Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery
Both cosmetic surgery and plastic surgery deal with improving a patient’s body and they are closely related specialties but they are not the same.
Cosmetic Surgery is a discipline of medicine focused on enhancing and improving appearances through surgical and medical techniques, such as:
Breast Enhancement: Augmentation, Lift, Reduction
Facial Contouring: Rhinoplasty, Chin, or Cheek Enhancement
Facial Rejuvenation: Facelift, Eyelid Lift, Neck Lift, Brow Lift
Body Contouring: Tummy Tuck, Liposuction, Gynecomastia Treatment
Skin Rejuvenation: Laser Resurfacing, Botox, Filler Treatments
While Plastic Surgery is the surgical specialty dedicated to reconstruction of the facial and body defects caused by birth disorders, trauma, burns and diseases. It is intended to correct dysfunctional areas of the body, and is reconstructive in nature. For example:
Breast Reconstruction
Burn Repair Surgery
Congenital Defect Repair: Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate
Extremity Defect Reconstruction
Hand Surgery
Scar Revision Surgery
Plastic surgery is growing in popularity each year. Women are no longer the only ones having cosmetic surgery; men are also contributing to the boom. It is important to mention that ethical principles guide our plastic/cosmetic surgeons at Najjar Hospital.