Cosmetic Plastic Reconstructive Surgery

All of us wish to look our best. We try in possible ways to make our selves look better. The technological growth in the medical and cosmetic areas lends a helping hand to that. Now it is easy to reshape the abnormal structure to make it more aesthetically appealing. If a part of a body gets mutilated due some unforeseen accidents or events it can easily be reshaped with plastic reconstructive surgery.This article covers

What is plastic reconstructive surgery?
Who Can Consider Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery?
What Parts of the Face Can be Reconstructed Effectively
What Will Be The Approximate Cost of The Surgery?
Procedures in a Plastic Reconstructive Surgery

Plastic reconstructive surgery means surgical changes done to the human body, manually or with instruments for functional or aesthetic reasons. The word ‘plastic’ has its root in the Greek word ‘plastikos’ which means ‘to shape’. Reconstructive plastic surgery is done to reshape abnormal structures of the body for better function and appearance. Abnormal structures may include birth defects, developmental abnormalities, trauma or injury, infection, tumors, or disease. Some frequent instances of reconstruction plastic surgery are breast reconstruction for women who have undergone mastectomy, facial and contracture surgery for burn victims, grafting skin for closing of lacerations after removing tumors in the head and neck region, and sex reassignment surgery.

Who Can Consider Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery?

People who have congenital defects such as unsightly birthmarks; cleft-lip and palate deformities; hand deformities such as syndactyly (webbed fingers), or extra or absent fingers; and abnormal breast development.
People who have developmental deformities as a result of accident, infection, disease, or in some cases, aging.

The main objective of these reconstructive plastic surgeries is to restore function although appearance may be improved too.

Patients who are considering cosmetic plastic reconstructive surgery need to have realistic expectations and be ready to accept the cost, inconvenience, discomfort, and medical risk. It would help to have a supportive network of family and friends. A plastic surgery would have a high recovery rate with patients who are non-smokers, within 30% of their ideal weight, emotionally stable, and who exercise regularly.

What Parts of the Face Can be Reconstructed Effectively

Rhinoplasty is the surgery done to change the appearance of the nose. Septoplasty is an operation which corrects the inside of the nose to improve a patient's breathing. A septorhinoplasty is when these two surgeries are done together to improve breathing and to iminfo@abplsurg.orgprove appearance.
Chin Augmentation is done when the chin protrudes or the teeth do not fit properly.
Otoplasty is the operation done to correct a congenital deformity of the ears. Ears that are large and protrude from the sides of the head, can be pushed back to lie closer to the head.
Forehead lifts and eyebrow lifts are done to correct wrinkling and drooping of the forehead that result in worsening vision and headaches.
Chemical peels smoothen out the wrinkles and lines on the face.
Blepharoplasty is done to rectify the sagging of the skin around the eyelids.
Face lifts or cheek-neck lifts helps in pulling up drooping skin around the mouth and neck and tightens the jowls around the chin.
Scar revision is done to improve any kind of facial scars although they cannot be removed completely.

What Will Be The Approximate Cost of The Surgery?

The approximate cost of the procedure can be broken into five parts:

Pre-operative evaluation fee is charged for the initial examinations done before the surgery.
Surgeon’s fee – This is determined by the complexity of the procedure; the time involved; the postoperative care required
Operating fee – This fee is based upon the time spent in the operating room and the facilities used.
Anesthesia fees – This is charged by the anesthesiologist for his time and the materials used.
Hospital fees – This fee is for using the hospital resources for post-operative care.

According to statistics of 2001, the national average costs of just the surgeon’s fees of some of the plastic reconstructive surgeries done in the U.S. were as follows: