What is plastic surgery?

Plastic surgery is a surgical speciality involved with both the improvement in a person’s appearance and the reconstruction of facial and body tissue defects caused by cancer, trauma, or birth disorders.

The word comes from the ancient Greek word ‘plastikos’, which means to mold or give form

Plastic surgery restores and improves function, as well as appearance.

It can involve surgery on any part of the anatomy, except the central nervous system, including:

• Skin, including skin cancer, scars, burns, birthmarks, and tattoo removal
• Maxillofacial (the facial skeleton)
• Congenital anomalies, including deformed ears, cleft palate, and cleft lip

What does plastic surgery include?

Plastic surgery includes both reconstructive and aesthetic (cosmetic) procedures:

Reconstructive plastic surgery

In general, reconstructive surgery is done on abnormal structures of the body that may be caused by:

• Trauma
• Infection
• Cancer
• Congenital (present at birth) anomalies
• Disease
• Tumors

This type of surgery is usually done to improve function, but may also be done to change appearance.

Cosmetic (aesthetic) plastic surgery

Cosmetic surgery is done to repair or reshape otherwise normal structures of the body, generally, to improve appearance.

• Liposuction and tummy tuck
• Rhinoplasty
• Gynecomastia (Man-boobs)
• Botox and fillers
• Lip reconstruction
• Breast enlargement/reduction

DR. Harshvardhan K Shetty is Specialized in treating:

• BOTOX & Fillers
• Hand Trauma / Trauma reconstruction
• Fat Grafting
• AV Fistula creation
• Pediatric Plastic Surgery
• Hair Transplant
• Liposuction / Gynaecomastia
• Cleft lip / cleft palate
• Burns
• Rhinoplasty
• Carpal tunnel Syndrome
• Maxillofacial fractures
• Breast surgery (Enlargement / Reduction)
• Scar Revision
• Microvascular Surgery
• Diabetic foot and bed sores