Plastic surgery is a medical procedure that is used for correction and reconstruction of different parts of our body
. Plastic surgery has given patients immense hope with respect to getting their deformed body parts back in shape. Over the years plastic surgery has made big advancements and managed to transform many lives for the better.
There are three most common procedure that are uses in plastic surgery:
Autografts: In the procedure the grafts tissues are taken from the recipient himself. In the absence of tissues, alternative tissues are made from the epithelial cells or synthetic compound.
Allografts: When donor is different but from the same species as the recipient, then this kind of grafting is known as Allografts.
Xenografts: In xenograft along with donor the species from from which the tissues will be taken is also different.
Any plastic surgery is divided into two main sub groups-
Reconstructive surgery
Cosmetic Surgery
Reconstructive surgery
Reconstructive plastic surgery has been a boon for patients who have faced major trauma in life and also have faced sever deformities because of some serious illness. There have been major break through in this field that has enable complicated surgical procedure fairly common ad easy. Reconstructive surgery is mainly performed to correct functional impairments caused by burns, accident injuries, such as facial bone fractures and breaks, congenital abnormalities, such as cleft palates or cleft lips; developmental abnormalities and infection and disease. There have been instances where the patient has faced immense damage due to cancer and tumor. Plastic surgery has managed to reconstruct the lost and deformed portion of that part and helped the patient to regain normalcy in life on the whole. In short, reconstructive plastic surgery is usually performed to improve function of the lost portion.
Cosmetic surgery
Cosmetic surgery is largely performed for the enhancement of the aesthetics of a person. It involves techniques that are used for correction of appearances of a person through surgical and medical techniques. Cosmetic surgery may not always use be used for correction. It can also be used for improving the already existing appearance for better aesthetic deal.
Usually from plastic surgeries good results are expected . But experienced surgeon are must for that. These surgeries need careful planning of incisions so that they fall in the line of natural skin folds or lines. At the same time appropriate choice of wound closure, use of best available suture materials, and early removal of exposed sutures is equally important to get the best results.