23 Facts About Cosmetic surgery

Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty involving the restoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the human body.

The early trauma Cosmetic surgery textbook was named after the American Egyptologist, Edwin Smith.

Reconstructive Cosmetic surgery techniques were being carried out in India by 800 BC.

Father of modern plastic Cosmetic surgery is generally considered to have been Sir Harold Gillies.

When World War II broke out, plastic Cosmetic surgery provision was largely divided between the different services of the armed forces, and Gillies and his team were split up.

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Cosmetic surgery disposed of the "convalescent uniforms" and let the patients use their service uniforms instead.

Cosmetic surgery's other important work included development of the walking-stalk skin graft, and the discovery that immersion in saline promoted healing as well as improving survival rates for patients with extensive burns — this was a serendipitous discovery drawn from observation of differential healing rates in pilots who had come down on land and in the sea.

Pediatric craniofacial Cosmetic surgery mostly revolves around the treatment of congenital anomalies of the craniofacial skeleton and soft tissues, such as cleft lip and palate, microtia, craniosynostosis, and pediatric fractures.

Craniofacial Cosmetic surgery is an important part of all plastic Cosmetic surgery training programs.

Ethnic plastic Cosmetic surgery is plastic Cosmetic surgery performed to change ethnic attributes, often considered used as a way of "passing".

Hand Cosmetic surgery is concerned with acute injuries and chronic diseases of the hand and wrist, correction of congenital malformations of the upper extremities, and peripheral nerve problems.

The hand Cosmetic surgery field is practiced by orthopedic surgeons and general surgeons.

Scar tissue formation after Cosmetic surgery can be problematic on the delicate hand, causing loss of dexterity and digit function if severe enough.

MicroCosmetic surgery is generally concerned with the reconstruction of missing tissues by transferring a piece of tissue to the reconstruction site and reconnecting blood vessels.

Plastic Cosmetic surgery performed on an incarcerated population in order to affect their recidivism rate, a practice instituted in the early 20th century that lasted until the mid-1990s.

In plastic Cosmetic surgery, the transfer of skin tissue is a very common procedure.

Usually, good results would be expected from plastic Cosmetic surgery that emphasize careful planning of incisions so that they fall within the line of natural skin folds or lines, appropriate choice of wound closure, use of best available suture materials, and early removal of exposed sutures so that the wound is held closed by buried sutures.

Reconstructive plastic Cosmetic surgery is performed to correct functional impairments caused by burns; traumatic injuries, such as facial bone fractures and breaks; congenital abnormalities, such as cleft palates or cleft lips; developmental abnormalities; infection and disease; and cancer or tumors.

Cosmetic surgery surgeries are undertaken following breast cancer and mastectomy to recreate the natural breast shape which has been lost during the process of removing the cancer.

In 2018, more than 226,994 patients between the ages of 13 and 19 underwent plastic Cosmetic surgery compared to just over 218,900 patients in the same age group in 2010.

Common complications of cosmetic surgery includes hematoma, nerve damage, infection, scarring, implant failure and organ damage.

Half of the patients with the disorder who have cosmetic surgery performed are not pleased with the aesthetic outcome.

In some cases, people whose physicians refuse to perform any further surgeries, have turned to "do it yourself" plastic Cosmetic surgery, injecting themselves and running extreme safety risks.