Preparing for otoplasty

Before the surgery, the patient must be healthy (after the common cold and exacerbation of chronic diseases should be at least two weeks). Before otoplasty carried out a survey to identify contraindications to surgery. During the two weeks prior to otoplasty, you need to avoid taking medications that increase the tendency to bleed, especially aspirin Aspirin - NSAIDs . The night before surgery, the patient will have to take a shower, wash your hair. For six hours before the operation can not eat and drink. Smoking is to throw two weeks before the otoplasty or smoke as much after it (smoking increases the risk of impaired wound healing).

Kinds

Otoplasty can be aesthetic (changing the shape and size of the ears) and reconstructive (replacement), which is conducted in the absence of the full and entire ear.

Aesthetic otoplasty

Aesthetic otoplasty is most often carried out in order to press the protruding ears closer to the head or to reduce the size of large ears. The reason for the otoplasty as often forked earlobe like a birth defect or injury from wearing heavy earrings. Form the ears is often the cause of psychological trauma, especially in adolescence, when the appearance is given more attention. Therefore, if your child has the wrong shape of the ears, otoplasty it is best spent at the age of 5-6 years.

Contraindications

• poor circulation in the area of ​​operations;
• diseases of the blood, it can cause bleeding during surgery;
• malformations of internal organs (the risk of complications during the operation);
• diabetes Diabetes - threatening and incurable disease In which there are impaired immunity Immunity - types and characteristics in children in adults   (risk of septic complications).

Technique of

Otoplasty is performed under general (children or for large volumes of transactions) or local anesthesia. The most frequently used methods otoplasty, in which the cartilage was separated from the skin through an incision on the back of the ear and the rasp so as to give it the desired shape. The correct position of the cartilage fixed internal seams. Sticking lobe corrected by removing pieces of skin and fat from its back side. The incision was sutured cosmetic suture and bandage for a week, holding his ear in the desired position. Then, within a month at night worn elastic bandage. Sutures are removed on the seventh day.

After otoplasty

After otoplasty for a few days keeps swelling Prevention and treatment of edema - it is important to understand the root cause   tissue bruising and which extend over two or three weeks. A week later, you can go to work (in school). Physical activity is better to cancel the next three weeks after otoplasty. After six months of complete healing of the ear. Most patients return to their daily activities after three to five days after aesthetic otoplasty. After otoplasty children's ears grow with the child.

Aesthetic otoplasty - is less traumatic surgery for the patient, but it requires a plastic surgeon excellence in health, and in the artistic sense.

Reconstructive otoplasty

Reconstructive otoplasty allows you to fully or partially reconstruct the ear. This is a more complex form of plastic surgery that requires highly skilled surgeon. Indications for reconstructive otoplasty is the absence of the pinna or its parts. The operation is carried out in stages during the year. The first stage - the creation of a framework for the cartilage of the ear (usually from the rib of the patient). The second stage - the formation of a subcutaneous pocket in place of the missing ear and stick a cartilage framework that survives for two to six months, and then it finally locked in the correct position - this is the third stage of otoplasty. In the fourth stage otoplasty form the necessary deepening and tragus.

After reconstructive otoplasty ear has almost normal appearance, and the patient has confidence in their abilities and possibilities, but it is not so little.

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Breast Correction men: liposuction

Plastic surgery to correct the shape and size of the breast resorted not only women. Many modern clinics provide services and correction of male breast. If women for the sake of beauty ready to go for everything, including under the surgeon's knife, men, especially Russia, to such operations are not always resolved, even if there are all necessary for the conduct of their testimony.

Actually, there is only one reason, which is an objective reason for the correction of male breast. This is called gynecomastia - a benign breast augmentation Breast augmentation plastic surgery breast health perspective   glands hypertrophy of adipose tissue. When gynecomastia male breasts become like a female and can grow up to ten centimeters. The word "gynecomastia" in Greek means "feminine breasts."

This issue is becoming increasingly important for the wealthy residents of large cities. Official health statistics show that in the third millennium gynecomastia suffers from literally every third resident of Moscow and St. Petersburg. It is often the main cause of obesity in combination with malnutrition, which leads to the abnormal increase of the mammary glands. There are also reasons of psychological, pharmacological and pathological origin.

Types of gynecomastia

The first mention of such diseases belong to the XIV century. Gynecomastia may suffer not only mature men, but also teenagers and even babies. There is also such a thing as senile gynecomastia.

Newborn boys seal on his chest then resolve themselves, no further intervention is not required. Just to the baby gets too much of the female hormone estrogen, and this causes an increase in breast cancer. As soon as the baby is out of the womb, the flow of estrogen stops, and everything comes back to normal.

Pubertal gynecomastia develops at puberty Puberty child - stages of a complex path   almost 70% of boys and is associated with an imbalance of testosterone and estrogen Estrogen - the key to bone health   in the body.

The disease may be of true and false character. When true gynecomastia increased amount of breast tissue, and when the false increase only the amount of fat tissue.

When enough and liposuction

There are several ways of surgical correction of male breast: mastectomy subcutaneous mastectomy, a mastectomy and endoscopic removal of breast cancer in combination with liposuction. This meant a mastectomy removal of certain breast muscles. Surgery restores normal male breast contour, eliminating them from problems associated with gynecomastia Gynecomastia - known since ancient times . In addition to surgery, may be practiced another method reminiscent of liposuction.

Operations on correction of male breast is always preceded by ultrasound. The procedure itself takes place in the hospital: After the surgery, which is done under general anesthesia or local anesthesia limited to, the patient will have to spend there two or three days - it is a necessary rehabilitation period.

The duration of this operation is typically one to two hours. If the patient is found only an overabundance of adipose tissue, it is removed by liposuction: the skin becomes more punctures and through them with the help of special equipment pumped fat. The glandular tissue is removed through a small incision at the edge of the areola.

In the first days after the operation can be reduced feeling in the chest, sometimes even appear bruises and swelling. Among the possible side effects which may be mentioned decrease in the sensitivity of the nipple, breast asymmetry, bleeding, undesirable changes in breast contour. Typically, the result achieved by the operation of the correction of male breast, is fairly stable, but in some cases due to hormonal disruptions in the body requires its re-implementation.

Svetlana Usankova