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The term “Plastic” comes from the Greek meaning to form or plastic mold. Historically, this usually referred to the shaping and molding of skin, cartilage, fat and bone. However, with the development of new “body friendly” materials, Surgeons can now take advantage of implantable plastics such as polyurethane, silicone and other trade name products.

Historical Development of Plastic Surgery

The art of Plastic Surgery was practiced as early as 200 BC in ancient India where women’s noses, Mutilated by their jealous husbands, were reconstructive using flaps of skin from the Forehead.

In Renaissance Italy, Gaspar Tagliacozzi surgeon wrote the first textbook of Plastic Surgery in which he described a procedure whereby a skin flap, taken from the arm of an individual, was used to missing a reconstructive nose.

Probably the greatest step towards the recognition of Plastic Surgery as being a legitimate branch of surgery came in World War I, where current “Plastic Surgery units were opened in British hospitals. These units were designed to treat combat veterans who had received extensive gunshot injuries and burns on the front. The extent and complexity of these kinds of injuries, never before seen, tested the Ingenuity and inventiveness of these “Pioneers” to the craft.

It was not until after World War II that the principles of flap surgery were applied to the burgeoning field of Cosmetic Surgery. New techniques, such as placing incisions in the skin of natural Folds made surgical cuts and Scars almost invisible. Even more recently, technological advancements have made laser surgery and Microsurgery common place practices.

  Cosmetic Surgery

Cosmetic Surgery is not a discipline of itself, but a branch of Plastic Surgery designed to improve the appearance of an individual or to rejuvenenate. Any doctor can practice Cosmetic Surgery, but only to certified Plastic Surgeon specializing in Cosmetic Surgery has received full surgical training in the field of Plastic / Reconstructive Surgery.

Cosmetic Surgery has been developed to respond to a person’s need to change some aspect of their appearance, frequently one which has bothered them over the course of their lives. Procedures such as Breast Reduction and Breast Augmentation, Liposuction (the removal of diet-resistant fat), of The Nose Surgery (Rhinoplasty), and Surgery of The Ear (Otoplasty) are only a few of the growing list of commonly requested changes to the body and face.

In addition to changing one’s birth appearance, the effects of aging and how it affects the different tissues making up the body are just now being fully understood. While Heredity is the single most important indicator of how we will age, diet, cigarette consumption, exercise, general health, sun exposure and attitude are also considered to be important factors. The most common procedures performed today åre rejuvenative the Face-Lift (or cervicofacial facial Rhytidectomy), Eyelid Surgery (eye-Tuck or both Upper eyelid and Lower Lid Blepharoplasty), Forehead Lift and numerous body-tightening procedures such as the Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty ) And Buttock and Thigh Lifts.