Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Facial plastic surgeons are specialists in plastic surgery of the face, both cosmetic and reconstructive. Cosmetic procedures offered include browlift, facelift, blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty, chin augmentation, lip augmentation, and facial resurfacing. Procedures can also be done in a clinic setting to improve facial appearance including Botox injections, collagen injections, and facial peels.

In addition to offering cosmetic procedures, Facial Plastic Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia specializes in the reconstruction of skin cancers, repair of facial fractures resulting from trauma, and treatment of facial scars. Victims of trauma have a team of specialists available to deal with all of their injuries, in addition to any facial injuries. For skin cancer patients, the expertise of both dermatologic surgeons and facial plastic surgeons working together to form a plan of treatment and reconstruction is available. This team approach facilitates treatment of the smallest to very extensive skin cancers of the face. Facial Plastic Surgery at the Medical College of Georgia offers a comprehensive, multispecialty approach to the treatment of facial scars from scar revisions to the treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids.

Visitors to this site are encouraged to contact the division for additional information and to visit the related links listed below.

• What is Facial Plastic Surgery?
• American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
• American College of Surgeons
• American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery
• American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• eMedicine Medical Textbooks - Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery
• Plastic Surgery Information (Hellenic Assoc. Dermatology-Venereology)
• Medline Plus: Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery

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