Cosmetic (cosmetic) plastic surgery Cosmetic surgery is done to repair or remodel structures in the body that would otherwise be normal, usually to improve appearance. The term plastic surgery comes from the Greek word plastikos, which means to mold or shape. The field of plastic surgery can be divided into two main categories: reconstructive procedures and cosmetic procedures. Both are generally considered subspecialties of plastic surgery. Plastic surgery takes its name from the Greek word “plastikos”, which means “to form” or “to mold”.
It includes a group of procedures that alter certain areas of the body. These include the face, neck, breasts, stomach, arms, and legs. The terms “reconstructive plastic surgery” and “cosmetic surgery” may seem similar, but they represent different types of procedures. Plastic surgery deals with the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of physical defects in form or function involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, cranial and maxillofacial structures, hand, limbs, breast and trunk, and external genitals. It uses the principles of cosmetic surgery not only to improve the undesirable qualities of normal structures, but also in all reconstructive procedures.
Abdominoplasty (also called tummy tuck). In tummy tuck surgery, the surgeon makes a long incision from one side to the other of the bone of the hip. Excess fat and skin are surgically removed from the middle and lower abdomen and the muscles in the belly wall are tightened. Plastic surgery is defined as a surgical specialty dedicated to the reconstruction of facial and body defects due to congenital disorders, injuries, burns and diseases.
Elective aesthetic procedures are performed by doctors from a variety of medical fields, including plastic surgeons. While both cosmetic surgery and plastic surgery aim to improve the patient's body, the general philosophies that guide training, research, and goals for patients are different. Because cosmetic surgery and plastic surgery have different practice objectives based on a set of specific procedures, it only follows that the training and certification process of a board-certified plastic surgeon will be very different from that of a board-certified plastic surgeon. The Romans also practiced cosmetic plastic surgery, using simple techniques, such as repairing damaged ears, around the 1st century BC.
Gillies himself was sent to Rooksdown House, near Basingstoke, which became the army's main plastic surgery unit; Tommy Kilner (who had worked with Gillies during the First World War and who now has a surgical instrument that bears his name, the Kilner cheek retractor) went to Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton; and Mowlem went to St Albans. Training in the specialty of plastic surgery deals with the resection, repair, replacement and reconstruction of defects in the form and function of the integument and its underlying anatomical systems, including the craniofacial structures, the oropharynx, the trunk, the extremities, the breast and the perineum. Therefore, the title “board-certified plastic surgeon” indicates a certain level of training and experience with respect to plastic surgery, but does not indicate the same with respect to cosmetic surgery, since the residency training required to obtain board certification in plastic surgery may not include training with respect to many common cosmetic procedures. The training, experience, and knowledge needed to become a board-certified cosmetic surgeon reflect a specialization that goes beyond what is needed to obtain board certification in a related discipline, such as plastic surgery. While the field of plastic surgery is broad and challenging, it offers lifestyle flexibility not found in other surgical specialties.
However, one of the main attributes of plastic surgery is the variety of conditions that fall within the area of expertise in treating those who work in this field. Dermaplaning: A plastic surgery technique used to treat deep acne scars with a portable instrument called a dermatome. The first American plastic surgeon was John Peter Mettauer, who, in 1827, performed the first cleft palate operation with instruments that he designed himself. The word “plastic” in plastic surgery refers to the concept of remodeling and comes from the Greek π α α α α α α., plastikê (tekhnê), the art of modeling malleable flesh.
Since cosmetic procedures treat areas that work properly, cosmetic surgery is designated as an elective.
