“Your whole life shows in your FACE, and you should be proud of that.” Lauren Bacall, in the Daily Telegraph , London - March 1988.

Thus every reconstructive effort in this region needs to be meticulously planned and carefully executed in order to minimise scars/or conceal them along natural skin creases to give the best final aesthetic appearance.

Refers to the repair or linking up of small blood vessels under high magnification using an operating microscope.

Blood vessel diameters usually range from 1 to 3 mm and typically will include an artery and a vein. This may be part of an elective procedure wherein a unit of tissue is transferred from one part (donor site) to reconstruct a given defect arising after trauma or resection for cancer (recipient site). This is referred to as FREE TISSUE TRANSFER or FREE FLAP SURGERY.

This is a fascinating and challenging area of plastic surgery.

Due to the compact organisation of critical structures essential for hand function, sensation and vascularity, surgery in this area has to be meticulous in order to ensure the bestoutcome.

The visible part of the hearing mechanism of human beings is the External Ear or Pinna.

Microtia is a condition wherein the outer ear fails to develop fully, leaving the patient with an abnormal appearance.

This requires complex surgery that is performed in stages.

The ideal age for the first stage is around 10 years of age.

These are scars resulting from trivial trauma (like ear piercing) in people with abnormal healing patterns that are often genetically determined.

Optimal treatment involves softening the keloid with steroid injections, followed by excision.

Post-op care is very important with continued pressure over the operated area for prolonged time intervals.