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Cosmetic surgeries
Cosmetic surgery is a reconstruction surgery of underlying tissues of skin to remove scar, oronomal evidence of aging and birthmarks. It is intended to correct dysfunctional areas of the body and is reconstructive in nature.
Cosmetic surgery is defined as a surgical specialty dedicated to reconstruction of facial defects due to birth disorders, trauma, burns, and disease. Plastic surgery is intended to correct dysfunctional areas of the body and is reconstructive in nature.
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Rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty, also known as a “nose job,” is a procedure that involves reshaping or resizing of the nose.
There are two major categories of rhinoplasty: aesthetic and functional. Aesthetic rhinoplasty involves changing the outward appearance of the nose for cosmetic reasons. The goal of functional rhinoplasty is to improve the nasal airway to decrease obstruction and improve breathing. Rhinoplasty can also entail a combination of aesthetic and functional techniques. Ultimately, functional and aesthetic considerations come into play for all rhinoplasty procedures.
Liposuction
Liposuction is mainly used to correct deep and superficial fat accumulations and remodel the body contour. It has become an essential complementary technique to enhance the aesthetic result of many other aesthetic procedures such as reduction mammoplasty, abdominoplasty, brachioplasty, thigh lift and post bariatric body contouring. However, it can be largely used for the treatment of innumerable pathologies in reconstructive surgery such as lipomas, lipedema, lipodystrophies, pneudogynecomastia and gynecomastia, macromastia e gigantomastia, lymphedema and many others. The complication rate is very low, especially when compared with conventional excisional surgery and the major, complications are generally associated with improper performance of the technique and poor patient management before and after surgery.
Lipofilling
Lipofilling is a reconstructive and aesthetic technique that has recently grown in popularity and is increasingly being used in breast surgery. Previous concerns had been raised regarding its safety when used for remodelling and reconstruction of the breast; however, these concerns have since been dismissed. Over the subsequent two decades, little evidence has been found to support these early theoretical concerns, and growing numbers of proponents of the procedure are confident in its safety. Many developments and refinements in the technique have taken place in recent years, and several studies have been published regarding the safety of lipofilling in the breast. The current literature regarding the use of different lipofilling techniques as well as the current evidence regarding the oncological safety of the procedure in patients seeking aesthetic breast enhancement and in patients requiring reconstruction after treatment for breast cancer.
What is abdominal etching? (six-pack)
Abdominal etching is a type of liposuction procedure. Liposuction is the second most popular cosmetic procedure in the United States, with over 250,000 liposuction procedures performed in 2018.
Like traditional liposuction, abdominal etching uses a suction technique to remove fat deposits from underneath your skin. What makes abdominal etching unique are the results that it aims to achieve.
Instead of removing fat from your midsection with the simple goal of a slimmer appearance, abdominal etching removes fat deposits in an advanced and strategic way. This type of liposuction shapes your abdominal wall so that your ab muscles look more prominent.
The Lipo-Facelift
Since the introduction of the classic submucosal aponeurotic system (SMAS) face-lift, the surgical approach to improve the changes of an aging face has evolved, and significant technical improvements have been made. However, several problems still have not been solved satisfactorily. These problems include facial lipodystrophy and changes in skin and skin texture.
The Lipo-Facelift procedure consists of facial liposculpturing performed simultaneously with a biplanar, bivectorial SMAS face-lift procedure. The authors analyzed pre- and postsurgical photographs of 12 patients with a Lipo-Facelift after 3 and 12 months and analyzed their charts for complications. Furthermore, O2C measurement was performed to assess improved microcirculation. The longest follow-up period was 8 years.
The Lipo-Facelift corrects age-related skin and SMAS changes as well as age-related lipodystrophy, improves skin circulation and skin revitalization, and provides a lasting and natural result. The skin quality resulting from simultaneous lipofilling can be explained by improved angiogenesis due to transferred growth factors in the lipoaspirate. Also, differentiation of progenitor cells to fibroblasts and increased production of collagen contribute to firmer skin.
What Is Brachioplasty?
An arm lift (brachioplasty) is a cosmetic procedure that reshapes the upper arm from the underarm region to the elbow. the doctors performs this procedure to tighten and smooth the underlying supportive tissue, reduce excess sagging skin, and reduce localized pockets of fat.
To achieve the optimal shape and size for a patient’s upper arm area, the doctors may incorporate liposuction into the brachioplasty process. Liposuction begins with an appropriate dose of anesthesia to ensure your comfort throughout the procedure. The doctor then makes a small incision under the arm, where it is well hidden from view. Through this incision, the doctor inserts a thin tube called a cannula. The tube delivers tumescent liquid to soften and loosen unwanted fat in the upper arms. Once the fat deposits are sufficiently numbed and sterilized, the cannula uses reverse pressure to vacuum the bulk from out of your body.
What Is Brachioplasty?
Lower Body Lift
Lower body lift surgery has increased in popularity. A circumferential body lift or belt lipectomy is often recommended to treat skin redundancy. A drawback for this procedure is the midline scar bridging the lower back causing elongation of the gluteal cleft. Autoaugmentation methods have not been shown to provide a net increase in buttock volume.
The near-circumferential lower body lift may be performed in healthy outpatients with attention to safe anesthesia, normothermia, limited blood loss, and operating times <6 hours. A scar across the posterior midline may be avoided. Fat injection safely restores gluteal volume. Secondary surgery may be recommended to treat persistent skin laxity.
What is a breast lift
A breast lift, medically know as a mastopexy, is a cosmetic plastic surgery procedure performed to rejuvenate breasts that have a somewhat saggy or droopy appearance and return them to a more youthful and attractive position.
This popular surgical procedure removes excess skin and tighten the surrounding tissue to create a more youthful breast contour. A lift can also reduce the size of the areolas if they have become enlarged over time.
Adding breast augmentation to your lift
The breast lift procedure alone is not designed to enhance breast size, however, in most cases, only unneeded skin is removed and not breast tissue, so your breasts will appear fuller and more shapely as a result. Some women want to enhance their breast size along with the lift and so, in some cases, a combination of breast augmentation with a breast lift may be performed to achieve the desired results.
Gynecomastia
Gynecomastia refers to the enlargement of the male breast due to a proliferation of ductal, stromal, and/or fatty tissue. Although it is a common condition affecting up to 65% of men, not all cases require surgical intervention. Contemporary surgical techniques in the treatment of gynecomastia have become less invasive with the advent of liposuction and its variants, including power-assisted and ultrasound-assisted liposuction. These techniques, however, have been largely limited in their inability to address significant skin excess and ptosis. For mild to moderate gynecomastia, newer techniques using arthroscopic morcellation and endoscopic techniques promise to address the fibrous component, while minimizing scar burden by utilizing liposuction incisions. Developed, direct excision through periareolar incisions remains a mainstay in treatment algorithms for its simplicity and avoidance of additional instrumentation. This is particularly true for more severe cases of gynecomastia requiring skin resection.
Gastric sleeve
Gastric sleeve surgery is almost always done as a minimally invasive procedure using a laparoscope. This means a long, thin tube is inserted into your abdomen through several small incisions. This tube has a light and a tiny camera attached to it as well as various instruments.
Gastric sleeve surgery is done using general anaesthesia, which is medicine that puts you into a very deep sleep and requires a ventilator to breathe for you during the surgery.
The surgery entails dividing your stomach into two unequal parts. About 80 percent of the outer curved part of your stomach is cut away and removed.
Gastric sleeve
The edges of the remaining 20 percent are then stapled or sutured together. This creates a banana-shaped stomach that’s only about 25 percent of its original size.
You’ll be in the operating room about an hour. Once the surgery is complete, you’ll be moved to the recovery room for postoperative care. You’ll be in the recovery room for another hour or so while you wake up from the anaesthesia.
The small incisions in your abdomen typically heal quickly. The minimally invasive nature of the surgery helps you recover faster than a procedure where your abdomen is opened with a larger incision.
Unless there are complications, you should be able to go home within 2 or 3 days after the surgery.
Gastric Balloon
Bariatric intragastric balloon therapy is a known therapy for weight loss, which involves a balloon being endoscopically-placed or swallowed and inflated inside the lumen of the stomach. The balloon resides in the stomach and the mechanism of action is presumably due to stretching the stomach, inducing postprandial fullness and early satiety, although it has also been proposed that the mechanism of action may be delayed.
There are a number of different types of balloons, all of which assist in weight loss, albeit possibly not more so than conventional management Fluid-filled gastric balloons have been available for longer than their air-filled counterparts. It has been claimed that air-filled gastric balloons cause fewer side effects such as nausea and vomiting due to their comparative lightness
Gastric bypass surgery
Gastric bypass is surgery that helps you lose weight by changing how your stomach and small intestine handle the food you eat.
After the surgery, your stomach will be smaller. You will feel full with less food.
The food you eat will no longer go into some parts of your stomach and small intestine that absorb food. Because of this, your body will not get all of the calories from the food you eat.
Procedure
You will have general anaesthesia before this surgery. You will be asleep and pain-free.
Gastric bypass surgery
There are 2 steps during gastric bypass surgery:
The first step makes your stomach smaller. Your surgeon uses staples to divide your stomach into a small upper section and a larger bottom section. The top section of your stomach (called the pouch) is where the food you eat will go. The pouch is about the size of a walnut. It holds only about 1 ounce (oz) or 28 grams (g) of food. Because of this you will eat less and lose weight.
The second step is the bypass. Your surgeon connects a small part of your small intestine (the jejunum) to a small hole in your pouch. The food you eat will now travel from the pouch into this new opening and into your small intestine. As a result, your body will absorb fewer calories.
Gastric bypass can be done in two ways. With open surgery, your surgeon makes a large surgical cut to open your belly. The bypass is done by working on your stomach, small intestine, and other organs.
Another way to do this surgery is to use a tiny camera, called a laparoscope. This camera is placed in your belly. The surgery is called laparoscopy. The scope allows the surgeon to see inside your belly.
In this surgery:
The surgeon makes 4 to 6 small cuts in your belly.
The scope and instruments needed to perform the surgery are inserted through these cuts.
The camera is connected to a video monitor in the operating room. This allows the surgeon to view inside your belly while doing the operation.
Advantages of laparoscopy over open surgery include:
Shorter hospital stay and quicker recovery
Less pain
Smaller scars and a lower risk of getting a hernia or infection
This surgery takes about 90 minutes
