Plastic surgery is a specialty that uses surgical techniques to change the appearance and function of a person’s body.

Some of these operations are called “cosmetic“, and others are called “reconstructive“.

Common reconstructive surgical procedures are: breast reconstruction for women who have had a mastectomy, cleft lip and palate surgery, contracture surgery for burn survivors, and closing skin and mucosa defects after removal of tumors in the head and neck region.

The most prevalent aesthetic/cosmetic procedures are listed below.  Most of these types of surgery are more commonly known by their “common names” , listed in brackets:

• Abdominoplasty (or “tummy tuck“): Reshaping and firming of the abdomen
• Liposuction ( or “Suction-Assisted Lipectomy” ): Removal of fat from the body
• Lipoabdominoplasty: Revolutionary procedure pioneered in Brazil which combines liposuction and many of the principles of the traditional tummy tuck.
• Umbilicoplasty (or “belly button surgery“): Reshaping the belly button
• Mastopexy (or “breast lift“): Raising or reshaping of breasts
• Augmentation Mammaplasty/breast augmentation (or “breast enlargement” or “boob job”): Augmentation of the breasts. This can involve either saline or silicone gel prosthetics.
• Buttock Augmentation (or “butt augmentation” or “butt implants“): Enhancement of the buttocks. This procedure can be performed by using silicone implants or fat grafting and transfer from other areas of the body.
• Labiaplasty: Surgical reduction and reshaping of the labia
• Chemical peel: Minimizing the appearance of acne, pock, and other scars as well as wrinkles (depending on concentration and type of agent used, except for deep furrows), solar lentigines (age spots, freckles), and photo damage in general.
• Blepharoplasty (or “eyelid surgery“): Reshaping of the eyelids or the application of permanent eyeliner, including Asian blepharoplasty
• Rhinoplasty (or “nose job“): Reshaping of the nose
• Otoplasty (or “ear surgery“): Reshaping of the ear
• Rhytidectomy (or “face lift“): Removal of wrinkles and signs of aging from the face
• Chin augmentation: Augmentation of the chin with an implant (e.g. silicone) or by sliding genioplasty of the jawbone.
• Cheek augmentation
• Collagen, fat, and other tissue filler injections (e.g. hyaluronic acid)
• Vaginoplasty, to reconstruct or create a vagina