USEFUL MEDICAL TERMS FOR PLASTIC & COSMETIC SURGERY PRACTICES
Knowing Your Medical Terms for Plastic Surgery and Medical Surgery
USEFUL MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
Here are some of the most commonly used medical terms:
- Having just ONE SIDE is Unilateral, BOTH SIDES is Bilateral e.g. bilateral breast augmentation
- Above is SUPERIOR, below is INFERIOR e.g. superior pedicle
- Towards the outside is LATERAL, toward the middle is MEDIAL
COMMON TERMS FOR PLASTIC SURGERY & COSMETIC SURGERY
Most medical specialists use specific names for cosmetic surgery – Here’s a list of common plastic surgeries
BREAST SURGERY
- Breast Implants surgery is a Breast Augmentation Mammoplasty or BAM
- Breast Lift is a Mastopexy or Breast Uplift
- Breast Lift with Implants is known as a MastoAug or Breast Augmentation with Mastopexy
- Breast Reduction is a Reduction Mammaplasty
- Breast Augmentation done via the armpit is a TransAxillary Breast Augmentation
- The surgery performed to correct lopsided (uneven) breasts is a Breast Asymmetry Correction
- Surgery for Pointy or Puffy breasts is Tuberous or Tubular Breasts Correction
- The first Augmentation is the Primary Augmentation – subsequent surgery is Revision Augmentation
- Male Breast Surgery (for man boobs) is Gynaecomastia
BREAST RECONSTRUCTION – Cancer Related
- Trans Flap
- DIEP FLap
- Mastectomy
BODY SURGERY MEDICAL TERMS
- Tummy Tuck is an Abdominoplasty
- Belly Button surgery is an Umbilicoplasty
- Buttock lift is a Gluteal Augmentation
- BBL is Brazilian Butt Lift or Fat Transfer to the buttock (Sometimes BBL is used for Broad Band Light Therapy)
MASSIVE WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY – Surgery for Excess Skin Removal
- Excess Abdominal Skin Removal is a Panniculectomy or Apronectomy
- A Mid Body lift is a Circumferential Abdominoplasty or a Belt Lipectomy or 360 Abdo
- Arm lift surgery is a Brachioplasty
- Thigh Lift surgery is a Thighplasty
- Back lift or Bra Line Back lift removes excess skin on the upper back
FACIAL SURGERY
- A Facelift is a Rhytidoplasty or Rhytidectomy (also a SMAS lift)
- Mini Facelift is generally a lower facelift or S Lift
- Neck Lift is a Platysmaplasty
- A Nose Job is generally a Rhinoplasty or Septoplasty
- Nostril Reduction is an Alarplasty
- Eye lift or Eyelid Lift is a Blepharoplasty – Upper, Lower or Both
- Excess stubborn fat removal by a cannula is known as Liposuction or Liposculpture
- Ear Pinning Surgery is an Otoplasty or Pinnaplasty
- Chin Implant is a Mentoplasty or Chin Augmentation
- Chin Surgery is a Genioplasty
- Jaw Surgery is Orthognathic Surgery
GENITAL SURGERY MEDICAL TERMS
- Vagina Rejuvenation is a Vaginoplasty
- Female Genital Surgery is likely to be Labioplasty or Labiaplasty, CHR Clitoral Hood Removal
- Labia Surgery is a Labioplasty or Labiaplasty
- Penis Surgery is a Phalloplasty
GENDER SURGERY
- Gender Reassignment Surgery is now known as Gender Affirmation Surgery
- Top Surgery – MTF Male to Female (Similar to Breast Augmentation) or FTM Female to Male (Similar to Mastectomy)
- Bottom Surgery – creating a penis or vagina
Funny Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery Names – When Autocorrect Fails
We get lots of new patient enquiries every week and sometimes the autocorrected spelling gives us a real laugh!
- Instead of Breast Augmentation – we get asked for Breast Argumentation
- Instead of Breast Enhancement – we get asked for a Breast Enchantment
- Instead of Breast Consultation – we get asked for a Breast Consolation
- Instead of Breast Implants – we get asked for Greasy Implants
Patients seeking medical terms like Breast Augmentation ask for all sorts of things – breast implants, breast enhancements, “want my boobs done’, “A Boob job”, “new girls”, “a pair of DD’s”, “New tits” “Tits job”– No matter what you call your breasts – a plastic surgeon can definitely help.
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