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Plastic Surgery is a field of Medicine that is dedicated to shaping and improving the contours of the face and body.
Plastic Surgery is a field of Medicine that is dedicated to shaping and improving the contours of the face and body. Although, the modern conception of Plastic Surgery is that all cosmetic procedures are reconstructive and all reconstructive are cosmetic. It is divided into two categories:
COSMETIC PLASTIC SURGERY
Cosmetic plastic surgery aims to improve the appearance and boost the confidence of an individual. Cosmetic surgery is adjusted to the needs of individuals who are self-conscious of their beauty and the signs of aging, as well as those who live by the standards of optimal physical condition and healthy appearance and of course all the congenital abnormalities and defects.
RECONSTRUCTIVE PLASTIC SURGERY
Reconstructive plastic surgery aims at assisting patients of all ages to improve the function of a body part or achieve its aesthetic restoration. It focuses on defected areas of the body which are the result of genetic disorders, developmental disorders, injury, infection, burns, tumors or any other disease that may cause deformities. The procedures performed usually restore tumor defects (breast reconstruction, resection of skin cancers and resection of head and neck tumors), burns and defects due to accidents.
The cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery procedures performed include:
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