Plastic Surgery FAQs

When can I resume regular exercise?

The time a patient resumes regular exercises varies based on the operation performed. All patients are encouraged to start a slow walking routine on the second postoperative day. Regular aerobic and more vigorous activities are not allowed during the first 2 weeks in order to decrease the risks of bleeding, swelling, and bruising. Weight lifting and contact sports are allowed at 1 month in most cases.

What kind of anesthesia should I have for facial surgery?

Facial plastic surgery works well with either intravenous sedation or general anesthesia.  During a general anesthetic, a breathing tube is placed through your mouth into your windpipe, and anesthetic gases keep you asleep.

With intravenous sedation, medications are dripped into your IV to make you sleep.  The areas to be operated on are then numbed with lidocaine, which is what we use nowadays instead of Novocain.  The patient doesn't have the breathing tube, but she is asleep, and she remembers nothing at all about the operation.

Why the "Plastic" in Plastic Surgery?

The word "plastic" comes from the Greek word plastikos, meaning "to mold or shape." Many of the first plastic surgeries were developed to close a difficult wound or replace tissue lost due to injury or cancer.

Is a plastic surgeon a skin expert?

The skin experts are the dermatologists but plastic surgeons who play an important role in the healing of benign and malignant tumors of the skin can be a skin expert. The ability of a surgeon is needed while there is an urgent situation of the elimination of the biggest parts of the skin.

Can plastic surgery make you look like someone else?

No, not yet.  All we can really do is make modest changes to some of the facial features, nudging them in the direction that the patient desires, but large global changes are beyond our capabilities.

Does Plastic Surgery forever engage skin grafting?

Skin Grafting is performed in case of covering an injury or deficiency. An experienced or qualified plastic surgeon decides about the utilization of any surgical procedure and after that, makes a decision about restoring a defect.

A skin graft appears to contain adverse color or texture matching with the local skin but because of the attentive option of a skin graft giver site, these problems can be decreased.