Cosmetic surgery or plastic surgery concerned with the restoration of form and function is a medical specialty. It includes many types of surgery such as hand surgery, microsurgery, reconstructive surgery and treatment of burns. Techniques & Procedures: The very common procedure in plastic surgery is skin grafting. In simple words, it is transfer of skin tissue. From the recipients or donors, the doctors may take skin grafts. Allograft can be taken from the donor of same species and from different species Xenografts are taken. Usually very positive outcomes can be expected from cosmetic surgery. In order to fix functional mutilation caused often by traumatic injuries like facial bone fracture burns or any other disorders or infection, reconstructive plastic surgery is carried out. It is normally performed in order to improve effective function but may be carried out to give a normal look.
Breast reduction and tumor removal are common reconstructive procedures. Cosmetic surgery is a very wide field and it can be further subdivided: Burn: Often, burn surgery is carried out in two phases such as acute burn surgery and reconstructive burn surgery. Acute burn surgery is the treatment done quickly after a burn, whereas reconstructive burn surgery is done after the wounds are healed. Cosmetic surgery usually involves reconstructive surgery. Hand: It is normally concerned with chronic diseases and acute injuries of wrist, hand, corrections of congenital malformation of upper extremities. In cosmetic, hand surgery is considered as one of the vital parts of training in cosmetic and microsurgery, which is essential for replanting a severed extremity. Micro: Microsurgery is usually concerned with restoration of missing tissues. It is generally performed by transmitting a piece of tissue from anywhere of the body to the reconstruction site. Head, neck and breast reconstruction are its popular subspecialty areas. Hair replacement surgery is another method and is considered as a reconstructive treatment for hair loss caused due to burns or trauma which may be covered by health insurance. This can enhance your self-confidence and your appearance but the results won’t match your ideal. To serve as donor you must have healthy hair growth at sides of head and at the back for hair replacement candidates. Now days for hair replacement surgery there are number of techniques used, from which to achieve the best results two or more techniques are used effectively. Slit grafts, mini-grafts, micro-grafts and strip grafts are some of them usually used. Hair transplant in India has improved effectively. Reconstructing a hair has become a art and it requires surgical as well artistic skills. It requires considerable forethought and planning in order to get it right and accurate for the first time. It is a kind of operation that takes hair from the back of head and shifts it to the area of hair loss. The eminent candidates for hair transplantation are those individuals with hair loss having sufficient donor hair from back in order to transplant to the balding area. There are many modern techniques available for hair transplant surgery in India so that many more men are candidates. The main techniques used are: a) Punch grafting b) Hair grafts c) Mini grafting / Micro grafting d) Tissue expansion and flap surgery. Modern hair transplantation surgery has become more comfortable, predictable and to most patients the results are pleasing and much more satisfying.
