PLASTIC SURGERY

What is Plastic Surgery?

Plastic surgery focuses on reconstructing, repairing, or altering the human body. It includes both cosmetic (aesthetic) procedures to improve appearance and reconstructive surgeries to restore function or form after injury, disease, or congenital defects.

Types of Plastic Surgery:

1. Reconstructive Surgery

Repairs damage caused by trauma, burns, infections, tumors, or congenital abnormalities.

Examples:

Breast reconstruction after mastectomy

Cleft lip and palate repair

Burn treatment and scar revision

Hand surgery

Microsurgery (reconnecting blood vessels and nerves)

2. Cosmetic (Aesthetic) Surgery

Enhances or changes physical appearance.

Common procedures:

Rhinoplasty (nose reshaping)

Facelift

Liposuction (fat removal)

Breast augmentation or reduction

Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty)

Botox and fillers (non-surgical)

Common Conditions and Treatments:

Trauma and wound repair: Suturing, flap surgery, skin grafts.

Congenital deformities: Correcting birth defects like webbed fingers or ear deformities.

Cancer reconstruction: Removing tumors and reconstructing tissue.

Burn care: Skin grafts, scar management.

Cosmetic enhancements: Fat removal, skin tightening, facial contouring.

Techniques Used:

Skin grafts: Transferring skin from one area to another.

Flap surgery: Moving tissue with its blood supply.

Microsurgery: Operating on tiny blood vessels and nerves.

Laser and minimally invasive techniques: Scar treatment, skin resurfacing.