Plastic surgery is a specialized branch of surgery that deals with correction of all visible defects and deformities of any body part. Such deformities may be present since birth or acquired following injuries or after various surgical procedures. These defects commonly involve the skin, soft tissues, muscles or underlying skeleton.

Plastic surgery is also done to improve the looks or aesthetics of normal body parts such as face, nose, eyes, cheeks, lips, chin, breasts, the shape and contours of abdomen, waist, hips, legs etc.

Thus, plastic surgery has a very wide domain.

Any person of any age irrespective of cast, creed and socioeconomic status suffering from any of the following may be the candidate for plastic surgery:

1. BIRTH OR CONGENITAL DEFECTS

   Abnormal shape of the head or skull, clefts of the lips, palate or the face. Defects or abnormal shape of the eyes, nose, ears, jawbones etc.
   Defects of the limbs, fused fingers, extra fingers, large sized fingers and toes.
   Defects of the genitals such as hypospadias i.e. abnormal shape of the penis with abnormal urinary opening, absence of vagina, inter sex etc.
   Large black hairy nevus or moles, haemangiomas and vascular lesions.
   Foetal defect correction in utero i.e. before birth endoscopic correction of some defects inside the mother’s womb.

2. ACCIDENTS & INJURIES

   Several roadside and automobile accident injuries involving face, eyelids, nose, ears etc. All cases with fractures of orbital, cheek, nose and jaw bones.
   Injuries of the limbs associated with extensive skin loss or degloving injuries.
   All types of hand and finger injuries especially industrial crush injuries. Cut tendons and nerves.
   Total or partial amputations of the limbs, hands or fingers.

3. BURN INJURIES

   Acute burns due to flames, chemicals and acids, hot water or fluids, electric flash.
   Post burn contractures, thick hypertrophic scars causing deformities of several body parts.

4. POST SURGERY DEFECTS

   Following extensive removal of various parts or areas involved in malignant or cancerous growths such as breasts, jaws, lips, mandible etc.

5. SKIN DEFECTS

   Treatment of vitiligo or leucoderma (white) patches.
   Removal of tattoo marks.
   Split ear lobules.

6. COSMETIC OR AESTHETIC SURGERY

   For the removal of facial wrinkles, forehead wrinkles, heaviness around eyelids, baggy eyelids, crow’s feet wrinkles, peri oral wrinkles, jowls, and double chin.
   Lifting up of the eyebrows.
   Nose job or changing the shape of the nose.
   Cheek and chin alterations.
   Thinning or augmenting lips.
   Creation of dimples.
   Reshaping ears.
   Breast reduction or enhancement.
   Breast lifting.
   Reshaping armsand legs.
   Body contouring surgery for loose hanging belly, waist, hips, buttocks and hips, thighs etc.
   Removal of pregnancy stretch marks.
   Laser assisted facial rejuvenation.
   Laser assisted permanent hair removal.
   Correction of hyperhiderosis or excessive armpit sweating.
   Hair transplant for treating baldness.

The term – Plastic has been derived from Greek word Plastikos which means to reshape or to mould. Because this specialty involves mainly remoulding of various tissues and skin in the process of reconstruction, hence the name – Plastic Surgery.

It is for the same reason that plastic material was initially termed as plastic because it could be molded to any shape.

All plastic surgery operations are absolutely painless as they are done under effective local or general anesthesia. Most of the patients can go back home the same evening or in a couple of days.

At VM PLASTIC SURGERY CENTER, the total expenditure of any procedure is definitely less as compared to most other place in the private sector. This is due to the fact that emphasis is given to day surgery with most patients going back to their homes after 6 to 8 hours of surgery. Thus unnecessary hospitalization is avoided that helps to avoid problems like hospital acquired infections and also reduces the overall expenditure.