2006-07-09 01:24:28 · 10 answers · asked by jags 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Plastic surgery is a general term for operative manual and instrumental treatment which is performed for functional or aesthetic reasons. The word "plastic" derives from the Greek plastikos meaning to mold or to shape; its use here is not connected with modern plastics.
The principal areas of plastic surgery include two broad fields.
Reconstructive surgery, including microsurgery, focuses on undoing or masking the destructive effects of trauma, surgery or disease. Reconstructive surgery may include closing defects using skin grafts or with local, regional or distant flaps—that is, by moving tissue from other parts of the body.
Cosmetic (or aesthetic) surgery is most often performed in order to change features the patient finds unflattering. In many cases, however, there are medical reasons (for example, breast reduction when orthopedic problems are present).
2006-07-09 01:27:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Plastic surgery is a general term for operative manual and instrumental treatment which is performed for functional or aesthetic reasons. The word "plastic" derives from the Greek plastikos meaning to mold or to shape; its use here is not connected with modern plastics.
The principal areas of plastic surgery include two broad fields.
* Reconstructive surgery, including microsurgery, focuses on undoing or masking the destructive effects of trauma, surgery or disease. Reconstructive surgery may include closing defects using skin grafts or with local, regional or distant flaps—that is, by moving tissue from other parts of the body.
* Cosmetic (or aesthetic) surgery is most often performed in order to change features the patient finds unflattering. In many cases, however, there are medical reasons (for example, breast reduction when orthopedic problems are present).
2006-07-10 00:22:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noun 1. cosmetic surgery - plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift"
face lift, facelift, nip and tuck, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty, face lifting, lift
nose job, rhinoplasty - cosmetic surgery to improve the appearance of your nose
anaplasty, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery - surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue
2006-07-09 01:59:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surgery to fix some real or imagined defect in one's body, at least the part that is seen, if not all over. It often involves the face or upper body.
2006-07-09 01:29:20 · answer #4 · answered by Pandak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elective surgery to improve one's looks.
2006-07-09 01:26:47 · answer #5 · answered by Spike Spiegel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Elective surgery done to enhance one's looks , on the outside and in their minds.
2006-07-09 01:27:33 · answer #6 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
surgery you don't necessarily need (except if you break a nose, so in that case it has to be done), but you have one because you believe that it will make you feel and look better
2006-07-09 01:30:28 · answer #7 · answered by daydreamer23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is surgery to change something you don't like about yourself into something you do. Small breasts can become big breasts or vice versa. Small nose can become big nose or vice versa. Lines and wrinkles can be made to disappear.....
2006-07-09 01:28:43 · answer #8 · answered by Ya-sai 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
superficial surgery.. surgery that is only for appearance not health.
2006-07-09 01:27:05 · answer #9 · answered by Farrah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.beautysurg.com
2006-07-09 01:26:50 · answer #10 · answered by heidielizabeth69 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋