Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery
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Summary
Surgeons can reshape the appearance of body parts through cosmetic surgery. Some of the most common body parts people want to improve through surgery include
- Breasts: Increase or reduce the size of breasts or reshape sagging breasts
- Ears: Reduce the size of large ears or set protruding ears back closer to the head
- Eyes: Correct drooping upper eyelids or remove puffy bags below the eyes
- Face: Remove facial wrinkles, creases or acne scars
- Hair: Fill in balding areas with one's own hair
- Nose: Change the shape of the nose
- Tummy: Flatten the abdomen
Related Issues
- Body Contouring After Major Weight Loss (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
- Breast Implants (Food and Drug Administration)
- Cosmetic Foot Surgery: Fashion's Pandora's Box (American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons)
- Cosmetic Procedure Questions (American Society for Dermatologic Surgery)
- Patient Safety: Do Your Homework (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
- Removing Hair Safely (Food and Drug Administration)
Specifics
- Abdominoplasty - slideshow (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Arm Lift (Brachioplasty) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
- Blepharoplasty (Eyelid Surgery) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Blepharoplasty - slideshow (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Breast Augmentation (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Breast augmentation - slideshow (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Breast Lift (Mastopexy) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Breast lift (mastopexy) - slideshow (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Breast reduction (mammoplasty) - slideshow (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Breast Reduction Surgery (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Buttock Lift (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
- Chemical Peel (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
- Chin augmentation - slideshow (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Craniofacial reconstruction - slideshow (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Dermabrasion (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Face-Lift (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Facelift - slideshow (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Facial Cosmetic Surgery (American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons)
- Forehead lift - slideshow (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Hair Transplants (American Society for Dermatologic Surgery)
- Laser Hair Removal (Logical Images)
- Laser Resurfacing (American Society for Dermatologic Surgery)
- Laser Vascular Lesion Treatment (Logical Images)
- Nose surgery - slideshow (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Otoplasty (Cosmetic Ear Surgery) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Skin smoothing surgery - slideshow (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
Videos and Tutorials
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Breast lift
(Medical Encyclopedia)
Also in Spanish
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Liposuction
(Medical Encyclopedia)
Also in Spanish
Statistics and Research
- Plastic Surgery Statistics (American Society of Plastic Surgeons) - PDF
Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Breast Implants
(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Reconstructive Surgical Procedures
(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Surgery, Plastic
(National Institutes of Health)
Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons' Clinical Practice...
- Article: Discussion: An Analysis of Female Plastic Surgery Authorship: Where Are...
- Article: Discussion: Impact of Chronic Steroid Use on Plastic Surgery Outcomes:...
- Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery -- see more articles
- Facelift (Rhytidoplasty) -- see more articles
- Liposuction (Lipectomy) -- see more articles
- Plastic surgery on the eyelid (Blepharoplasty) -- see more articles
- Plastic surgery on the nose (Rhinoplasty) -- see more articles
Find an Expert
- American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
- Find a Dermatologic Surgeon (American Society for Dermatologic Surgery)
Teenagers
- Cosmetic Surgery (Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women's Health)
- How Do I Get Rid of Extra Skin After Weight Loss? (Nemours Foundation)
- Plastic Surgery (Nemours Foundation)
Men
- Penis-Enlargement Products: Do They Work? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
Patient Handouts
- Abdominal wall surgery (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Breast augmentation surgery (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Breast lift (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Chin augmentation (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Eyelid lift (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Facelift (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Head and face reconstruction (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Liposuction (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
- Rhinoplasty (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish