Flashcards: Plastic surgery

Hair removal, also known as epilation or depilation, is the deliberate removal of body hair.

Botulinum toxin (BTX) is a neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and related species.

Permanent makeup is a cosmetic technique which employs tattoos (permanent pigmentation of the dermis) as a means of producing designs that resemble makeup, such as eyelining and other permanent enhancing colors to the skin of the face, lips, and eyelids.

Justin Jedlica (born August 11, 1980), known as the Human Ken Doll, is an American man who garnered national attention for undergoing over 190 cosmetic procedures.

Flap surgery is a technique in plastic and reconstructive surgery where any type of tissue is lifted from a donor site and moved to a recipient site with an intact blood supply.

Lifestyle Lift was a national facial cosmetic surgery practice with headquarters based in Troy, Michigan, United States.

Poly Implant Prothèse (PIP) was a French company founded in 1991 that produced silicone gel breast implants.

Keloid disorder results in very hard to treat fibro-proliferative cutaneous connective tissue secondary to dysregulation in various skin repair and healing processes in individuals who are genetically predisposed to this disorder.

Tobias "Toby" Sheldon (born Tobias Strebel; 1980 – August 21, 2015) was a German songwriter who became a television reality star noted for having paid extraordinary amounts for plastic surgery (he himself estimated the total cost at over $100,000) in order to resemble singer Justin Bieber.

The field of hand surgery deals with both surgical and non-surgical treatment of conditions and problems that may take place in the hand or upper extremity (commonly from the tip of the hand to the shoulder) including injury and infection.

Microsurgery is a general term for surgery requiring an operating microscope.

The Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery is a peer-reviewed open access medical journal published by Medknow Publications on behalf of the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India.