Plastic Surgery

Introduction

Nowadays people have become more conscious about their looks and fitness so they join gym and try different cosmetic products to look better. But with the advent of new technologies in medical sciences now plastic surgery is done for correcting any body form and function. So plastic surgery involves both cosmetic as well as reconstructive surgery. Plastic surgery further includes a variety of surgical options like burn surgery, craniofacial surgery, microsurgery, hand surgery and paediatric surgery.

Techniques of plastic surgery

The most common technique of plastic surgery involves grafting of skin tissue or the organ that will be transplanted. Most of the times skin grafts are taken from recipient which is known as auto grafts but in case the natural tissue is deficient or absent then cultured sheets of epithelial cells or synthetic compounds are used. Different techniques and procedures of plastic surgery are prevalent like excision, incision, microsurgery, electro surgery, chemosurgery, laser surgery, liposuction and derma-abrasion.

One can get good results after plastic surgery if the incisions are made after careful planning so that they fall in the line of natural skin lines. Along with it the choice for wound closure should be appropriate and best suture materials should be used.
The exposed sutures should be removed early so that the wound is held closed by buried sutures.

Reconstructive plastic surgery

Another type of plastic surgery is the Reconstructive one which is performed to correct the functional impairments in the body due to medical & clinical accidents like burns, traumatic injuries, and congenital abnormalities. The other involved medical & clinical accident factors are developmental abnormalities, infection. Even during removal of cancers or tumours the reconstructive surgery is done like mastectomy is done for a breast cancer as well  as head and neck cancer, a abdominal invasion is done for colon cancer and even closing skin and mucosa defects after removal of tumours in the head and neck region. Generally the reconstructive plastic surgery is covered by insurance coverage but it might get change according to the procedure. Even patients come for microsurgery that involves transfer of tissue for coverage of a defect when no local tissue is available.

Cosmetic surgery

Cosmetic Surgery involves the enhancement or restoring of appearance through surgical and medical techniques. The most prevalent cosmetic procedures are abdominoplasty that involve reshaping of abdomen, blepharoplasty which means eyelid surgery, breast augmentation that involve fat grafting or usage of silicone gel prosthetics. Rhinoplasty involves reshaping of the nose whereas otoplasty is done for reshaping of the ear. Rhytidectomy is more prevalent as it involves Removal of wrinkles and signs of aging from the face.

In recent years, there has been increase in the number of patients seeking cosmetic surgery in other countries. These medical tourists seek information from different websites for getting reasonable option of plastic surgery in a country.