What is plastic surgery? Plastic surgery is a medical specialty
focused on the reconstruction of injured, impaired and defective
parts of the face and body. Reconstructive plastic surgery may
be required as a result of birth defects or developmental
disorders, injuries, burns and tumors or other diseases.
Although reconstructive plastic surgery may restore or improve a
patients’ appearance, the primary focus of plastic surgery is
the restoration of the body. The term “plastic” derives from the
Greek term “plastikos” which means “able to be molded”. What
procedures does a plastic surgeon perform? Generally speaking,
reconstructive plastic surgery involves the removal of tumors,
repair of fractured bones and lacerations on the face and body,
surgery on the hands, breast reduction (in women and men) and
reconstruction, repair of cleft palates and other congenital
abnormalities and skin grafts to repair severe burns. Plastic
surgeons can also create new body parts from tissue and skin,
such as an ear, and attach