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All definitions

of Aesthetic Surgery

You are on the cosmetic surgery glossary listing all the definitions of cosmetic surgery:
 

Tummy tuck

Fat overload in the thorax in men.

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Mammal augmentation

It is the intervention which consists in increasing the volume of the breasts.

It is most often done by prosthesis

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Autologous

Means what comes from the patient himself. We speak of autologous fat injection in lipofiling, autologous breast reconstruction after mastectomy when the reconstruction does not use a prosthesis but only the patient's tissues.

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Blepharoplasty

Intervention which consists in modifying the aspect of the arms, most often by a lifting of the internal face of the arm.

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Shell

Fibrous contraction around a breast implant and which is found in 1 to 2% of patients. there are several stages of severity 1 / Not visible and not palpable 2 / Not visible but breast hard on palpation 3 / Visible, palpable and not painful 4 / Painful.

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Cruroplasty

Intervention which consists in modifying the aspect of the thighs most often by a lifting of the internal face of the thighs?

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Diastasis

Abnormal and permanent separation of two structures normally very close together. We speak of Diastasis of the rectus abdominis (abnormal separation of the rectus abdominis muscles). The treatment or cure for diastasis consists in removing this abnormal deviation surgically.

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Dual Plan

This is a position in which a breast prosthesis can be put in place: The upper part of the prosthesis will be behind the Pectoralis major muscle The lower part will be in front of the muscle, behind the gland.

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Aesthetic

​Which relates to the perception of beauty, to the feeling it gives rise to

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