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Item: Plastic surgery -> Category: Health -> Author: PF -> Revision: 12/05/2008
Types of cosmetic surgery operations

Mamoplastia salvage

 

It is a surgical intervention that aims to increase or decrease the size of the breasts, as well as improving their appearance and shape.

 

Through an incision introduces a prosthesis, or breast tissue is removed. It is an operation that requires, typically, the use of general anesthesia. Prostheses are usually made of silicone.

 

Liposuction

 

It is a surgical procedure that is also known as the name of liposculpture. It involves removing fat accumulated in certain areas of the body such as the abdomen or hips.

 

This may be done under local anesthesia. This is part suck fat or excess fat through a small incision made at the scene to treat.

 

Otoplastia

 

This is a minor surgical procedure aimed at correcting some ears too big or too detached. It is commonly performed with local anesthesia.

 

Depending on the problem intervention will be carried out using various procedures. This surgery can be performed in children over four years, without having to wait for an adult to correct the problem.

 

Rhinoplasty

 

It is an operation aimed at improving the way or decreasing the size of the nose. Most often it is performed under general anesthesia.

 

After the operation the patient keep a bandage or plaster on the nose. This operation can not be performed in adolescents because their bones have not yet finished form.

 

Surgery of alopecia

 

It is a surgical procedure that involves conducting hair implants to reduce baldness. Normally requires the use of general anesthesia.

 

Sometimes several interventions are necessary depending on what the extent of baldness. Besides implants, there is another form of intervention that is reducing the skin of the scalp, removing which has been affected by alopecia.

 

Lifting

 

This intervention is also known under the name of facelift: aims at removing wrinkles and flaccidity that with the passage of time occurs on the face and neck.

 

Consiste en tensar la piel y cortar la sobrante. It consists of tightening the skin and cut the surplus. The scars seeks remaining hidden behind the ears or on the scalp.

 

Dermabrasion

 

It is a surgical procedure that is performed in order to improve the appearance of the face with the removal of skin lesions or scars caused by accidents, disease or acne.

 

The intervention is to remove the more superficial layers of the skin so as to achieve the disappearance of the skin lesion. The operation is longer and more complicated, the more serious the injury is.

 

Facial implants

 

They are surgical interventions consisting introduce substances or materials to increase the size of the chosen area such as the lips or cheeks.

 

The implants are inserted through small incisions in many cases it is necessary to use general anesthesia, in others it is enough to the local level.

 

Blepharoplasty

 

This intervention also called eyelid surgery is used to improve the appearance by removing excess fat and skin from the upper and lower eyelids.

 

Normally used local anesthesia. In some cases intervention is necessary not only for aesthetics but excessive bulging of the eyelids can also hinder vision.




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