Cosmetic
surgery is defined as techniques intended for the enhancement of
appearance through surgical and medical techniques.
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Plastic
Surgery News brings you current information
regarding the most popular surgeries -
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Liposuction - lipoplasty
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Eyelid surgery - blepharoplasty
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Ear surgery - otoplasty
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Chin augmentation - genioplasty
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Breast Implants - augmentation
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Body sculpting - augmentation
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Tummy tuck - abdominoplasty
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Nose job - rhinoplasty
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Facelift- rhytidectomy
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Botox injections
In
2006 nearly 11 million cosmetic surgeries were performed in the United
States alone. The number of cosmetic procedures performed in the United
States has increased over fifty percent since the start of the century.
Nearly 12 million cosmetic surgeries were performed in 2007, with the
five most common being breast augmentation, liposuction, nasal surgery,
eyelid surgery and abdominoplasty. The increased use of cosmetic surgery
crosses racial and ethnic lines in the U.S., with increases seen among
African-Americans and Hispanic Americans as well as Caucasian Americans.
In Europe, the second largest market for cosmetic procedures, cosmetic
surgery is a $2.2 billion business.
The
most commom cosmetic procedures include:
• Abdominoplasty ("tummy tuck"): reshaping
and firming of the abdomen.
• Blepharoplasty ("eyelid surgery"):
reshaping of the eyelids or the application of permanent eyeliner, including
Asian blepharoplasty
• Mammoplasty or breast augmentations: augmentation
of the breasts by means of fat grafting, saline, or silicone gel prosthetics.
• Reduction mammoplasty ("breast reduction"):
removal of skin and glandular tissue, which is done to reduce back and
shoulder pain in women with gigantomastia.
• Mastopexy ("breast lift"): Lifting
or reshaping of breasts to make them less saggy, often after weight
loss (after a pregnancy, for example)..
• Buttock augmentation ("butt implant"):
enhancement of the buttocks using silicone implants or fat grafting
from other areas of the body.
• Buttock lift: lifting, and tightening of the
buttocks by excision of redundant skin.
• Chemical peel: minimizing the appearance of
acne, chicken pox, and other scars as well as wrinkles.
• Labiaplasty: surgical reduction and reshaping
of the labia.
• Rhinoplasty ("nose job"): reshaping
of the nose.
• Otoplasty ("ear surgery"): reshaping
of the ear, most often done by pinning the ear closer to the head.
• Rhytidectomy ("face lift"): removal
of wrinkles and signs of aging from the face.
• Browplasty ("brow lift" or "forehead
lift"): higher brow position by surgical or scarless Serdev suture.
• Midface lift ("cheek lift"): tightening
of the cheeks.
• Suction-assisted lipectomy ("liposuction"):
removal of fat from the body.
• Chin augmentation ("chin implant"):
augmentation of the chin with an implant, usually silicone, by sliding
genioplasty of the jawbone or by suture of the soft tissue.
• Cheek augmentation ("cheek implant"):
implants to the cheek.
• Fillers injections: collagen, fat, and other
tissue filler injections, such as hyaluronic acid.
• Laser skin resurfacing: improves the appearance
of fine lines or wrinkles, scars and hyperpigmentation (discolored areas
of the skin), primarily around the eyes and mouth. It can also be used
to treat large areas of the face.
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