The
esthetic surgery implies the restoration of the functions of an injured part of the body and the reconstruction of the
normal body outline when parts of the body such as nose, ears, toes or jaw, were lost or have been damaged.
The big amounts of car accidents which are produced nowadays, are the main factors which make people to consider plastic surgery. Patients with CANCER who are subjected to some kind of surgery in the face and neck, may need
esthetic surgery after that.
Facial surgery is one of the most complicated aspects of plastic surgery, since it needs not only technical abilities but also artistic ones. Hands surgery also implies complex surgical technics because of the tendon transplants and the transference of muscles to restore the utility of the unfitted zone.
Today plastic surgery is frequently done for esthetic
reasons more than health reasons. People want to correct their imperfections or modify their outlines. Among the most frequent interventions we can find the rinoplastia (or nose surgery), the oroplastia (ears surgery), blefaroplastia (extra skin and fat tissue removal around the eyelids) and facial lifting to make dissapear all possible signs of older age.Another esthetical surgery technics are the removal of visible scars on face and body; it consists of the elimination of the damaged skin and the union of the edges of the wound.
With the increasing popularity of esthetic surgery since 1950s, plastic surgery has been confused with esthetic surgery in a wrong way. In fact, only a little rate of plastic surgeons are devoted to the practice of esthetic surgery. They think that body must not be hurt unless it needs a healthy appearance.