Tribune News Service
Amritsar, July 14
From being a tool to enhancing physical beauty for the rich to helping improve the quality of life of people with deformities, plastic surgery has become more affordable and within the reach of common masses.
Dr Ravi Mahajan, plastic, microrvascular and reconstructive surgeon, said: “At present, besides cosmetic reasons, people are opting for plastic surgery on medical grounds.”
Free consultation for three days
- On World Plastic Surgery Day, which falls on July 15, Amandeep Hospital has announced to give free consultation for the correction of various physical deformities
- Dr Mahajan who is the president-elect, All-India Plastic Surgeons’ Association, said a team of plastic surgeons would be available for free consultation from July 15 to July 17
- He said free consultation aims at spreading awareness among the masses, as it can go a long way in encouraging patients to give themselves or their loved ones the much-deserved second chance in leading a normal life
He, however, added that awareness level was still poor and not many people know that plastic surgery can help in correcting physical deformities.
Mahajan said procedures such as lower limb trauma, maxillofacial trauma and reconstructive surgery, hand surgery, cleft surgery, aesthetic surgery and surgery for healing injuries and injury marks caused by burns are being performed in routine to help people.
“Many surgeries, including cleft lip surgery, help people in improving their self-esteem and live a full life,” he said.
He said: “Plastic surgery goes a long way in encouraging patients to give themselves or their loved ones the much-deserved second chance in leading a normal life, besides instilling a hope of a better, happy and healthy future.”