What Are the Types of Facial Plastic Surgery Procedures?
Facial plastic surgery procedures fall under two categories, cosmetic and reconstructive.
Surgeons most often perform reconstructive procedures to correct functional issues like difficult nasal breathing, reconstruction of skin after cancer removal, functional eyelid problems, unwanted birthmarks, or a cleft lip. Burns, accidents and trauma may leave scarring or breakages that are corrected through reconstructive methods.
Cosmetic procedures enhance a person’s visual appearance. There may be overlapping procedures with reconstructive surgery but the surgical goals for each can differ along with the expectation for final results.
Who Can Benefit from Facial Plastic Surgery?
Patients who are looking to correct flaws or defects, reduce signs of aging, improve their confidence and achieve these goals are good candidates for cosmetic surgery.
The best outcomes occur when you are realistic about your plastic surgery expectations before undergoing a procedure. Ask your surgeon questions to make sure you are aware of the potential limitations and improvements of your surgery.
While facial cosmetic surgery helps reverse some signs of aging by smoothing out lines and wrinkles, regular maintenance is often required to maintain long-term results. Being prepared for this in advance will help prevent disappointment and ensure success.
Common Facial Plastic Surgery Procedures
Facelift
This procedure will improve the facial structure, smooth your skin, tighten tissue and muscles and eliminate excess skin and fat. Candidates for this procedure should be in good health, and age averages between 40s through 70s
Rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty is performed to repair or reshape the nose. It can enlarge or reduce the size of your nose, straighten the bridge, reshape the tip, narrow the width of the nostrils, and change the angle between the nose and upper lip.
Ear Surgery
This cosmetic surgical procedure alters the shape, position or size of the ears; it is used to fix defects of the ear that have been present from birth or have resulted from injury as well as to correct prominent or protruding ears
Neck Liposuction
Neck liposuction is an effective way to get rid of excess fat and skin around the chin, jaw line and neck- reducing the ‘double chin’ look.
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