What Is Plastic Surgery?
Just because the name includes the word "plastic" doesn't mean patients who have this surgery end up with a face full of fake stuff. The name isn't taken from the synthetic substance but from the Greek word plastikos, which means to form or mold (and which gives the material plastic its name as well).
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.
- Cosmetic (also called aesthetic) procedures alter a part of the body that the person is not satisfied with. Common cosmetic procedures include making the breasts larger (augmentation mammoplasty) or smaller (reduction mammoplasty), reshaping the nose (rhinoplasty), and removing pockets of fat from specific spots on the body (liposuction).
Types of Plastic Surgery
Head, face, and eyes
- Facelift
- Brow/forehead lift
- Eyelid lift
- Ear pinning
- Ear reshaping
- Hair replacement surgery
- Nasal surgery
- Nose reshaping
- Chin, cheek, or jaw reshaping / facial implants
- Lip augmentation
- Cleft lip and cleft palate
- Craniosynostosis (craniofacial anomaly)
Mouth and teeth
- Oral and maxillofacial surgery
Breasts
- Breast augmentation
- Breast reconstruction
- Breast reduction in men with gynecomastia
- Breast lift
Abdomen
- Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty)
- Liposuction
Hand and upper limb
- Chase Hand & Upper Limb Center
Skin
- Chemical peel
- Dermabrasion / dermaplaning
- Collagen/fat injectable fillers
- Botox/filler injections
- Glycolic peels
- Laser peels
- Vein removal
- Scar revision
- Tattoo removal
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