A plastic surgeon is a specialized medical doctor who performs surgeries to improve a patient's outlook, such as surgery for congenital disabilities (e.g., cleft palate), surgery following an injury, or the removal of cancer, such as breast implant surgery after a mastectomy (mastectomy).
There are several subspecialties in plastic surgery, including aesthetic surgery (cosmetics), burn surgery (fire wounds), craniofacial surgery (congenital anomalies), hand surgery (congenital malformations), microsurgery (breast reconstruction), and pediatric plastic surgery (correction of congenital disabilities).
