With the advent of computer imagery in plastic surgery, patients can now see what they would look like before their surgery is completed using state of the art technology. Today, prospective patients in a surgeon's office can use simple online tools provided by doctor's offices to see how they may look with a facelift or nose job for free. While these tools are typically not as powerful as the ones used in doctor's offices, they provide patients with a good idea as to how they may look, and it may convince them to step into the doctor's office afterward.

The technology used to bring an individual's plastic surgery dreams to life is relatively new. It's typically done by taking an image and altering the parameter's to make changes, for example, to straighten the bridge of someone's nose if it's in a profile view. It has been documented that patients who use computer imaging are often much happier after the surgery, as they have a good idea how the finished surgery will look. The technology has rapidly advanced in many ways. Now, when patients come into a doctor's office, they can have their face taken from twelve angles using a special camera tool. This tool then transmits the image into a computer, which allows the doctor to turn, rotate and alter the picture. The doctor can have the nose widened, the chin lengthened, suck fat out of the neck, and much more. The doctor can then take the completed image and put it side by side with the original. The patient can view this image in full 3D, and see it turned and rotated in many different angles. This way, even if the patient wants to know how the nose looks from a lower perspective, the doctor can show the visible changes immediately and clearly. 

Computer imaging technology can be used in a number of amazing ways. A professional, renowned and well reviewed plastic surgeon should be able to take the image projected onto the screen and turn it into a reality for his or her patients. While this technology is very advanced, there is still a lot that goes into a plastic surgery operation. They require patients to go under the knife with anaesthesia, they're expensive (Though not relative to some other forms of surgery) and the patient may feel physical pain while recovering. However, computer imaging technology has shown that with a competent doctor the end product should look like the image projected onscreen with computer imaging technology. As one would expect, a well informed patient will be much more confident in their surgery, and will be far less likely to regret their decision at the end of the day.

This post was written by Eric Forester, a "techie" from Toronto. She knows the The Canadian Institute of Plastic Surgery uses computer imaging for their surgeries. For more information on the topic, visitwww.cosmeticsurgery123.com.