Plastic surgery is a general term for operative manual and instrumental treatment which is performed for functional or aesthetic reasons. The word 'plastic' derrives from the Greek 'plastikos' meaning to mould or to shape. It is not connected with modern plastics.
The principal areas of plastic surgery include two broad fields.
- Reconstructive surgery, including microsurgery, which focuses on undoing or masking the destructive effects of trauma, surgery or disease. Such plastic surgery may include closing defects by transplantion of tissue from other parts of the body.
- Cosmetic (or aesthetic) surgery, which most is often done to change features the patient finds unflattering. In a few cases, however, there may be medical reasons (for example, breast reduction when orthopedic problems are present).
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par chirurgien esthetique peter cumbo
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PLASTIC SURGERY
