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Plastic surgery is a specialty that uses surgical techniques to change the appearance and function of patients' bodies.[1] Some of these operations are called "cosmetic", and others are called "reconstructive".

Descriptions of plastic surgery that depict reconstructive plastic surgery and cosmetic plastic surgery as two entirely different fields within the specialty can be misleading. Whether or not a procedure is "only" cosmetic has a lot to do with the reason behind its performance. For example, a facelift that undermines the soft tissues of the face and redrapes them to tighten the flesh is not always cosmetic rather than reconstructive. A facelift performed to tighten the normal skin of a seventy-year old is called a cosmetic surgery procedure because it is only aimed to provide a more youthful appearance. Yet a facelift in that same person would be considered reconstructive if it was part of a procedure to remove a skin cancer, and was used to close the defect left where the cancer was excised (cut out). The reconstructive facelift would avoid leaving the two sides of the face strikingly uneven (asymmetric) at the end of the operation, and even though the patient would likely end up looking younger, this would not be considered a cosmetic procedure because its main purpose is to give the patient a more normal appearance after cancer surgery.

* Reconstructive surgery corrects or masks birth defects and the destructive effects of trauma, surgery or disease.
* Cosmetic (or aesthetic) surgery changes features the patient finds unflattering.
The word "plastic" derives from the Greek plastikos meaning to mold or to shape; its use here is not connected with the synthetic polymer material known as plastic.

Cosmetic surgery
Cosmetic surgery is a very popular avenue for personal enhancement, as demonstrated by the 11.9 million cosmetic procedures performed in the U.S. alone in 2004. As for any operation, cosmetic procedures involve risk, and should therefore not be undertaken lightly. Within the US, critics of plastic surgery note that it is legal for any doctor, regardless of speciality, to perform "cosmetic surgery", but not "plastic surgery". It is thus important to distinguish the terms "plastic surgery" and "cosmetic surgery": Plastic Surgery is recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (the only official entity overseeing physician certification in the United States) as the subspecialty dedicated to the surgical repair of defects of form or function -- this includes cosmetic (or aesthetic) surgery, as well as reconstructive surgery. The term "cosmetic surgery" however, simply refers to surgery that is designed to improve cosmetics, or appearance. In several countries including Australia, many doctors who are not qualified as surgeons also perform cosmetic procedures.
The most prevalent aesthetic/cosmetic procedures are listed below. Most of these types of surgery are more commonly known by their "common names." These are also listed when pertinent.

 

 
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