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Surgery News brings you current information
regarding the most popular surgeries -
Nearly
11 million cosmetic surgeries were performed in the United States
in 2006. 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 popular procedures are:
•
Liposuction
- lipoplasty
•
Eyelid surgery -
blepharoplasty
•
Ear surgery -
otoplasty
• Chin
augmentation - genioplasty
• Breast
Implants - augmentation
• Body
sculpting - augmentation
• Tummy
tuck - abdominoplasty
• Nose
job - rhinoplasty
• Facelift-
rhytidectomy
• Botox
injections
Reconstructive
surgery
Reconstructive
plastic surgery is performed to correct functional impairments caused
by burns; traumatic injuries, such as facial bone fractures and breaks;
congenital abnormalities, such as cleft palates or cleft lips; developmental
abnormalities; infection and disease; and cancer or tumors. Reconstructive
plastic surgery is usually performed to improve function, but it may be
done to approximate a normal appearance.
The most common reconstructive procedures are tumor removal, laceration
repair, scar repair, hand surgery, and breast reduction. According to
the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the number of reconstructive
breast reductions for women increased in 2007 by 2 percent from the year
before. Breast reduction in men also increased in 2007 by 7 percent. Some
other common reconstructive surgical procedures include breast reconstruction
after a mastectomy, cleft lip and palate surgery, contracture surgery
for burn survivors, and creating a new outer ear when one is congenitally
absent.
Plastic surgeons use microsurgery to transfer tissue for coverage of a
defect when no local tissue is available. Free flaps of skin, muscle,
bone, fat, or a combination may be removed from the body, moved to another
site on the body, and reconnected to a blood supply by suturing arteries
and veins as small as 1 to 2 millimeters in diameter. |
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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