Plastic surgery is a special field of medicine that deals with the correction and restoration of body shape and impaired visible bodily functions, for example as a result of trauma (injury, accident), illness and congenital malformation.
Using the latest surgical techniques, either minimally invasive or traditional surgery, plastic surgeons attempt to achieve a natural, "aesthetic" appearance or to restore impaired body function as desired by the patient.
Examples of procedures performed by plastic surgery specialists include
Cosmetic surgery is often equated with aesthetic surgery. However, unlike plastic and aesthetic surgery, cosmetic surgery is not a recognized medical specialty in its own right. Cosmetic surgery is - from a medical point of view - not necessarily a necessary procedure. Cosmetic surgery primarily serves to change the human body and make it subjectively more beautiful.
There is no such thing as a "specialist in cosmetic surgery". In general, any surgeon can specialize in cosmetic surgery. In most cases, however, cosmetic surgeons are specialists in plastic and aesthetic surgery. In Germany, these plastic and aesthetic surgeons can be found in public clinics, private clinics or even in private practice.
Particularly common cosmetic surgery procedures are
And how is such cosmetic surgery performed? Liposuction and a facelift (in the sense of smoothing out wrinkles) are briefly explained here as examples of plastic and aesthetic surgery.
In liposuction , excess abdominal fat is usually removed via a cannula. Generally speaking, liposuction is one of the most common cosmetic procedures performed by plastic surgeons and can be used to remove unwanted fat deposits from any part of the body, e.g. the face, thighs, stomach or hips.
However, the chances of success also depend to a large extent on lifestyle changes, which should include more exercise and a balanced diet.
Before a laser or scalpel is used, many facelift patients try to have the wrinkles and depressions in the skin injected several times first. A wide variety of procedures are used in designated cosmetic surgery clinics. For example, cosmetic surgeons like to use botulinum toxin, which results in very effective skin tightening. However, wrinkle injections with filling substances, such as autologous fat, or ablative and non-ablative laser treatment are also very popular with patients. In addition, there is peeling and finally surgical face lifting.
