Plastic surgery is not limited to any anatomic area or organ system of human body or to any particular patient age group. Plastic surgery deals with everything from head to toe.

Plastic surgery is much more than merely cosmetic surgery. The word Plastic surgery is derived from the Greek word ‘Plastikos’ which means to mould.

The spectrum of Plastic surgery is very wide. Plastic surgeons are trained in Cranio-Maxillo-Facial surgeries, Cosmetic Surgeries, Eyelid surgeries (Oculoplastic surgery), Cleft lip and Palate surgeries, Breast Surgery, Hand Surgery and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Burn management and Post Burn Reconstruction, Genitourinary Reconstructions and Hypospadias surgery, Gender Reassignment, Bed Sore management, Limb Trauma and other limb problems management,Vascular Surgery , Post Cancer-surgery Reconstructions, and almost all sorts of surgeries which involve restoration of form and function.

Plastikos means to improve and change shape, which gave rise to the term Plastic surgery. Although silicone and other types of artificial material are sometimes used in Plastic surgery, it is the basically art of very fine delicate techniques of operating on the tissues.

Because of very gentle tissue handling, small cuts at strategic locations and use of very fine sutures, the scar is much better and less visible after Plastic surgical procedure. Proper post operative care of the scar further improves the scar. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery, it is only a small part of the speciality plastic surgery. Plastic surgery is mostly involved with improvement of function of body part and its form and looks.

Most of the Plastic surgery procedures are affordable to the common people.

Plastic surgery is routinely being done across Government Institutes and many private hospitals in India.