Plastic surgery

Question 1

Who gets rhinoplasty?

Answer 1

People with large nose

• congenital
• following trauma

Question 2

What does rhinoplasty involve?

Answer 2

Alter nasal skeleton

Change any abnormality of the alignment

Question 3

What does otoplasty involve?

Answer 3

Reshaping of auricles due to large ears

Question 4

Procedures for ageing skin

Answer 4

Botox 
Fillers
Blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery)
Skin rejuvenation
Face lift

Question 5

How long does botox effects last?

Answer 5

3-6 months

- patient needs regular therapies to keep on top of it

Question 6

Skin graft

Answer 6

Translocation of tissue from another part of the body
It has to achieve a new blood supply at its new area and may get rejected.
Cosmetic outcome is not great as you can see the change in skin

Question 7

Skin flap

Answer 7

No change in the skin as it uses local skin
- this gives the skin a persistent blood supply
Scarring common