Oksana Masters

I definitely did not like my body when I first started sports. I didn't like my body just in general as a teenager. Being a girl and a teenager with two prosthetic legs and two hands that were misshapen that had so much reconstructive surgery on them, I thought my world was over - put a zit on top of that, and then my life is completely over.

American Athlete

Carnie Wilson

I did have reconstructive plastic surgery and a tummy tuck. And from hip to hip, there's a very big scar. It looks better than it did... So I say, if you don't like that skin, have it removed. This is my advice: if you're gonna do it - just go for it.

American Musician

Jon Cryer

To avoid ignorance and bullying, I've had to hide the fact that I'm a troll. You have no idea how much time and money I've spent on electrolysis and hair dye and reconstructive surgery so I can look like this.

American Actor

Walter Rauschenbusch

Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.

American Writer

Paul Nassif

I chose a specialty in plastic and reconstructive surgery because it's very rewarding to watch someone with broken bones or bad scars return to normal.

Lebanese Celebrity

Dominick Cruz

Even when I was hurt with triple ACL reconstructive surgeries, there was a target on my back. I had to come back and fight through it.

Pete Burns

The amount of surgeries I've had are absolutely minimal compared to the reconstructive surgeries I've had. Probably 300.

English Musician

John Cena

I had reconstructive pectoral surgery, I had a cervical neck fusion and a scope, and the scope was the toughest.

Eva Herzigova

I didn't have to undergo reconstructive surgery.

Czechoslovakian Model

Joseph Murray

American Scientist

Used often in medical fields to describe surgery that rebuilds body parts.

Medical Context

Focuses on restoring form and function, not just appearance.

Beyond Cosmetics

Often follows accidents or to correct effects of illness.

Accidents and Illness

Often related to restoration of historical and cultural artifacts.

Cultural Heritage

Usually implies improvement or enhancement over the original.

Improvement Focus

Commonly found in academic texts about conservation and restoration.

Academic Usage

 says that's no excuse for what happened it was a traffic violation come they just couldn't arrest him and give him some kind of fine or something I'd had to beat the mess out of them like that doctor said that he suffered a concussion one of his eye sockets was pulverized his cheekbone was so pushed in from the blows to his face that it would require reconstructive surgery

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 This is not a life-saving transplant -- like a heart, or liver, or lung transplant -- it is a quality-of-life transplant, and as a result, are the patients going to say, if they get a malignant cancer 10 or 15 years on, "I wish I'd had conventional reconstructive techniques rather than this

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 was injured in Nigeria to London for emergency reconstructive surgery on mrs. Madhu pair for instance who was comatose with meningitis and reported in a rural area of Nigeria the speed of life for her was the one hour that it took us to move her from that war area of Nigeria

Reconstructive