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Plastic surgery


Plastic surgery

Plastic surgery attempts to improve the appearance of one's face or body. It is typically a cosmetic procedure, but plastic surgery can also restructure damaged parts of the body or improve certain physical functions. This is sometiems called reconstructive surgery. Common plastic surgery procedures include breast augmentations, face lifts, Botox injections, laser hair removal, tummy tucks, and liposuction.

About Plastic surgery

Plastic surgery can be performed on every part of the body, including the scalp, face, neck, arms, legs, stomach, genitals, and feet.

Some plastic surgery is purely cosmetic, intended to improve physical appearance and, therefore, self-esteem and often behavior. Some of these procedures include:

Botox injections
Blepharoplasty (eyelids)
Breast augmentation (implants)
Breast lift
Breast reduction
Buttock augmentation (implants)
Buttock lift
Chemical Peel
Dermabrasion
Face lift
Juvederm
Forhead lift
Arm lift
Gynecomastia reduction (male breast reduction)
Hair replacement
Laser hair removal
Laser vein treatment
Liposuction
Chin reduction
Microdermabrasion
Neck lift
Otoplasty (ears)
Rhinoplasty (nose job)
Thigh lift
Tummy tuck

Other plastic surgery procedures may also be considered cosmetic but are intended to improve major deformations, physical abnormalities acquired at birth, or physical damage from an accident. These procedures can include any of the above. They may also include:

Cleft lip or palat correction
Laceration repair
Mastectomy
Scar repair
Skin grafting
Tumor removal

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