For millions of people, cosmetic plastic surgery is the solution to ridding of insecurity and feeling great about themselves. Cosmetic surgery not only combats visible aging, but it erases unwanted curves as well as applies the curves one actually does desire.

Today, there seems to be a cosmetic procedure for everything. With enough money, any individual could look anyway he or she wants. But is there a limit to how far one should go?

What about a 23-year-old who undergoes 10 procedures in 1 day?

The celebrity socialite was already acquainted with plastic surgery by the time she turned 21 years of age. Montag had already breast augmentation to increased her A-cups to C-cups and received rhinoplasty and lip injections. Two years later, she claimed insecurities drove her back to the operating room, where she underwent 10 plastic surgery procedures in 1 day.

From her forehead to her waist, Montag transformed her appearance after asking her doctor, "What would you do to make me perfect?"

According to him, the following ten procedures were needed to make the young beauty all the more beautiful:
1)    Mini brow lift
2)    Botox in forehead
3)    Rhinoplasty revision
4)    Fat injections in check and lips
5)    Chin reduction
6)    Neck liposuction
7)    Ears pinned back
8)    Breast augmentation revision (breasts increased to a triple D, although she claims to be uncertain of the exact size)
9)    Liposuction on waist, hips, inner and outer thighs
10)    Buttock augmentation

Last year, 13.1 million people underwent cosmetic plastic surgery in the United States. The most popular procedure was breast augmentation, with 296,000 procedures performed.

Montag, who had been in Playboy and described as pretty before her multiple procedures, is married to ‘The Hills' co-star Spencer Pratt. The couple has written a book together entitled, "How to Be Famous."

When she woke up, Montag was in pain and short of breath. "I thought I was going to die," she described. "My body went through so much trauma."

In an interview on ABC, she stated that she was not aware of the extent of her operations.  "I do not feel like I was prepared enough for this." In the same interview she revealed how she wasn't even sure of the number of surgeries taking place at one time. "I wasn't sure the number, we weren't counting."

The news of Montag's plastic surgery circulated around the globe as her before and after photos hit magazines and filled sites like Youtube.com.

Since her procedures, she has changed her attitude towards cosmetic surgery. "I got way too caught up in my vanity," she stated. "I don't want to go under the knife again."

Whats the lesson to learn from all this? That's for you to decide. It does seem that Heidi Montag on plastic surgery does show the importance of preparation and awareness in one's consideration of his or her appearance.