Plastic surgery
Plastic surgery covers a wide range of different surgical procedures that repair, reconstruct or replace structures in many different parts of the body including the:
- skin
- face and head
- hands
- breast.
Plastic surgery does not involve the use of plastic materials.
Reconstructive surgery
Reconstructive Surgery
Reconstructive surgery is performed on parts of the body that are abnormal or have been affected by a birth defect, accident or disease. This includes:
- cleft lip and palate repair
- scar revision
- reconstruction, including skin grafts, following burns.
Surgery is usually performed to improve function but may also be performed to bring the appearance of a part of the body as close as possible to normal.
Some of the issues we help treat and procedures we do include:
- breast reconstruction
- skin cancers and melanoma management
- hand surgery
- burns
- skin lesions
- skin grafting
- ear surgery (otoplasty)
- naevi.