| India offers cutting edge Plastic Surgery for | | | | surgery can be multi-faceted. The first thing |
| everything from Face-lift to Neck contouring. | | | | that many people notice after plastic surgery |
| Indian Health care industry is undergoing | | | | is that their bodies seem more proportional |
| phenomenal expansion. The combination of high | | | | or balanced. Whether a person opts to have |
| quality services and low cost facilities is | | | | surgery on their face, hips, breasts or |
| attracting thousands of international | | | | thighs the aim is to sculpt the body in a way |
| patients every year. This is hardly | | | | that looks natural. The result often allows |
| surprising considering the cost of cosmetic | | | | people to look more like they feel like they |
| surgeries in India is 5 to 6 times lower than | | | | should look. This may sound strange, but |
| anywhere else in the world. When compared to | | | | often a nose that is too large for a |
| other popular countries; India has the | | | | particular person's face or a bust that is |
| advantage of hospital facilities, experienced | | | | too large or too small can blur all of this |
| doctors and cost. Compared to Thailand, India | | | | person's other features making them seem |
| on average is 50% cheaper and when compared | | | | disproportionate. Surgeons aim to correct |
| to South Africa a sixth the cost. | | | | this by taking each individual's body into |
| | | | consideration before deciding on a desired |
| WHAT IS PLASTIC SURGERY? | | | | result. |
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| Plastic surgery is a specialized branch of | | | | The physical result of plastic surgery often |
| surgery that deals with correction of all | | | | produces a healthier look and often people |
| visible defects and deformities of any body | | | | who undergo surgery see this healthy look |
| part. Such deformities may be present since | | | | permeate their entire lifestyle. People who |
| birth or acquired following injuries or after | | | | have surgeries like liposuction and breast |
| various surgical procedures. These defects | | | | reduction usually feel that their new bodies |
| commonly involve the skin, soft tissues, | | | | allow them to participate in physical |
| muscles or underlying skeleton. Plastic | | | | activities that they wouldn't have considered |
| surgery is also done to improve the looks or | | | | before surgery. Plastic surgery can open new |
| aesthetics of normal body parts such as face, | | | | doors to people who had previously lived |
| nose, eyes, cheeks, lips, chin, breasts, the | | | | their lives scared to take on activities like |
| shape and contours of abdomen, waist, hips, | | | | swimming or aerobics because of the lack of |
| legs etc. Thus, plastic surgery has a very | | | | clothing involved and the way that they felt |
| wide domain. | | | | that they would be looked at by other people. |
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| WHO REQUIRES PLASTIC SURGERY? | | | | Blending in is sometimes quite important to |
| | | | people who decide to have plastic surgery, |
| Any person of any age irrespective of cast, | | | | especially when they have grown up teased |
| creed and socioeconomic status suffering from | | | | because of their features. Surgery often |
| any of the following may be the candidate for | | | | allows these people to finally feel like they |
| plastic surgery: | | | | fit in with people around them instead of |
| | | | sticking out because of the shape of their |
| 1. BIRTH OR CONGENITAL DEFECTS | | | | body or because of their facial features. |
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| Abnormal shape of the head or skull, clefts | | | | Whether a person chooses to undergo plastic |
| of the lips, palate or the face. Defects or | | | | surgery to improve their lifestyle or to |
| abnormal shape of the eyes, nose, ears, | | | | improve their look there will always be |
| jawbones etc. Defects of the limbs, fused | | | | emotional benefits when a person is finally |
| fingers, extra fingers, large sized fingers | | | | able to feel comfortable in their body. Many |
| and toes. Defects of the genitals such as | | | | people find that they are more outgoing, |
| hypospadias i.e. abnormal shape of the penis | | | | personable and confident when they become |
| with abnormal urinary opening, absence of | | | | accustomed to their transformation and this |
| vagina, inter sex etc. Large black hairy | | | | heightened sense of self-esteem can be a |
| nevus or moles, haemangiomas and vascular | | | | benefit that lasts a lifetime. |
| lesions. Foetal defect correction in utero | | | | |
| i.e. before birth endoscopic correction of | | | | Risks of Plastic Surgery: |
| some defects inside the mother's womb. | | | | |
| | | | Although complications from plastic surgery |
| 2. ACCIDENTS & INJURIES | | | | are quite rare nowadays each person who is |
| | | | considering having this type of surgery done |
| Several roadside and automobile accident | | | | should make themselves aware of the possible |
| injuries involving face, eyelids, nose, ears | | | | risks of plastic surgery. Plastic surgery |
| etc. All cases with fractures of orbital, | | | | complications can range from scarring to |
| cheek nose and jawbones. Injuries of the | | | | fatalities and the effects of surgery can |
| limbs associated with extensive skin loss or | | | | sometimes be traumatizing to patients both |
| degloving injuries. All types of hand and | | | | physically and psychologically. Even though |
| finger injuries especially industrial crush | | | | complications are uncommon it is important to |
| injuries. Cut tendons and nerves, total or | | | | keep plastic surgery dangers in mind. The |
| partial amputations of the limbs, hands or | | | | risks of plastic surgery will differ |
| fingers also can be corrected by plastic | | | | depending on the individual and the procedure |
| surgery. | | | | they opt for. Scarring is one of the most |
| | | | common risks that people considering plastic |
| 3. BURN INJURIES | | | | surgery should be aware of. Most surgeons |
| | | | will try to hide incision lines in places |
| Acute burns due to flames, chemicals and | | | | where they aren't noticeable, like under the |
| acids, hot water or fluids, electric flash. | | | | crease of the breast in breast augmentation |
| Post burn contractures, thick hypertrophic | | | | plastic surgery and in the hairline in facial |
| scars causing deformities of several body | | | | plastic surgery, but most surgeries will |
| parts. | | | | still result in permanent scarring. |
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| 4. POST SURGERY DEFECTS | | | | Cost of Plastic Surgery |
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| Following extensive removal of various parts | | | | No, plastic surgery is not very costly. The |
| or areas involved in malignant or cancerous | | | | expenses involved for any procedure depends |
| growths such as breasts, jaws, lips, mandible | | | | upon the institution, the infrastructure |
| etc. | | | | required, material used, and nature of the |
| | | | procedure, anesthesia and the operating |
| 5. SKIN DEFECTS | | | | surgeon. As compared to most other |
| | | | superspecialities, a routine plastic surgery |
| Treatment of vitiligo or leucoderma (white) | | | | procedure requires minimal instrumentation |
| patches, removal of tattoo marks, split ear | | | | and infrastructure but high degree of |
| lobules. | | | | innovative surgical skill. |
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| 6.COSMETIC OR AESTHETIC SURGERY | | | | Plastic Surgery in India: |
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| For the removal of facial wrinkles, forehead | | | | If you need any medical treatments (from |
| wrinkles, heaviness around eyelids, baggy | | | | Plastic to heart surgery) the cost of these |
| eyelids, crow's feet wrinkles, peri oral | | | | in Inida is far cheaper than in the US or |
| wrinkles, jowls, and double chin. Lifting up | | | | Europe.So, you can have treatments done in |
| of the eyebrows, nose job or changing the | | | | Inida , get world class treatments, get a |
| shape of the nose, cheek and chin alterations | | | | free holiday and have cash left over! India |
| all can be done by plastic surgery. Thinning | | | | offers what you call a language advantage - a |
| or augmenting lips, creation of dimples, | | | | patient would surely prefer a country where |
| reshaping ears, breast reduction or | | | | English is widely spoken. Also, it is |
| enhancement, breast lifting can be done by | | | | believed that the facilities in India are |
| plastic surgery. Reshaping arms and legs, | | | | more suited for International patients. Many |
| body contouring surgery for loose hanging | | | | highly qualified doctors have had some form |
| belly, waist, hips, buttocks and thighs can | | | | of training from abroad, especially USA and |
| be done by plastic surgery. Removal of | | | | UK. Indian surgeons and doctors are known for |
| pregnancy stretch marks, laser assisted | | | | their skill and research throughout the |
| facial rejuvenation and hair transplant are | | | | world. Most patients from countries like USA |
| all procedures that come under plastic | | | | and UK travel to developing countries such as |
| surgery. | | | | India for treatment because India offers some |
| | | | of te cheapest pricing options of treatment, |
| Benefits of Plastic Surgery: | | | | offers a good holiday, there are no waiting |
| | | | lists or queues to stand in, the doctors are |
| The great thing about plastic surgery is that | | | | comparable to anyone in the world and |
| the benefits can be both physical and | | | | finally, language does not pose a problem as |
| emotional, both external and internal. The | | | | most people speak English. |
| physical and external benefits of plastic | | | | |