Plastic surgery is the medical specialty that is designed to bring to normal functional and anatomical body coverage, ie the shape of the body. Seeks to reconstruct surgically correcting deformities and functional deficiencies by transforming the human body. The word "plastic" comes from the Greek "plastikos" meaning to mold or transformar.La purpose is that the patient is born with a birth defect or have suffered an accident that has diminished the scope of normal function in both its as in the function of your body. Can also give the aesthetic improvement to reshape bodies to make them more beautiful.

Plastic surgery has been divided from a practical standpoint in two fields.

Reconstructive or restorative surgery, including microsurgery, focuses on cover and reconstruct the destructive effects of an accident or trauma, a congenital defect and resection of a tumor or cancer. Reconstructive or restorative surgery makes use of different techniques, osteosynthesis, transfer of tissue flaps and autologous transplants using body parts to the affected sound, etc.

Aesthetic or cosmetic surgery is performed for the purpose of modifying those body parts that are not satisfactory for the patient. In many cases, however, there are medical reasons (for example, breast reduction when orthopedic problems in the lumbar spine, or in severe cases of blepharoplasty dermatochalasis they avoid the view.)



This division has been marked by society, and public health services and private (insurance companies) for health services only cover the cost of plastic surgery that are related to congenital, acquired and accidents. But it does not cover cosmetic surgery costs associated with cosmetic improvement of the individual.