Part of the purpose of facial plastic surgery is to restore the integrity to a traumatized or injured face. Beyond the physical impairment, facial trauma often leads to severe psychological suffering because of the prominent and central position of the face. The best approach for a Dallas facial plastic surgeon is to always balance artistic sensitivity with technical execution to provide the most favorable long-term outcome for the patient.
Traumatic injury to the face can have severe psychological and physical repercussions. The victim of motor-vehicle accident, domestic abuse, or other type of assault may be left with an indelible imprint of the injury. In this case the focus of the Dallas plastic surgeon is always to return the individual to a normal life through attentive and timely surgery. Such plastic surgery may involve bony fractures that involve the jaw, cheek, or nose as well as related soft-tissue and skin issues.
Skin cancer has become an alarming epidemic today. The incidence of melanoma has steadily increased in an exponential fashion over the past several decades. Fortunately, people are becoming more educated about preventative measures, such as topical sun protection (SPF) agents and general avoidance of prolonged sun exposure. Early detection and treatment have facilitated better survival rates and avoidance of the need for extensive, disfiguring surgical resection.
Traumatic facial scarring can be a disfiguring and psychologically disturbing problem. Many types of scarring can occur. For example a very raised, sometimes itchy scar that arises may indicate that a keloid has formed. These types of scars are more predominant in darker skinned individuals like African-Americans and respond to excision followed by repeated steroid injections until they settle down. Wider, slightly raised, or depressed scars are usually amenable to excision and reconstruction.
At times multi-stage facial plastic surgery procedures will provide the best option for effective camouflage of extensive defects or defects that reside in particular facial zones. But oftentimes a single surgical procedure is sufficient to restore the patient to a normal appearance.
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