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San Antonio, Texas is home to 34 practicing plastic surgeons who have offices in 1 county and 11 zip codes, including zip codes 78229, 78258, 78240, 78217, 78209, 78224, 78212, 78205, 78204, 78251, and 78247.
According to 2005 Census estimates, San Antonio has a population of 1,256,509, which gives it a specialist to resident ratio of 1 plastic surgeon for every 36,956 residents.
Texas achieved statehood in 1845, and its capital is Austin. Houston is home to the Johnson Space Center with its world-famous NASA Mission Control. Texas offers a multitude of outdoor activities: you can visit a ranch or a rodeo, or go hunting, fishing, hiking, biking, or canoeing. Popular sites are the Alamo in San Antonio, the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth, the Natural Bridge Caverns in San Antonio, or the Padre Island National Seashore in Corpus Christi. Famous Texans include former presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and Dwight D. Eisenhower, actors Tommy Lee Jones and Joan Crawford, and musicians Janis Joplin and Buddy Holly.
According to 2005 Census estimates, Texas has a population of 22,859,968. Of this population, 6,219,854 are under the age of 18 and 2,258,423 are at or above the age of 65.
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.
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