[ABSTRACT] The author reviews the normal reasons and pathological causes for which plastic surgery operations are sought and points out the indications and contraindications of these procedures. Over recent months we have been bombarded with contradictory information on plastic surgery operations. On the one hand, we are told that one of every ten people around us (older women, adolescents, princesses and, in a growing percentage, men) seek and obtainpersonal help through these operations. On