Health Benefits of Plastic Surgery

July 11th, 2016 | Posted in: Beauty Tips, Plastic Surgery |

Everyone knows plastic surgery has aesthetic benefits. More often than not, that’s the whole point. However, despite the fact that when most people think of the health implications of plastic surgery they think of risks, plastic surgery can also provide patients with numerous health benefits. Patients often choose to undergo plastic surgery for the health benefits, but have aesthetic improvements made while they’re under the knife. Some patients even have separate aesthetic procedures done at the same time as their functional procedure.

The Health Benefits of Rhinoplasty

Rhinoplasty can certainly improve the appearance of the nose, but it can also remove obstructions in the nasal cavity that impair breathing, such as those resulting from a deviated septum. Because removing these kind of obstructions improves breathing, it can greatly improve a patient’s ability to exercise and even improve a patient’s ability to sleep, as well as the quality of their sleep. This is especially true for patients who suffer from narcolepsy. A rhinoplasty specifically for fixing obstructions in breathing is referred to as a functional rhinoplasty.

The Health Benefits of Breast Surgery

While breast augmentations are more well known, a breast reduction can provide relief for back, neck, shoulder, and even head pain resulting from large, heavy breasts. Breast reduction also allows many women to engage in more comprehensive or in depth fitness regimens by removing weight and eliminating excess breast tissue that got in the way of certain exercises. This often allows women who’ve been working out and losing excess weight that poses health risks to lose even more weight.

The Health Benefits of Gynecomastia Treatment Surgery

Gynecomastia refers to the enlargement of the male breasts. While men’s breasts don’t typically get large enough to cause pain like women’s breasts can, enlarged breasts can give a feminizing appearance, cause skin irritation, and damage a patient’s self-esteem. Removing the excess breast tissue can reverse these problems and make men feel more comfortable exercising, especially while not wearing a shirt.

The Health Benefits of Excess Skin Removal

Even though weight loss has many positive effects on a person’s health, it can leave excess skin that poses health risks of its own. This excess skin results in folds on the body, particularly on the abdomen. These folds can lead to rashes and infection. The most common excess skin removal surgery is a tummy tuck, but excess skin can be removed from virtually anywhere on the body. Excess skin removal surgery can help patients both achieve the benefits of  weight loss and minimize the harm to their health from excess skin.

The Health Benefits of Eyelid Surgery

Eyelid surgery, or blepharoplasty, is usually an aesthetic procedure, but surgery of the upper lid can also be functional in older patients and anyone else who experiences upper lid sagging or drooping to the extent that vision is impaired.

Plastic Surgery and Self-Esteem

Not all plastic surgery procedures have direct physical health benefits, but all plastic surgeries, as well as other cosmetic procedures, do have the potential to improve patient self-esteem, which can benefit both a patient’s mental and physical health. People with high self-esteem are less likely to have eating disorders and other mental health problems, in addition to having more realistic expectations for themselves and others, being more comfortable expressing themselves,  and being more able to form healthy relationships. They are less likely to be in abusive or otherwise unhealthy relationships. Patients with high self-esteem may also be more likely to pursue a proper exercise regime and make other positive choices for their health.

Schedule Your Plastic Surgery

If you’re considering plastic surgery or any other cosmetic procedure, don’t wait to act. Dr. Gabriel Chiu is an experienced, American Association of Physician Specialists board-certified plastic surgeon who has been serving the Los Angeles and Beverly Hills area for years. Contact his office at Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery, Inc. today to schedule your consultation with Dr. Chiu and begin reaping the health and esthetic benefits of plastic surgery and other cosmetic procedures