Plastic surgery within the head and neck is performed to treat congenital defects or to restructure injured areas of the head and neck. The plastic surgeon can perform structural cosmetic surgery for aesthetic reasons to change the shape of features in the head and neck area, or can perform reconstructive surgery to correct deformities of the head and neck caused by injury, disease or birth defects.

Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 824 practicing plastic surgeons within the head & neck. Broken out by state, plastic surgery within the head & neck doctor density in Alabama is 5, in Alaska is 3, in Arizona is 22, in Arkansas is 9, in California is 189, in Colorado is 27, in Connecticut is 16, in Delaware is 5, in District of Columbia is 3, in Florida is 62, in Georgia is 21, in Hawaii is 7, in Idaho is 7, in Illinois is 38, in Indiana is 30, in Iowa is 11, in Kansas is 8, in Kentucky is 15, in Louisiana is 13, in Maine is 6, in Maryland is 17, in Massachusetts is 23, in Michigan is 31, in Minnesota is 14, in Mississippi is 15, in Missouri is 21, in Montana is 1, in Nebraska is 8, in Nevada is 4, in New Hampshire is 4, in New Jersey is 20, in New Mexico is 3, in New York is 46, in North Carolina is 32, in North Dakota is 2, in Ohio is 34, in Oklahoma is 7, in Oregon is 12, in Pennsylvania is 41, in Rhode Island is 4, in South Carolina is 12, in Tennessee is 23, in Texas is 65, in Utah is 12, in Virginia is 32, in Washington is 21, in West Virginia is 5, and in Wisconsin is 12.