Common surgery procedures

Getting the vocabulary right

Common expressions like 'face lift' are helpful, because they are easy to understand. Their disadvantage is that not all of tehm are understood the same way by everybody. That's why the latin expressions medical professionals use also have their usefulnes. They tend to be better defined. So, when information is provided by medical professionals, they tend to use the latin names for procedures. So for everybody who needs to communicate about procedures or is trying to find information on the Internet about them it is best to know both names.

Although this website is not about medical advice or detailed information about reconstructive or cosmetic surgery procedures, we provide links to more detailed information on authorative sites.

Common name(s)	Latin name(s)
Breast augmentation (breast enlargement)	Augmentation mammoplasty
Breast lift (raising of sagging breasts)	Mastopexy
Breast reduction (downsizing to smaller and better shaped breasts)	Reduction mammaplasty
Buttock lift (elimination of loose and sagging skin)
Chin surgery (enlargement or reduction of chin size or change of chin shape)	Mentoplasty
Ear surgery (set prominent ears closer to the head or reduce size of very large ears)	Otoplasty
Eyelid surgery (correct drooping upper lids and bags below)	Blepharoplasty
Face lift (removal of wrinkles and creases caused by aging)	Rhytidectomy
Forehead lift (correction of drooping eye brows, horizontal lines and furrows)
Hair replacement (surgery to use your own hair from the sides or the back of your head to cover bald areas)
Liposuction (removal of unwanted fat from specific areas)	Lipoplasty or suction lipectomy
Neck lift (correction of sagging skin in the neck area and below the jaw line)	Platysmaplasty
Nose surgery (enlargement or reduction of nose size or change of nose shape)	Rhinoplasty
Spider veins (removal of darker colored veins, usually on the legs)	Sclerotherapy
Thigh lift (elimination of loose and sagging skin)
Tummy tuck (removal of excess skin and fat from the middle and lower abdomen plus tightening of the muscles of the abdominal wall - leaves a scar)	Abdominoplasty
Upper arm lift (removal of loose skin and excess fat deposits in the upper arm)	Brachioplasty

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