Plastic surgery is surgery to repair or reconstruct physical defects of the skin, head and body. A plastic surgeon performs structural cosmetic surgery for aesthetic reasons to change the shape of features on the head or body, or can perform reconstructive surgery to correct deformities of the head or body caused by injury, disease, or birth defects. This specialist deals with the repair, reconstruction, or replacement of physical defects involving the skin, musculoskeletal system, hand, extremities, breast, trunk and external genitalia. The plastic surgeon uses aesthetic surgical principles not only to improve undesirable qualities of normal structures, but in all reconstructive procedures as well.
Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are Acne, burns, pock, wrinkles, birth defects, and mucosa defects.
Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including reconstructive surgery, cosmetic surgery, Augmentation Mammaplasty (breast enlargement or boob job), Suction-Assisted Lipectomy (liposuction), mastectomy, Vaginoplasty, Rhinoplasty (nose job), Mesotherapy, Labiaplasty, Mastopexy (breast lift), Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), breast reconstruction, Chemical peel, Rhytidectomy (face lift), Buttock Augmentation (butt augmentation or butt implants), fat injections, microsurgery, Sex reassignment surgery, Chin augmentation, and Cheek augmentation.
To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including breast exam, skin test, Atropine test, and Fluorescein test.
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 6,292 practicing plastic surgeons. Broken out by state, plastic surgery doctor density in Alabama is 57, in Alaska is 5, in Arizona is 122, in Arkansas is 25, in California is 1,046, in Colorado is 86, in Connecticut is 80, in Delaware is 23, in District of Columbia is 41, in Florida is 536, in Georgia is 184, in Hawaii is 26, in Idaho is 17, in Illinois is 244, in Indiana is 91, in Iowa is 25, in Kansas is 55, in Kentucky is 83, in Louisiana is 70, in Maine is 11, in Maryland is 176, in Massachusetts is 191, in Michigan is 161, in Minnesota is 97, in Mississippi is 45, in Missouri is 134, in Montana is 13, in Nebraska is 23, in Nevada is 38, in New Hampshire is 25, in New Jersey is 234, in New Mexico is 27, in New York is 540, in North Carolina is 149, in North Dakota is 13, in Ohio is 205, in Oklahoma is 47, in Oregon is 56, in Pennsylvania is 264, in Rhode Island is 25, in South Carolina is 69, in South Dakota is 11, in Tennessee is 111, in Texas is 486, in Utah is 67, in Vermont is 5, in Virginia is 141, in Washington is 117, in West Virginia is 25, in Wisconsin is 88, and in Wyoming is 5.
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