What is Plastic Surgery?

Plastic surgery is a specialty of medicine that seeks to heal and restore patients with injury, disfigurement, disease or birth defects.  It includes aesthetic or cosmetic surgery to correct or recontour facial and bodily features not pleasing to the patient.  The word plastic, from the Greek, means molding, or giving form and does not refer to the synthetic plastic materials which are sometimes used.

The following are many of the surgical procedures that plastic surgeons perform:

Face / Neck Lift

Forehead / Brow Lift

Eyelid Surgery

Ear Pinning

Nose Surgery

Cheek / Chin Augmentation

Breast Lift

Breast Enlargement

Breast Reduction

Liposuction

Tummy Tuck

Laser Resurfacing

Cleft Lip / Palate Repair

Injectable Fillers

Skin Cancer Surgery & Reconstruction