Plastic surgery procedures can repair function after trauma or disease and improve proportion and symmetry. Some surgical procedures are able to be combined. Somerset Plastic Surgery offers plastic surgery procedures performed by certified surgeons. Here are the different types of plastic surgery available:
Facial Procedures
Facial plastic surgery procedures reshape different parts of the face. Our facial surgeries at Somerset Plastic Surgery include eyelids, nose, and brow procedures. Surgeons may be able to combine facial surgeries to provide the patient with a more youthful look overall.
Rhinoplasty is a type of corrective surgery that reshapes a patient’s nose. This surgery can be done for cosmetic purposes, such as removing a hump or reducing the nostril width or overall size of the nose. Rhinoplasty can be performed to correct issues caused by injuries or birth defects, allowing patients to breathe more easily.
Browlifts help improve drooping brows. This procedure addresses the muscles above the eyes and the eyebrows. During a browlift, the eyebrows are raised higher, and the forehead lines are smoothed out.
Both facelifts and eyelid surgery remove places of excess fat. Eyelid surgery, or blepharoplasty, improves the appearance of sagging or drooping eyes by removing excess skin and muscle from the eyelids. This can help improve the patient’s vision by removing droopy eyelids out of the line of sight. Facelifts tighten skin and muscles and remove fat deposits on the neck. This helps tighten sagging jawlines.
Body Procedures
Patients may experience inelastic skin as a result of weight loss, weight gain, childbearing, or age. Body procedures include cosmetic treatments designed to reduce excess fat and loose skin. This helps shape and tone the body and tighten inelastic skin. Some procedures include:
- Liposuction: This is a procedure that sculpts the body. During liposuction, a small tube is used to break up and suction out the fat layer. Surgeons use this procedure to remove fat from places such as the hips, abdomen, thighs, chin, waist, and buttocks.
- Abdominoplasty: This procedure focuses on improving the shape of the waist and the abdomen. It tightens the core muscles and removes excess skin. Abdominoplasty candidates include women who have experienced stretched muscles after pregnancy.
- Body lifts: During a body lift, surplus skin is removed from the torso and thighs. Surgeons lift out the skin from the tissue and tighten the muscles, stitching them and suturing the skin. This procedure can help tone the back and hips.
- Arm lifts: This is referred to as brachioplasty. This procedure helps reduce inelastic skin on the arms by removing the excess skin and fat. After removing surplus skin, the surgeons tighten the remaining skin and suture it. This procedure is able to be combined with liposuction for additional contouring.
Recovery from body plastic surgery procedures ranges from one to two weeks to several months. Wearing compression garments after procedures such as arm lifts or body lifts helps support the limbs, reduce swelling, and improve healing. Patients who have undergone arm lift surgeries are required to wait one or two weeks before lifting heavier objects.
Breast Procedures
Breast surgery procedures are able to provide patients with a more balanced breast size for improved proportions. Breast augmentation creates firmer, fuller breasts by implanting silicone saline-filled shells behind the chest wall muscle or breast tissue. This can help patients with smaller breasts or who have undergone breast reduction after surgery.
Gravity, pregnancy, or loss of elasticity may cause sagging breasts. A breast lift procedure helps improve the shape of the chest and reduce the size of the areola, or the darker skin that surrounds the nipple. This procedure is able to be combined with breast augmentation procedures.
Breast plastic surgery can help improve patients’ health. Breast reduction surgery is able to help women with larger breasts who experience physical discomfort, including back and neck pain or breathing problems. This procedure removes glandular tissue and trims excess skin to create smaller breasts. Reducing breast size may offer physical relief.
Plastic surgeons are able to create natural-looking breasts for patients who have had part of their breasts or their entire breasts removed. This procedure is known as breast reconstruction surgery. This type of surgery recreates the shape and look of the breast. Breast reconstruction methods include using tissue taken from other parts of the body or silicone implants.
Plastic Surgery at Somerset Plastic Surgery
A few other procedures we offer are BOTOX and Juvederm injections to reduce facial wrinkles and crow’s feet. During a consultation with one of our surgeons, you can discuss your goals for your health and appearance. The surgeon will discuss the available procedures and create a custom plan that aligns with your goals. They will provide preparation and recovery instructions. To find out more about the plastic surgery procedures we perform at Somerset Plastic Surgery, fill out our online form to request an appointment.