Public interest to look more beautiful and has a greater attractive physical appearance. One way is considered an instant to get it is through plastic surgery.
Plastic surgery has two specializations, namely aesthetic surgery and reconstructive surgery. Surgery intended to improve the aesthetic forms of a particular body part that is actually normal in patients, whereas reconstruction aims to restore the appearance of abnormalities caused by congenital defects, accidents, or other diseases.
"Reconstructive surgery is expected to help patients who previously felt inferior due to disabilities they have become more confident because it looked better," said dr.Gentur Sudjatmiko, a plastic surgeon from Pondok Indah hospital, in a media event education Improve Quality of Life in Surgery Aesthetic and Reconstruction in Jakarta, Tuesday (31/7).
Some disorders that can be reconstructed, at least near normal, including disorders of the skin such as keloids, congenital malformations, benign tumors, facial bone fractures due to accidents, abnormalities in the limbs, and much more.
Advances in medical technology also makes the patients who suffered severe burns or an accident can get skin transplants, tissue transplantation and its soft tissues beneath it, until the addition of implants for patients after removal of the breast due to cancer.
Some action prodding a case of reconstruction is also done to improve the patient's disability due to indiscriminate acts of beauty. For example, liquid silicone injected into the nose with the intention of make sharp nose. Though silicone so that it will cause inflammation of the nose into strange shapes.
To restore the shape of the nose "approaching" normal, certainly not as easy as sucking silicon that has been injected. Surgery is required to issue a new network that has been attached with silicone.
Aesthetic value
Meanwhile, aesthetic plastic surgery is preferred on the aesthetics or beauty. Some plastic surgery is often performed, among others, improve the shape of the nose (rhinoplasty), eye shape and lower eyelids, liposuction, removes wrinkles, to improve breast shape.
"Plastic surgery aesthetic beauty in contrast to a dermatologist because the procedure to go through surgery," said Sari dr.Elida Siburian, Sp.BP, from RS.Pondok Indah, on the same occasion.
Elida added, in recent years an increasing number of patients undergoing aesthetic plastic surgery. "There are hundreds, although still small compared with other developed countries whose actions have thousands," he added.
He added that patients who perform aesthetic plastic surgery most were satisfied with the results. Attractive appearance automatically boost your confidence. "In patients with breast implants put breasts normally feel great about the results of its operations," he said.
Before deciding to act in aesthetic plastic surgery, Elida recalled the importance of consulting a doctor. Also make sure the doctor who will perform the action was competent in his field.
"Equally important, the desire for plastic surgery come from ourselves. So do not do plastic surgery, being sent to others," he said.
