Plastic surgery has become one of the most popular beauty trends known in the globe. This surgical discipline has two major divisions: Reconstructive Surgery and the more famous one nowadays, Aesthetic or Cosmetic Surgery. The former is focused on repairing, reconstructing, and replacing structures of the body that have defects due to infections and diseases, injuries, tumors, congenital defects, developmental abnormalities, or trauma. The latter is concerned about the enhancement and reforming body structures to improve its appearance with the use of surgical and nonsurgical procedures.
Facial Plastic Surgery can fall in either two categories. The first is reconstructive and the following procedures are examples of this surgery:
- Facial Burns Reconstruction – this involves modification of the scar tissue to improve the appearance of burnt scars
- Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery – this involves connecting the muscles of the soft palate to close the cleft to improve the ability to eat, speak, and breathe
- Cancer Reconstruction – this is a common treatment used for removing basal cell and squamous cell skin cancers
But the most popular facial plastic surgeries are from the category of Aesthetic/Cosmetic Surgery. It has two sub-categories, which are: surgical and non-surgical. The surgical procedures are as follows:
- Blepharoplasty/Eyelid Surgery – this surgery involves tightening of drooping eyelids in the upper portion and the eye bags; this is more on the cosmetic side although it could also be an option for eyelids that need improvement when it becomes a hassle to the one’s sense of sight
- Brow/Forehead Lift – this surgery involves straightening of the lines on the forehead by removing tissues that makes the skin droop and tightening it
- Cheek Lift/Malar Augmentation – this surgery involves inserting cheek implants below the cheekbone to make this face look higher and fuller, therefore enhancing the structure of the cheek bones
- Lip Augmenetation – this surgery involves inserting an implant to make the lips look fuller
- Mentoplasty/Chin Surgery – involves surgery using surgical implants on the chin to add more definition to its shape which enhances the underlying structure of the face
- Otoplasty/Ear Surgery – this surgery can either be both reconstructive and cosmetic at the same time; it involves changing the size and shape or position of the ears
- Rhinoplasty/Nose Surgery – this surgery is more commonly referred to as “nose job”; it involves changing the size of the nose making it smaller or bigger to achieve the best form that perfectly compliments the structure of the face; it can also be reconstructive for people who has difficulty in breathing
- Rhytidectomy/Face Lift – one the most popular cosmetic surgeries performed, this basically involves tightening of the muscles of the face
The non-surgical procedures of Cosmetic Surgery are as follows:
- Botolinum Toxin – more commonly known as “botox”, it involves reducing the fine lines on the face using an injection and eliminating crow’s feet or frown lines
- Chemical Peels – this is used to improve the texture and reduce wrinkles, for a healthier-looking face
- Dermabrasion – this is a famous non-surgical procedure used to reduce, if not remove, blemishes, lines, and wrinkles
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