procedure. This will result in members getting a significant discount off their cosmetic procedure and a forum that is interactive and lively. Everybody wins!
My Free Implants is another website where you create a profile and state the reasons you want cosmetic surgery. They actually have benefactors that can buy message credits. When they use their credits to send messages to a lady, the lady can earn the credit towards their procedures. The procedure is done at the San Diego Institute of Plastic Surgery.
If you want to be really creative make a blog or website of your own and add a donation button from PayPal. There are many ways to get a free blog or website and signing up for PayPal is fast and easy. You will have to promote your blog/website through social networks like; StumbleUpon, Twitter, digg it, facebook, etc. to get the word out. Also join in other cosmetic surgery forums to gain attention to your site. Sometimes you have to think out of the box to get free cosmetic surgery.