What is Plastic Surgery?
Plastic surgery is a branch of surgical specialty which deals with the restoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the human body. It includes cosmetic or aesthetic surgery, reconstructive surgery, craniofacial surgery, hand surgery, microsurgery, and the treatment of burns.
What is Cosmetic Surgery?
Cosmetic surgery aims to change your appearance by altering parts of your body that function normally but make you unhappy.
What is the role of Plastic Surgeon?
Plastic Surgeons in Pune are dedicated to reconstruction of facial and body defects due to birth disorders, trauma, burns, and disease.
Below are the Plastic Surgery Services in Pune at Star Multispeciality Hospital
- Endoscopic Surgery: Endoscopic surgery is performed with an endoscope, a tubular probe that has a tiny camera and a bright light, which is inserted into a small incision. Images from the camera are transmitted back to a screen, which the surgeon watches while manipulating the endoscope inside the body. The endoscope is a device to assist the surgeon during surgical procedures. Instruments to actually perform the surgery are inserted through different incision.
- Flap Surgery: Flap surgery involves transporting healthy, live tissue from one location of the body to another – often to areas that have lost skin, fat, muscle movement, and/or skeletal support. There are several different types of flap surgery methods that may be utilized, depending upon the location of the flap and the structures that need to be repaired.
- Laser Surgery: Lasers used in plastic surgery often provide for minimal bleeding, bruising, and scarring. There are many different types of lasers that may be utilized, depending upon the purpose and location of the surgery to be performed.
- Skin Graft: A Skin graft may be used to cover skin that has been damaged and/or is missing. This surgical procedure involves removing healthy portions of skin from one part of the body to restore normal appearance and/or function to another portion of the same body. The place where the skin is removed is called the donor site.
- Tissue Expansion: A tissue expansion is a surgical procedure that involves inserting a balloon-like device (called an expander) under the skin. The expander then slowly secretes liquid into the area to be repaired to actually stretch and expand the skin. This serves the function of “growing” extra skin to repair nearby lost or damaged skin.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Cosmetic surgery includes procedures that are aimed to enhance appearance and is generally not covered by health insurance because it is not medically necessary.
Reconstructive plastic surgery includes procedures that improve or repair abnormalities of the body that have functional implications.
There’s no hard and fast rule as to the right age for plastic surgery. During a consultation, your surgeon will take into account individual factors, such as your unique body type, size and age.
As with all surgical procedures, there is some level of risk. To reduce your chances of complications, it is important that you follow all of your doctor’s pre- and post-operative instructions carefully, and thoroughly discuss any and all medical conditions with your doctor prior to your procedure.
The length of surgery varies based on the type of plastic or reconstructive surgery procedure. Minor plastic surgical procedures may be completed in less than two hours; more involved procedures may require more time. When you meet with your physician, he or she will provide you with this information.
Any surgery has some level of risk associated with it, even if there is only a remote chance of a particular complication. Your surgeon will thoroughly review the possible risks and benefits of your surgery with you during your consultation.
There is some variation to recovery with every patient. Your physician will review the typical recovery as well as the ranges of recovery. Every patient tolerates pain post-operatively in a different way.
This is a question to discuss with your plastic surgeon during your initial pre-surgical consultation. The answer depends on your age, your general health, and the type of plastic surgery procedure.
