Most of the existing face recognition algorithms have predominantly
focused on mitigating the effects of pose, illumination and
expression, and no attempt has been made to study the effect of
local and global plastic surgery on face recognition. As facial plastic
surgery procedures become more and more prevalent, face recognition
systems will be challenged to recognize individuals after plastic
surgery has been performed. In this section, we investigate different
aspects related to plastic surgery and face recognition. Specifically, a
plastic surgery face database is prepared and performance of six face
recognition algorithms is evaluated.