I recently returned from a medical mission in Qoya Peru.   The organization sponsoring the mission was Women for World Health. Qoya is in the Sacred Valley about 40 kms from Macchu Picchu.   We saw a mixture of patients with clefts lips to burn scars.   It was exciting to have my sister-in-law Ginger along on the […]
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The American Society of Plastic Surgeons released their statistics for 2010 yesterday. The overall number of cosmetic procedures increased 5 % in 2010. This may represent some pent-up demand as patients return who had put off cosmetic work when the economy was so unstable. Reconstructive procedures also increased 2% in 2010 with breast reconstruction up
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Plastic surgery as a specialty encompasses both cosmetic as well as reconstructive surgery. The definition of cosmetic surgery is surgery  “to improve on the normal” whereas reconstructive surgery is surgery  ” to restore to normal form and function”. In some cases it is clear –  repair of a cleft lip is clearly reconstructive surgery and liposuction of small
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I remember the first time it happened. The teenage girl had come to the Plastic surgery clinic when I was a new plastic surgery resident. She had one breast that had not developed. She was wearing baggy clothes and kept her head down with her hair covering her face. Her mother did all the talking.
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Plastic surgery has certainly received a lot of media attention in the past few years especially with shows such as “Extreme Makeover”. Despite all of this attention a lot is still not understood about plastic surgery. First the name – plastic surgery is derived form the Greek word Plastikos which means to bend or shape. Â
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