- Cosmetic Surgery
- Hair transplantation
What is Cosmetic Surgery?
The purpose of cosmetic surgery is to change a person’s appearance, and to correct and reconstruct abnormalities. Cosmetic surgery can be performed on the face or anywhere else on the body to improve functionality or the aesthetic appearance of the person. It involves re-shaping of the area under treatment.
Types of Cosmetic Surgery
- Wrinkle Treatment – Removal of wrinkles and fine lines
- Botox – Treatment of fine lines, crows-feet, wrinkles and sagging skin
- Blemishes / Skin Problems (Tattoo removal, Spider Veins, Skin Revision)
- Laser Hair Removal – Removal of excessive facial hair through laser procedure
- Facial Fillers – use of dermal fillers to remove wrinkles and tighten sagging skin
- Chemical Peel – use of a chemical solution to smooth out the texture of the facial skin
- Chin Lift – removal of excess fat and treatment of sagging skin
- Cheek Lift – involves surgery to correct indentation of the upper cheek and prominent nasal folds, as well as removal of under-eye puffiness
- Chin Surgery – a surgical procedure to reshape and enhance the appearance of the chin
- Dermabrasion – a resurfacing procedure to smoothen out the outer layer of the skin
- Cosmetic Dentistry – Dental work to improve the teeth, gums and bite
- Brow Lift, Eyebrow / Forehead Rejuvenation – removal of wrinkles, removal of extra skin and muscle, tightening of forehead and eyebrow lift
- Eyebrow surgery – Eyebrow transplantation and restoration
- Facelift – tightening of muscle tissue, removal of extra fat and rewrapping of facial skin, around the face and neck region, to alleviate sagging skin, jowls and loose neck skin
- Facial Contouring – or rhytidectomy, removes wrinkles and rejuvenates the skin on the neck and mid-lower face
- Neck Lift and Neck Liposuction – removal or altering of neck muscles, removal of extra skin, liposuction to remove excess fat and use of Botox injections to repair sagging skin / wrinkles
- Alteration of the Ears or Otoplasty – improves the shape, position and proportion of the ear
- Laser Resurfacing – nonsurgical procedure to remove wrinkles and skin irregularities like scars and blemishes
- Lower and upper Jaw reconstruction – Orthognathic surgery is used to correct growth issues, traumatic injury or pathologic process of the lower and upper jaw or both
- Cleft reconstruction – cleft lip / palate repair or constructive surgery
- Eyelid Surgery – To correct “droopy” eyelids, extra fat, muscle and skin are removed from either the upper and / or lower eyelids
- Breast Reduction – Tissue, fat and skin are removed to reduce the size of the breasts
- Nose Augmentation – Reshaping and sculpturing the cartilage and bone in the nose
- Tummy Tuck or Abdomen Reduction – Tightening of tummy muscles, removal of extra fat and skin, to flatten tummy
- Body Liposuction – Excessive fat from a targeted region is removed with the aid of a vacuum, to shape the body
- Breast Augmentation – implants are placed within the breast to enlarge the breasts
- Arm Lift – Tighten skin on arms and removal of excess fat
- Breast Lift – To raise and reshape the breast, extra skin is removed
- Belt Lipectomy – or lower body lift is a surgical procedure performed to reshape the abdomen, thighs, hips and bottom
- Inner Thigh Lift – tightening of inner and outer thigh, by removal of excess skin and fat
- Circumferential Body Lift – surgical procedure to remove excess fat and skin, reposition and tighten tissues
What is Hair transplantation or Restoration?
Hair transplantation is a simple, outpatient procedure and a permanent solution that does not require continuous maintenance. Hair transplantation or restoration is a remedy for thinning hair, loss of hair and baldness disorders.
Hair transplantation involves the removal and replacement of hair follicles and hair, from the back of the scalp (where the growth is generally more thick) and to the region with high intensity of balding. A punch graft (a tube like instrument) or a scalpel is used to remove the follicle / hair and is transplanted into tiny slits or holes on the scalp. Generally, to achieve total coverage, several sessions required.
- Day procedure – Patient may check in and get back home on the same day
- Photographs of the areas of the scalp will be taken prior to procedure
- The areas to be treated will be marked with a surgical pen
- The donor areas will be prepared with surrounding hair being fastened with hair bands, to ensure that post removal the fastened hair will cover donor area
- Local anesthesia will be administered to the region from where the follicle / hair is to be removed
- A strip of tissue with the donor hair from either the back or side of the head is removed
- After removing the donor hair, the surgeon will suture the donor area and release the hair from the hair bands to cover the donor area
- After the donor hair is removed, it is prepared for transplantation, during which period the patient relaxs
- After the follicles are divided and ready for transplantation, local anesthesia is administered to the recipient area
- Tiny slits are made in the recipient area, with one slit for each follicular unit
- Care is taken to accurately gauge the angle, location and depth of placement of each follicular unit, so as to achieve a natural hairline and outcome
- Post-surgery instructions will be given on how to care for the recipient sites. Medication to ease discomfort will also be prescribed.
