Questions You Should Ask Before Your Surgery

A plastic surgeon is the person in whose hands you are going to commend your body. The dream to look and feel better is what you have. The ability to sculpt this dream into reality is what your surgeon should be capable of. In order for this to be possible, a number of vital questions have to be answered before going ahead with the process that leads up to the desired surgery.

The most important question is the one that concerns your decision to go ahead with plastic surgery. Do you require it? You have to be sure of what type of surgery you exactly want. Do you want to go for enhancing or reconstructing your Face? Then maybe you need to go for a Cheek, Chin or Lip Augmentation, or a Facelift, or a Rhinoplasty, or Ear Correction, etc. If enhancing your Breasts is what you want, then there are Breast Augmentations, Lifts, Reductions, or Reconstructions which you can opt for. Then again there are also Thigh & Buttock Lifts, Buttock and Calf Augmentations, Liposuction, Pectoral Implants (for men), Tummy Tucks, etc. which are the surgery options available if you want to re- shape other parts of your Body. Your surgeon is only going to help you with what is the best type of surgery to go for, if you do require it.

Get your homework done. With the 'before surgery' and 'after surgery' photographs most clinics and organizations display in their advertisements, plastic surgery looks very appealing at the best of times. But it is important to be aware of the risks, complications, and other precautions that come along with a surgery. How comfortable you are with the clinic and cosmetic surgeon you have selected depends a lot on how well you do your homework.

A surgeon's skills are as good as his credentials and experience. While you may have been referred a surgeon by a friend, aquaintance or even your own physician, it is important that you run a check before utilising his services just to be safe. Its that seeemingly insignificant step towards getting better results. Ask for his and his clinic's certification as well. Members of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, for instance, are trained particularly in plastic surgery. Cosmetic Art is one such institute that is affiliated with this association.

Techniques and processes which will be applied in your surgery. An understanding of what you will undergo under the knife will help a long way, both emotionally and physically in softening the cut and soothing it later. It's your body, and you have to be able to understand what was done to it to appreciate the new you and take care of yourself better.

Cosmetic Art has a team of qualified and experienced surgeons at Beverly Hills & Los Angeles, California who are able to guide you with detailed advice on procedures like Rhinoplasty, Breast Augmentations and Reductions, Tummy Tucks and nose and face lifts with ease.
by Dr Srour

Plastic Surgery - Types of Plastic Surgery

Plastic surgery is a medical specialty that uses a number of surgical and nonsurgical techniques to change the appearance and function of a person's body.[1] Plastic surgery procedures include both cosmetic enhancements as well as functionally reconstructive operations. In the former case, where aesthetics are considered more important than functionality, plastic surgery is sometimes referred to as cosmetic surgery. Most procedures involve both aesthetic and functional elements.

What Is Plastic Surgery?

Just because the name includes the word "plastic" doesn't mean patients who have this surgery end up with a face full of fake stuff. The name isn't taken from the synthetic substance but from the Greek word plastikos, which means to form or mold (and which gives the material plastic its name as well).

Plastic surgery has a long history. Susrutha, an Indian surgeon, is the first known plastic surgeon, providing nose reconstruction services in the 8th century BC. The Romans were known to perform plastic surgery procedures to alter the appearance of ears. John P. Mettauer is generally agreed to be the first plastic surgeon in the United States, practicing in the 1820s. Plastikos is the base word for plastic surgery, meaning to mold something in Greek.

In more modern times, plastic surgery has come on strong as a method for changing appearances. The most common procedures with most popular first are liposuction, breast surgery, nose reshaping, eyelid lifts, tummy tucks and facelifts. In the last ten years, the number of plastic surgery procedures has quadrupled as the specialty has gained greater acceptance and publicity on television shows.

When one thinks about plastic surgery, most assume it is women having their appearances modified. In general, this is true. Roughly 80 percent of all plastic surgery patients are women, but the demographic is starting to change. While 20 percent of patients are now men, the figure is growing. Like women, men seek liposuction, nose reshaping, tummy tucks, and lifts. No, they don't go in for breast enlargements, although breast reductions are growing in popularity.

Types of Plastic Surgery

Surgeons can reshape the appearance of body parts through cosmetic surgery. Some of the most common body parts people want to improve through surgery include

* Breasts: Increase or reduce the size of breasts or reshape sagging breasts * Face: Remove facial wrinkles, creases or acne scars * Hair: Fill in balding areas with one's own hair * Eyes: Correct drooping upper eyelids or remove puffy bags below the eyes * Nose: Change the shape of the nose * Tummy: Flatten the abdomen
by Franchis Adam