Plastic surgery is a medical technique that corrects form and structure of the face and body. Most of us think of plastic surgery as a means to beautify ourselves and gain what was lacking in our person that prevented us from looking good. Indeed there can be seen an increased obsession in everyone to look better than the rest. For that they don’t mind going under the surgeon’s knife. But plastic surgery is not just for cosmetic purposes. They can be the savior of people who have suffered damage to their face or body due to some accident or illness. This is called reconstructive plastic surgery.

Reconstructive plastic surgery is for people who have functional impairments caused due to an accident or illness or present from birth. Plastic surgery makes use of techniques like craniofacial surgery, burn surgery, hand surgery, pediatric surgery and micro surgery to deal with such problems. Burn surgery helps restore the skin and looks of a person who has suffered from severe skin burns. Plastic surgery also helps correct cleft lip, cleft palate, facial bone fractures and impairments caused due to removal of organs due to cancer or tumor. Plastic surgery can also help those people who have certain organs missing from their birth like a missing ear or have certain additional parts like a sixth finger.

Cosmetic surgery is a sub specialty of plastic surgery and is done for beauty purposes. Going for a cosmetic surgery is fairly common among people who are in the showbiz. Taking inspiration from them a lot of common people have also started opting for cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic surgery can give you what you have always wished for be it a straight nose or fuller lips or a curvier body. Tummy tuck surgery, breast implants, butts implants, reshaping of nose, ear and lips, removing wrinkles, removing acne and scars by chemical peel and liposuction for fat removal from the body. Hair transplant and botox shots for tighter skin are also forms of cosmetic surgery. In fact there is a cosmetic surgery for every shortcoming of the face or the body.

Plastic surgery most often makes use of skin grafting technique. In this method skin or tissue is transplanted from one part of the body to another or from the donor to the recipient. Plastic surgery is greatly in vogue these days. Gone are the times when a person had to live with his deformed features and be satisfied with what he got. Today you can make your own rules. Many actors, models and TV personalities, whom we love to look at, have also been through the surgeon’s knife. A few years back, nobody talked of having got a cosmetic surgery but today people are proudly flaunting their newly acquired assets. Plastic surgery is especially a boon for those who have suffered disfigurement and injuries. They do not have to live with the scars of any unfortunate incident on their body. Reconstructive plastic surgery is financed by insurance companies. So now even those who would not have been able to bear the cost of a plastic surgery can easily go for it.