Plastic Surgery (Cosmetic Surgery) (cont.)

Cosmetic Procedures: Surgical

Breast Augmentation - Breasts are enlarged by placing an implant behind each breast.

Risks:

• implants can rupture, leak, and deflate
• infection
• hardening of scar tissue around implant, causing breast firmness, pain, distorted shape, or implant movement
• bleeding
• pain
• nipples may get more or less sensitive
• numbness near incision blood collection around implant/incision
• calcium deposits around implant
• harder to find breast lumps

Breast Lift - Extra skin is removed from the breast to raise and reshape breast.

Risks:

• scarring
• skin loss
• infection loss of feeling in nipples or breast
• nipples put in the wrong place
• breasts not symmetrical

Breast Reduction - Fat, tissue, and skin is removed from breast.

Risks:

• if nipples and areola are detached, may lose sensation and decreased ability to breastfeed
• bleeding
• infection
• scarring
• harder to find breast lumps
• poor shape, size, or position of nipples or breasts

Eyelid Surgery: Extra fat, skin, and muscle in the upper and/or lower eyelid is removed to correct "droopy" eyelids.

Risks:

• blurred or double vision
• infection
• bleeding under the skin
• swelling
• dry eyes
• whiteheads
• can't close eye completely
• pulling of lower lids
• blindness

Facelift - Extra fat is removed, muscles are tightened, and skin is rewrapped around the face and neck to improve sagging facial skin, jowls, and loose neck skin.

Risks:

• infection
• bleeding under skin
• scarring
• irregular earlobes
• nerve damage causing numbness or inability to move your face
• hair loss
• skin damage

Facial Implant - infection feeling of tightness or scarring around implant shifting of implant

Risks:

• infection
• feeling of tightness or scarring around implant
• shifting of implant

Forehead Lift: Extra skin and muscles that cause wrinkles are removed, eyebrows are lifted, and forehead skin is tightened.

Risks:

• infection
• scarring
• bleeding under skin
• eye dryness or irritation
• impaired eyelid function
• loss of feeling in eyelid skin
• injury to facial nerve causing loss of motion or muscle weakness

Lip Augmentation: Material is injected or implanted into the lips to create fuller lips and reduce wrinkles around the mouth.

Risks:

• infection
• bleeding
• lip asymmetry
• lumping
• scarring

Liposuction: Excess fat from a targeted area is removed with a vacuum to shape the body.

Risks:

• baggy skin
• skin may change color and fall off
• fluid retention
• shock
• infection
• burning
• fat clots in the lungs
• pain
• damage to organs if punctured
• numbness at the surgery site
• heart problems
• kidney problems
• disability
• death

Nose Surgery: Nose is reshaped by resculpting the bone and cartilage in the nose.

Risks:

• infection
• bursting blood vessels
• red spots
• bleeding under the skin
• scarring

Tummy Tuck: Extra fat and skin in the abdomen is removed, and muscles are tightened to flatten tummy.

Risks:

• blood clots
• infection
• bleeding
• scarring
• fluid accumulation under the skin