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Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery

Also called: Cosmetic surgery
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Summary

Surgeons can reshape the appearance of body parts through cosmetic surgery. Some of the most common body parts people want to improve through surgery include:

  • Breasts: Increase or reduce the size of breasts or reshape sagging breasts
  • Ears: Reduce the size of large ears or set protruding ears back closer to the head
  • Eyes: Correct drooping upper eyelids or remove puffy bags below the eyes
  • Face: Remove facial wrinkles, creases or acne scars
  • Hair: Fill in balding areas with one's own hair
  • Nose: Change the shape of the nose
  • Tummy: Flatten the abdomen

Start Here

  • Cosmetic Surgery (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish

Related Issues

  • Body Contouring After Major Weight Loss (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
  • Body Dysmorphic Disorder (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
  • Breast Implants (Food and Drug Administration)
  • Dermatologic Surgery Information (American Society for Dermatologic Surgery)

Specifics

  • Abdominoplasty - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Blepharoplasty (Eyelid Surgery) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
  • Blepharoplasty - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Breast augmentation - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Breast lift (mastopexy) - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Breast reduction (mammoplasty) - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Buttock Lift (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
  • Chemical Peel (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish
  • Chin augmentation - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Craniofacial reconstruction - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Facelift - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Forehead lift - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Hair Transplants (American Society for Dermatologic Surgery)
  • Laser Hair Removal (VisualDX)
  • Laser Resurfacing (American Society for Dermatologic Surgery)
  • Liposuction (American Society for Dermatologic Surgery)
  • Microneedling Devices: Getting to the Point on Benefits, Risks, and Safety (Food and Drug Administration) Also in Spanish
  • Nose surgery - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Otoplasty (Cosmetic Ear Surgery) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
  • Skin smoothing surgery - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Vascular Lesion Treatment, Laser (VisualDX)

Videos and Tutorials

  • Breast lift Video (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Liposuction Video (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish

Statistics and Research

  • Plastic Surgery Statistics (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)

Clinical Trials

  • ClinicalTrials.gov: Breast Implants From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)
  • ClinicalTrials.gov: Surgery, Plastic From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

  • Article: Robotic-assisted lymphovenous anastomosis to treat periorbital lymphedema and systematic review of...
  • Article: Efficacy of extracranial vertebral artery reconstruction for symptomatic vertebral artery origin...
  • Article: Repair of Rectovaginal Fistulas with Martius Flap and Concomitant Levatoroplasty: A...
  • Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery -- see more articles

Find an Expert

  • American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • American Society for Dermatologic Surgery
  • Find a Dermatologic Surgeon (American Society for Dermatologic Surgery)

Teenagers

  • Breast Reduction Surgery (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish

Men

  • Penis-Enlargement Products: Do They Work? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Also in Spanish

Patient Handouts

  • Abdominal wall surgery (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Breast augmentation surgery (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Breast lift (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Chin augmentation (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Eyelid lift (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Facelift (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Head and face reconstruction (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Liposuction (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
  • Rhinoplasty (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish

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Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery

MEDICAL ENCYCLOPEDIA

  • Abdominal wall surgery
  • Abdominoplasty - series
  • Blepharoplasty - series
  • Breast augmentation - series
  • Breast augmentation surgery
  • Breast lift
  • Breast lift
  • Breast lift (mastopexy) - series
  • Breast reduction
  • Breast reduction (mammoplasty) - series
  • Chin augmentation
  • Chin augmentation - series
  • Cosmetic breast surgery - discharge
  • Cosmetic ear surgery
  • Craniofacial reconstruction - series
  • Dermabrasion
  • Ear surgery - series
  • Eyelid lift
  • Facelift
  • Facelift - series
  • Forehead lift
  • Forehead lift - series
  • Head and face reconstruction
  • Liposuction
  • Liposuction
  • Liposuction - series
  • Nose surgery - series
  • Oculoplastic procedures
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Skin smoothing surgery - series

Related Health Topics

  • Botox
  • Breast Reconstruction
  • Scars
  • Skin Aging
  • Varicose Veins

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