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Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
The face plays such an important role in our ability to interact with other individuals that any defect, whether it be traumatic, caused by disease or just the natural aging process, is immediately perceptible to all individuals. More and more people are seeking to reverse or alleviate many of the signs of aging on the facial skeleton. Techniques learned through soft tissue reconstruction from trauma or disease have allowed the facial plastic surgeon to offer improvements in many of these processes to patients needing or requesting facial plastic surgery. A facial plastic surgeon specializes in performing cosmetic and reconstructive surgery on the face, head, and neck region.
A facial plastic surgeon is typically board certified in otolaryngology, the specialty addressing surgery of the head and neck. These surgeons perform the majority of elective facial plastic surgery procedures in the United States. The facial plastic surgeon has spent five to six years in postgraduate surgical training. Training includes one year of postgraduate training in general surgery and at least four additional years of specialty training in head and neck surgery and facial plastic surgery. Concentrating on the complex anatomy, physiology, pathology, biochemistry, and bacteriology of all the organs and structures of the head and neck, provides the facial plastic surgeon a strong focus on the anatomical region being treated.
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