Cosmetic plastic surgery
Plastic surgery deals with aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. Aesthetic surgery improves the person's appearance and self-perception by reshaping normal body structures. Plastic surgery is where a person chooses to have an operation, or invasive medical procedure, to change their physical appearance for cosmetic rather than medical reasons. Reconstructive surgery is applied to abnormal body structures that occur due to birth or occur later, and its initial aim is to restore the functions of the affected body structures as much as possible.
Cosmetic plastic surgery is done to change your appearance. For some, it may mean redesigning the contour and shape of the body or smoothing out wrinkles. Others may choose varicose veins or breast augmentation. There are a number of cosmetic surgery procedures that men and women can choose from to create an image that makes them feel more confident and comfortable with their appearance. The most commonly performed cosmetic surgeries are breast augmentation, liposuction, nose reshaping, eyelid surgery, tummy tuck and face lift.
What are the most common plastic surgery procedures?
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the most common cosmetic procedures are listed here by their common or descriptive names. The medical term for the procedure is in parentheses:
- Breast augmentation or enlargement (augmentation mammoplasty)
- Breast implant removals
- Breast lift (mastopexy) with or without the placement of an implant
- Buttock lift
- Chin, cheek, or jaw reshaping (facial implants or soft tissue augmentation)
- Dermabrasion
- Eyelid lift (blepharoplasty)
- Facelift (rhytidectomy)
- Forehead lift
- Hair replacement or transplantation
- Lip augmentation
- Liposuction (lipoplasty)
- Lower body lift
- Nose reshaping (rhinoplasty)
- Thigh lift
- Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty)
- Upper arm lift (brachioplasty)
- Botox injections
- Cellulite treatment
- Chemical peel
- Plumping, or collagen or fat injections (facial rejuvenation)
- Laser skin resurfacing
- Laser treatment of leg veins
- Vaginal rejuvenation