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 5,678 practicing plastic surgeons. Broken out by state, plastic surgery doctor density in Alabama is 54, in Alaska is 5, in Arizona is 107, in Arkansas is 23, in California is 970, in Colorado is 77, in Connecticut is 75, in Delaware is 20, in District of Columbia is 38, in Florida is 508, in Georgia is 164, in Hawaii is 23, in Idaho is 16, in Illinois is 222, in Indiana is 80, in Iowa is 21, in Kansas is 52, in Kentucky is 77, in Louisiana is 66, in Maine is 11, in Maryland is 156, in Massachusetts is 174, in Michigan is 143, in Minnesota is 87, in Mississippi is 40, in Missouri is 126, in Montana is 13, in Nebraska is 21, in Nevada is 36, in New Hampshire is 21, in New Jersey is 213, in New Mexico is 23, in New York is 502, in North Carolina is 127, in North Dakota is 10, in Ohio is 189, in Oklahoma is 43, in Oregon is 49, in Pennsylvania is 230, in Rhode Island is 22, in South Carolina is 64, in South Dakota is 9, in Tennessee is 95, in Texas is 438, in Utah is 62, in Vermont is 3, in Virginia is 132, in Washington is 101, in West Virginia is 21, in Wisconsin is 74, and in Wyoming is 3.
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