What do plastic surgery words mean?

More people know about plastic surgery Los Angeles than ever before. Many of the technical plastic surgical terms have become part of a common conversational vocabulary.

If before people referred to nose reshaping as a nose job Los Angeles, today more people name the procedure by its proper technical term, a rhinoplasty Los Angeles. The term rhinoplasty stems from greek words rhinos which means a nose and plastikos which means to shape or mold. Hence the word plastic surgery refers to shaping or molding. Los Angeles plastic surgeons will alter the cartilage and bony structures of the nose to modify the shape of the nose.

Abdominoplasty means reshaping of the abdomen, also called a tummy tuck Los Angeles. A tummy tuck involves removing excess skin and fat as well as tightening abdominal muscles.

Augmentation mammaplasty is breast augmentation Los Angeles. The word mammaplasty means breast reshaping. This procedure is also referred to as breast enlargement Los Angeles, breast enhancement, or breast implants Los Angeles. Reduction mammaplasty is breast reduction Los Angeles. Mastopexy means a breast lift Los Angeles.

Liposuction Los Angeles is a commonly used term to describe removal of fat. Other technical terms for this procedure are suction lipectomy (removal of fat) or lipoplasty (reshaping of fat).