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Skin and Beauty Treatment

LASIK eye surgery
LASIK is a surgical procedure that can reduce a person's dependency on glasses or contact lenses by permanently changing the shape of the cornea (the delicate clear covering on the front of the eye). For clear vision, the eye's cornea and lens must bend (refract) light rays properly, so that images are focused on the . If the light rays aren't clearly focused on the retina, the images you see are blurry. LASIK eye surgery is performed most often on people who have (nearsightedness), which means that they only clearly see nearby objects; anything far away is blurry.
Scar revision
Surgical procedure to improve or minimize the appearance of scars, restore function, and correct disfigurement resulting from an injury, lesion, or previous surgery.
Forehead lift
A forehead lift is a surgical procedure to correct sagging of the forehead skin, eyebrows, and upper eyelids. The procedure removes or alters the muscles and skin that cause such visible signs of aging as drooping eyebrows, "hooding" eyelids, forehead furrows, and frown lines.
Facelift
Facelift
Skin smoothing surgery
Surgical removal of the top layers of the skin.
Chin augmentation
A chin augmentation is a surgical procedure to reshape or enhance the size of the chin to restore facial harmony and chin projection.
Liposuction
Liposuction is the removal of excess body fat by suction with specialized surgical equipment, typically performed by a plastic surgeon.
Cosmetic breast surgery
Cosmetic breast surgery is a surgical procedure to alter or revise the size or shape of the breasts.
Cosmetic nose surgery
Rhinoplasty is surgery to repair or reshape the nose. See also (nasal septum repair).
Abdominal wall surgery
Abdominal wall surgery is optional surgery to treat flabby, stretched-out abdominal muscles and skin to improve appearance. Excessive fatty tissue and loose skin are removed from the middle and lower sections of the abdomen and the abdominal muscles may be tightened. Note that this is a different procedure than liposuction.
Eyelid lift or repair
Eyelid lift surgery, also called blepharoplasty, is done to repair sagging or drooping upper eyelids ().
Varicose vein surgery
Varicose vein surgery is used to remove or treat enlarged and/or twisted veins ().

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