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For burn victims, trauma victims and people who were born with other deformities plastic surgery is more than vanity. No one likes to be stared at as their walking down the street or in and out of a store. Even celebrities have a hard time going out in public with a content scrutiny of are they or they not perfect. Having an unnatural looking body part that everyone can see and stare at can put anyone in a world of discomfort and self loathing some people say it drives others to depression and even suicide other times.

Plastic surgery makes it possible for surgeons to reconstruct almost any part of the face and body that has been damage due to trauma or a birth defect. The nose is essential part of the face and victims of car accidents have been left with disfigured or crocked noses that have altered the appearance of their face of their face completely. A small change to nose can change everything, because it can mean that you are no longer in proportion to your face. Trauma victims are grateful for rhinoplasty Herndon Plastic surgeon say leaving these patients with a disfigured body part like the nose not only makes them feel constantly self conscience but reminds them of the pain and suffering they have had to go through because of the accident.

Other things like facial reconstruction are of great value to trauma and burn victims without they would also be taken back to the darkest of places in their life. Being obese can be a persons darkest place because for most people a trauma accord in their life which turned them to a food addiction. New port beach plastic surgeons say reconstructive surgery makes up almost half of all plastic surgeries. Reconstructive surgery is usually covered by insurance unlike elective plastic surgery.Although some might say a Tummy tuck can be classified as reconstructive surgery it is rarely covered by insurances. Plastic surgeons usually performs tummy tucks on people who have had a significant amount of weight loss because of weight loss surgery like the lap band and gastric bypass surgery. After having one of these weight loss surgeries it is likely that you have loose skin because your skin stretched so far with the weight it cannot go back to its normal position without help. This causes for loose hanging skin that most have to hide with compression garments and/or body armor. A tummy tuck will remove extra skin and tighten the loose muscles in the abdomen to make for tight, flat abdomen stretch mark free. This should be classified as reconstruction surgery of the abdomen, because the loose skin would not be something anyone would feel comfortable walking out in public with.

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