A lecture for the 6th year of Alexandria university medical school students from the curriculum of Plastic Surgery

1. Aesthetic Surgery
Prof. Dr. Hossam Elkafrawi

2. Aesthetic
• From Greek the Philosophy of beauty
• The philosophical theory or set of principles governing the idea of
beauty at a given time and place:

3. Plastic surgery
I) Reconstructive Surgery
II) Aesthetic surgery
(Healthcare Commission 2004: 12)
• “[…] operations and other procedures that revise or change the
appearance, colour, texture, structure or position of bodily features,
which most would consider otherwise to be within the broad range of
‘normal’ for that person.”

4. Aesthetic surgery or Cosmetic surgery
Top Surgical cosmetic procedures USA, 2007
• Liposuction 456,828
• Breast augmentation 399,440
• Eyelid surgery 240,763
• Abdominoplasty 185,335
• Female breast reduction 153,087
• Total - 1,4 million
2013 Top 5 Cosmetic Surgical Procedures
Breast augmentation (290,000)
• Nose reshaping (221,000)
• Eyelid surgery (216,000)
• Liposuction (200,000)
• Facelift (133,00)
• Total – 1,6 million
(Source: American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery)

5. • British Association of Plastic Surgeons 2009
• 36,482 procedures (up 6.7% from 2008)
• 90% of procedures carried out on women
• Procedures on men up 21% (to 3623)

6. Non surgical cosmetic procedures
• 2007
• Botox 2,775,176
• Hyaluronic Acid 1,448,716
• 2013
• Botox(6.3 million)
• Soft tissue fillers (2.2 million)

7. Aesthetic surgery includes
• Face
• Facial contouring
• Facial rejuvenation
• Body
• According to area ( breast, abdomen, buttocks, arms or thighs)
• According to procedure ( liposuction, lipofilling, plasties, Augmentations)

8. Facial contouring
• Rhinoplasty
• Cheek augmentation
• Chin enhancement

9. Rhinoplasty

11. Cheek augmentation

15. Chin augmentation

17. Facial rejuvenation
• Face lift
• Brow lift
• Blepharoplasty
• Neck lift
• Skin resurfacing

18. Face lift

24. Blepharoplasty

25. Necklift

27. Body contouring
• Breast Augmentation
• Breast reduction
• Mastopexy

32. liposuction
• PAL
• LAL
• Vasser
• HD liposuction

37. Plasties
• Abdominoplasty
• Brachioplasty
• Thigh lift