After putting the number in Scientific Notation, just check that: 1  The digits part is between 1 and 10 (it can be 1, but never 10)  The power part shows exactly how many places to move the decimal point.
Plastic surgery is a special type of surgery that can change a person's appearance and ability to function. Reconstructive procedures correct defects on the face or body. These include physical birth defects like cleft lips and palates and ear deformities, traumatic injuries like those from dog bites or burns, or the aftermath of disease treatments like rebuilding a woman's breast after surgery for breast cancer.
Plastic surgery attracts women and men from all walks of life looking to enhance their physical appearance. While the reasons for selecting plastic surgery vary greatly from one individual to the next, there are clear trends appearing in the demographics of plastic surgery patients. Each year, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) releases an extensive report, tracking the ethnicities, ages, genders and other characteristics of plastic surgery patients.* According to the ASPS, 12.1 million plastic surgeries were performed in the U.S. during 2008. Nine percent of these surgeries were performed on men, and 91 percent performed on women. 47 percent of plastic surgery patients were between the ages of 40 and 54. Interestingly, the number of Caucasian patients has steadily declined as patients of other ethnicities have been rising. In 2002, 84 percent of patients were Caucasian; by 2008 this number had diminished to 73 percent.