Beverly Plastic

The plastic and reconstructive practices in Beverly Hills attract patients from all over the world. The great nearby medical facilities and entertainment industry make Beverly Hills the home of many successful plastic surgeons.

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery

The plastic surgeons at Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery know which plastic surgery method will work best to enhance the beauty of each patient. The doctors here have performed and perfected thousands of procedures from minimally invasive techniques to major reconstructive work. Plastic reconstructive surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. The field of plastic surgery encompasses cosmetic and reconstructive procedures. The most common plastic surgery procedures are liposuction and breast augmentation, however plastic surgeons regularly correct cleft lips and palates in children who would otherwise not be able to eat or speak properly. Surgeons reconstruct faces and limbs after severe trauma and can use one part of the body to restore another body part affected by cancer. Recently, with ongoing research in the field of transplantation, plastic surgeons around the globe have transplanted hands and faces on to severely deformed individuals. The long-term survival of such grafts remains under investigation, however, the surgical possibilities in restoring function and wholeness in individuals continues to expand with modern scientific research.

While famous for aesthetic surgery, Beverly Hills plastic surgery also includes many types of reconstructive surgery, hand surgery, microsurgery, and the treatment of burns. Endoscopic techniques represent a major advance in the practice of surgery and a solution for the patients of today who desire rejuvenation with minimal scarring. Reconstruction and reconstructive surgery correct functional impairments caused by burns, traumatic injuries (such as facial bone fractures and breaks), congenital abnormalities (such as cleft palates or cleft lips), developmental abnormalities, infection and disease and cancer or tumors.

Reconstructive surgery is, in its broadest sense, the use of surgery to restore the form and function of the body. Reconstruction plastic surgeons use the concept of a reconstruction ladder to manage increasingly complex wounds. This ranges from very simple techniques, such as primary closure and dressings, to procedures that are more complex. For individuals with severe burns or cuts, skin grafts or other reconstructive techniques are available. Microsurgery or flap procedures are procedures that replace parts of the body affected by injury or disease, such as cancer. Reconstructive surgery corrects facial defects such as cleft lips, breathing problems and chronic infections.

Breast Implant Surgery

Breast augmentation surgery involves using breast implants to achieve fuller breasts. Some women have breast augmentation surgery to improve their self-image. Some feel dissatisfied because the size of their breasts does not meet expectations. Others want to bring balance to a breast that is somewhat smaller than the other is. Often women want the procedure to restore their natural breast volume, which may have decreased because of pregnancy, weight loss, aging or even breast cancer surgery. A surgeon performs the procedure in a surgical facility under a light where an anesthesiologist administers a general and local anesthetic for the surgery, which lasts from one to two hours. The surgeon enlarges the breasts by placing soft implants through a small incision, either though the armpit, from around the nipple or under the breast. Both saline and silicone implants are now available.

Personalized Medicine

Personalized medicine is a medical model emphasizing the systematic use of information about an individual patient to select or optimize that patient's preventative and therapeutic care. Personalized medicine is the products and services that leverage the science of genomics and proteomics and capitalize on the trends toward wellness and consumerism to enable tailored approaches to prevention and care.

Over the past century, medical care has centered on standards of care based on epidemiological studies of large cohorts. Personalized medicine seeks to provide an objective basis for consideration of such individual differences. Traditionally, personalized medicine has been limited to the consideration of a patient's family history, social circumstances, environment, and behaviors in tailoring individual care.