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The word “Plastic” is derived from the Greek word “Plastikos,” which means “capable of being shaped or molded.” Its most common use is in the visual arts of painting and sculpturing. Plastic surgery has technical features which allow it to rebuild a body’s deformed areas or mold some not-so deformed ones to increase its beauty. Its two main branches are reconstructive and cosmetic surgery.

When plastic surgery aims to increase beauty; the same features and techniques from reconstructive surgery are used, for this reason a good cosmetic surgeon must be first and foremost an excellent and resourceful reconstructive surgeon.

An area of plastic surgery that deals with very serious appearance issues, with the main goal of improving damaged features, such as deformities caused by severe trauma, cancer or birth defects, from surgeries due to hand burnings, reconstruction from breast cancer, harelip repair, breast reduction when orthopedic issues in the lumbar spine are present, or blepharoplasty in severe cases of dermatochalasis that may even inhibit eyesight.

A plastic surgeon is a specialized physician, with a high degree of ethics, esthetics and social sense, who has received training and holds enough medical and moral features to perform plastic surgeries as part of their medical practice, helping patients solve their problems in any shape or form consulted.

Any operation carries some form of risk or unforeseen events, and cosmetic surgery is no exception from carrying the normal risks of any operation, there are time-consuming and difficult cosmetic surgeries that may lead to significant risk.

Before an operation, you must have a very clear idea of what is your specific risk from this procedure.

Prior to your surgery, make sure that all personal risks from the surgery have been explained. To diminish it further, a full review must be made prior to the procedure with a medical examination that will rule out illnesses or conditions that may hinder good results, the examination will be complemented with laboratory exams and if necessary by consulting other physicians, for example the intern over issues with hypertension or diabetes, the cardiologist, etc.

• A specialist in anesthesia will carry out an assessment before the procedure.
• The procedure must be made in an operating room with all essential requirements, this room must be located within an institution that is able to offer support in case of an emergency such as the probability of a transfusion, transport and special or intensive care if necessary.
• The right choice of your surgeon and operating site may significantly reduce risk.
  Following all of your surgeon’s instructions and recommendations before and after your surgery will be of utmost importance.
• Take all the time needed to recover as advised. Going back to work or planning a huge vacation may hinder normal recovery time

Plastic surgery may offer a great variety of cosmetic surgeries to increase, decrease, or reaffirm some body feature, adjusting to any type of consultation.

The most common procedures are:

• Facial rejuvenation (wrinkles, eyelids, forehead, cheeks, neck)
• Nose (Cosmetic Rhinoplasty)
• Lifting and changes to the facial skeleton (chin, cheekbone, jaw, abnormal bite adjustment, outline changes and facial proportions).
• Lifting and changes to breast size (increase, decrease and reaffirming with the use of prosthetics)
• Changes to body outline (abs, back, glutes, hip, thighs)