Plastic surgery, on top of making a person more attractive, can help people look more likeable and trustworthy, researchers say. Dr. Mike Reilly of Georgetown University led a study on how woman were perceived having undergoing facial rejuvenation. While women felt more feminine and attractive, the study also found "they had increased likeability and were perceived to be more socially skilled," Reilly told NBC News. It's the first study to look beyond the most obvious effects of plastic surgery, both good and in all too many cases, bad. "In the media you certainly can see...you'll see one kind of crazy, unnatural result after the next," Reilly said. "And it started me thinking about is there some way to study, quantify, some of these changes that are happening?"
