Cosmetic Surgery

Abdominoplasty or tummy tuck is a cosmetic surgery procedure involving removal of excess skin and fat from the middle and lower abdomen in order to tighten the muscle and fascia of the abdomen wall. Abdominoplasty is a major surgery often sought by patients with loose or sagging tissues after pregnancy or major weight loss to make the abdomen thinner and more firm.

Different Procedures

• Complete abdominoplasty
• Partial abdominolplasty
• Extended abdominoplasty
• High lateral tension tummy tuck
• Floating Abdominoplasty or FAB Technique
• Circumferential abdominoplasty
• Combination procedures

Who can and who can not get the abdominoplasty

• Abdominoplasty is suitable for both Men and Women with overall good Heath and stable weight.
• Women who have muscles and skin stretched after several pregnancies can may find this Procedure helpful to tighten the muscle and reduce the skin.
• People who were obese once and have lost significant weight and still have excessive fat deposits or loose skin in abdomen area may find the procedure helpful.
• Women who are planning to have children should avoid the adminoplasty until they have been through bearing children. As during the surgery the vertical muscles are tightened and future pregnancies can separate those muscles again.
• People who are still planning to lose a significant amount of weight should well until they are on stabilized weight.

Breast augmentation also known as augmentation or mammoplasty is surgery to increase breast size. It involves placing breast implants, silicone, saline, or alternative composite under the breast tissue or chest muscles. Breast Augmentation implants usually last from 7 to 12 years.

Breast Augmentation may help you enhance your appearance if one breast looks smaller than the other and this impacts how you dress or the type of bra needed. You can undergo breast augmentation for a reduction in the size of your breasts after pregnancy or significant weight loss and Improve self-confidence.

Type of Breast Augmentation

• Saline Implants
• Silicone gel-filled Implants
• Alternative composite Implants

Who can and cannot get Breast Augmentation

Anyone with good physical health and good mental health can get breast augmentation, women who are breastfeeding should avoid getting the surgery. Pregnant women should also avoid getting the surgery done. A person with breast cancer or an abnormal mammogram cannot get the surgery. People battling an infection or who have been ill for a long time are advised to avoid getting the surgery. The patient should be in good physical health. This means no active infections, untreated cancer, or serious illnesses. If your breasts are sagging, flattened, elongated, asymmetrical, or lacking adequate cleavage or volume, then you’re considered an excellent candidate for this surgery.

Breast augmentation is a personal choice that can help you to become a happier, sexier, and more confident version of yourself also because every person is unique, the final decision on pursuing a breast augmentation is between you and your doctor. Consulting with a certified plastic surgeon will help you to get an honest medical opinion about your situation.

Breast reduction surgery also called reduction mammoplasty, is a medical procedure that is used to remove excess fat and tissues from the breast area to reduce the overall size of a person’s breast.

Women having large breasts that are out of proportion to the rest of their body and causing neck pain, back pain, or other symptoms may consider having breast reduction surgery.

The procedure is a twofer. The surgeon will remove excess tissue and skin to make the breasts smaller, and then move the nipples up in a position to give them a lift.

Men with conditions such as gynecomastia (in which male breasts are abnormally enlarged) may also consider having the surgery.

Who can and cannot have Breast Reduction Surgery?

Breast reduction is an outpatient procedure with minimal risks. Some rare complications include infection, scarring, and loss of sensation in the nipples or breasts. It has one of the highest satisfaction rates of all plastic surgery procedures.

Any person with good physical and medical health can get the surgery done. While consulting, your surgeon will ask about your habits, including whether you smoke and what medications you take. You will have to quit smoking for a period before and after surgery to ensure proper healing. You may have to stop taking certain medications like anti-inflammatory drugs. The surgeon will also want to know if you have had any lump removed before and your family medical history.

Different types of breast reduction techniques

• An Anchor Scar
• A Vertical Breast Reduction
• Liposuction

A Rhinoplasty, commonly referred to as a nose job, is the medical term used to describe cosmetic or aesthetic surgical reshaping of the nose to describe cosmetic or aesthetic surgical reshaping of the nose to achieve a more attractive physical appearance.

Rhinoplasty surgical treatment may also contain correcting a hump, a dip, or refinement of the shape, function or dimension of the nasal tip.

Your surgeon can make your nose smaller in an operation called a reduction Rhinoplasty, or larger in an augmentation rhinoplasty. They can change the size and shape of your nose, from the tip to the bridge, including your nostrils. Your surgeon can also change the angle between your nose and top lip.

Who can and can not get the Rhinoplasty.

By the time you’re around 16 (for girls) or 18 (for boys), your nose will have stopped growing and be fully developed, although there are exceptions. So, if you want an operation for cosmetic reasons, it’s best to hold off until at least then.

Different procedures

• Closed rhinoplasty
• Open rhinoplasty
• Reduction rhinoplasty
• Reconstructive rhinoplasty
• Secondary rhinoplasty
• Hump reduction rhinoplasty
• Piezo/ultrasonic/diamond rhinoplasty
• Tip plasty
• Alar base reduction base rhinoplasty
• Saddle nose rhinoplasty
• Big nose rhinoplasty
• Deviated/ twisted nose rhinoplasty
• Septorhinoplasty
• Ethnic rhinoplasty
• Finesse rhinoplasty
• Filler/liquid rhinoplasty

What Rhinoplasty involves

Nose reshaping is usually carried out under general anaesthetic.

Depending on the type of surgery you’re having, the surgeon may:

• Make your nose smaller (nose reduction) – by removing some of the cartilage and bone
• Make your nose larger (nose augmentation) – by taking cartilage from the ears and bone from the hips, elbow or skull, and using it to build up the nose (known as a “graft”)
• Change the shape of your nose (including the nostrils) – by breaking the nose bone and rearranging the cartilage
• Change the angle between the nose and top lip by breaking the nose bone and rearranging the cartilage

Facelift surgery or Rhytidectomy is a cosmetic procedure surgery performed to create a younger appearance on the face. The procedure is used to reduce the sagging of skin from cheeks and jawline and other changes that occur on the face due to age.

During the surgery, a flap of skin from both sides of the face is pulled back, and the tissues below the skin are surgically altered to return the contour of the face to a more youthful shape. Before the flap is closed, excess skin is removed.

As you get older, the appearance and shape of your face are changed because of aging. The skin becomes less elastic and looser, and fat deposits decrease in some areas of your face and increase in others. Age-related changes in your face that can be reduced with a face-lift includes sagging of skin in your cheeks, Excess skin at your lower jawline, Deepening of the fold of skin from the side of your nose to the corner of your mouth, Sagging skin, and excess fat in the neck if the procedure includes a neck lift. A facelift is only focused on the bottom two-thirds of the face and often the neck. People get facelifts for a lot of different reasons. One of the common reasons is to help disguise signs of aging.

Healthy individuals who don’t have medical conditions that can interfere with wound healing or recovery from surgery and people who don’t smoke or misuse substances can have facelift surgery.

Different procedures of Facelift Surgery

• Deep plane/SMASH Facelift
• Mini Facelift
• Mid Facelift
• Cheek Lift
• Jaw Line Rejuvenation
• S-Lift
• Cutaneous Lift
• Temporal or Brow Lift
• Liquid Facelift

Liposuction is a plastic surgery procedure that is used to remove extra fat from the body. It is a cosmetic procedure that breakups the sucks out the fat from the body. A hollow instrument known as cannula used to remove fat from particular places. Liposuction is often performed on buttocks, thighs, abdomen, neck, upper and back arm, calves, and chin.

A powerful high vacuum is applied to the cannula, the instrument used in the procedure. Cannula is inserted under the skin to suck out the fat. The surgery is performed under general anesthesia.

Liposuction does not remove cellulite, dimples, or stretch marks. The aim of surgery is to remove excessive fat. It is advisable for those who wish to change and enhance the contour of their body. Liposuction permanently removes fat cells, altering the shape of the body. However, if the patient does not lead a healthy lifestyle after the operation, there is a risk that the remaining fat cells will grow bigger and the surgery performed area will go back to how it was before surgery.

Different Techniques of Liposuction

• Tumescent Liposuction
• Dry Liposuction
• Ultra-sound-assisted Liposuction
• Power-assisted Liposuction
• Laser-assisted Lipolysis

Who can and cannot have Liposuction?

Liposuction is the most common cosmetic procedure. It should not be considered a weight-loss tool it is a cosmetic procedure with subtle effects. Anyone going to get liposuction should be in good health to get the procedure done. That means the person to be within 30% of their ideal weight, the person should have firm and elastic skin. The doctor will suggest not consume alcohol and smoking before and during the procedure and recovery period.

Liposuction is ideal for people with good skin tone and elasticity, so the skin can mold itself into new contours. People whose skin lacks elasticity may end up with loose-looking skin in areas where the procedure was done. The person should be over 18 years of age and in good health to go under surgery. Those with circulation or blood flow problems, such as coronary artery disease or weakened immune systems should not undergo liposuction.