Plastic surgery cosmetic surgery and reconstructive surgery defined and explained Dr Dirk Kremer answers your Frequently Asked Questions about plastic surgery
This is a very frequently asked question: plastic surgery is the overall genre name for the whole
speciality. Surgeons then choose the area they want to specialise in
to become ‘Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon’ or ‘Plastic and Reconstruction Surgeon’
As the name suggests, reconstructive surgery tends to imply
‘rebuilding’ and incorporates all kinds of repair surgery from damaged hands,
burns, cancers and so on.
Cosmetic surgery tends to include the many beautification
surgical procedures that have become very familiar such as boob jobs, nose
jobs, tummy tucks, liposuction etc.
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