Easily one of the very best things about living in the Internet age is the easy access we all have to sometimes very specialized news from around the globe. As board certified plastic surgeons, we are obviously especially interested in stories about our specialty, wherever it is practiced. Just now, we were fortunate to stumble over a fascinating and encouraging story about plastic surgery from today's Hindustan Times about a place we're not very used to hearing many upbeat stories about: Afghanistan.
Despite many of the issues our U.S. forces, face in that historically crucial nation, its apparent that, on a personal level, some progress is being made there. A few years ago, the nation's best plastic surgeons were focusing mainly on correcting the horrifying disfigurements that can result from warfare. Even more horrifying in many ways, they were also large focused on correcting the results of self-harm from severely depressed Afghani women and domestic violence, including the acid attacks which can be so hard for Westerners to understand.
The extremely positive trend is that, at least in the nation's capital of Kabul, it now appears Afghanistan's top plastic surgeons are now largely focusing on the same issues top plastic surgeons here in L.A. focus on: rhinoplasty, face lifts, tummy tucks, and all the rest.
Part of the reason appears to be that U.S. involvement in the nation has finally resulted in the nation developing a more vibrant middle class. However, in this holiday season, it would also be nice to think it's a sign of a greater level of peace. People in wartime tend to focus on survival issues and not too much else. When we have time to contemplate improvements to the shape of our noses of how we'd like to get rid of some wrinkles or bags under our eyes, that's a sign that we've mostly got the life-and-stuff settled.
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