Plastic surgery is a technique used to improve physical appearance, such as harmonizing the face, hiding scars, thinning the face or hip, thickening the legs or reshaping the nose, for example. Therefore, plastic surgery is not a mandatory surgery and always depends on the patient's will.
Some surgeries may be performed under general or local anesthesia and hospital stay varies depending on the area treated, but on average 3 days are enough for people to return home. However, the recovery should continue at home, which can take from a few days to a few months, until it is the definitive result.
Why have a plastic surgery?
Plastic surgery can be done to increase self-esteem when you are dissatisfied with any part of the body. In addition, in some cases the plastic surgery is done after some accident, burn or deformation of the body to improve the appearance of the region.
Major Plastic Surgery
Some types of plastic surgery include:
- Plastic surgery on the eyes: Blepharoplasty;
- Nose Surgery: Rhinoplasty;
- Plastic surgery on the ears: Otoplasty;
- Plastic surgery on the chin: Mentoplasty;
- Breast plastic surgery: Breast augmentation or reduction mammoplasty;
- Tummy tuck surgery: tummy tuck, liposuction or liposculpture.
This type of surgery should not be trivialized because it also has risks, such as infections, pulmonary embolism, seroma formation and altered sensitivity at the surgery site.
Where to do plastic surgery?
The physician responsible for making plastic surgery is the plastic surgeon and to practice the profession, in Brazil, he must be enrolled in SBCP - Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery.
Plastic surgery should be performed in a specialized clinic and this type of treatment is usually expensive. Some types of plastic surgery can be performed in a hospital and be free as long as it is recommended by another doctor.
How is recovery from plastic surgery?
The recovery time varies with the type of surgery and the simpler it is the faster the recovery.
Usually after a plastic surgery one should stay with the bandaged area for a few days and it is normal to feel pain and discomfort. The region may become purple and swollen in the first few days and the results take an average of 30 to 90 days to fully realize.
Main Complications of Plastic Surgery
Like any surgery, also in plastic surgery can arise some complications like infection, thrombosis or opening of the points. However, these complications are more frequent in people who have chronic diseases, anemia or who take anticoagulant drugs, for example.
In addition, there are greater chances of complications when the surgery lasts more than 2 hours, in case of general anesthesia or when a major surgery is performed. Read more about the risks of plastic surgery.
