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- Abdominoplasty: A surgical body contouring procedure, commonly known as a tummy tuck, designed to remove excess skin and fat from the abdomen and tighten underlying muscles.
- Aesthetic Surgery: Elective surgical procedures performed to enhance one’s appearance, often for self-confidence rather than medical necessity.
- Aesthetician: A trained specialist in non-medical skin care and beauty treatments, offering cosmetic services like facials, exfoliation, and skin rejuvenation.
- Anesthesia: A method of medically blocking sensation to enable painless surgery, available in local, regional, or general forms based on procedure type.
- Anomaly: A physical irregularity or birth defect differing from the standard structure of the body, which may require surgical intervention or correction.
- Antihelical Fold: A natural ridge located just inside the outer rim of the ear, often emphasized or restored in ear reshaping surgeries like otoplasty.
- Arborizing Veins: Small, branching veins that form a web-like or tree-like appearance, typically seen in spider vein conditions on the thighs or legs.
- Apert Syndrome: A genetic condition marked by premature skull bone fusion, facial anomalies, and fused fingers or toes, often corrected through reconstructive surgery.
- Areola: The darker pigmented circular area surrounding the nipple, which may be altered during cosmetic breast procedures for size or symmetry enhancement.
- Asymmetry: A difference in shape, size, or placement between two corresponding parts of the body, often corrected with cosmetic or reconstructive surgery.
- Auditory Canal: A narrow passage within the ear that conducts sound waves from the external ear to the eardrum; important in ear structure and hearing function.
- Augmentation Mammaplasty: A surgical procedure that enlarges the breasts using implants or fat transfer to enhance shape, volume, and symmetry.
- Autologous Tissue Breast Reconstruction: A method of rebuilding the breast using the patient’s own tissue, typically harvested from the abdomen, back, or thighs.