Tag: Plastic Surgery Patients

The popularity of plastic surgery is increasing. As a plastic surgeon, I am frequently asked by my patients whether plastic surgery is 100 % safe. No plastic surgeon or any other type of surgeon can guarantee 100% safety.

In the early to mid 80s, it was estimated that less than five percent of plastic surgery patients belonged to ethnic groups. By 1990, that number had swelled to 20 percent according to the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons.

Plastic surgery is a medical specialty that uses a number of surgical and nonsurgical techniques to change the appearance and function of a person’s body.

Breast enlargement, also known as augmentation mammoplasty, is a plastic surgery procedure which can enhance a woman’s body contour by augmenting the size and shape of the breast volume lost due to pregnancy, childbirth and breast feeding.