While the subspecialty of medicine known as Plastic Surgery (one of the 22 recognized specialties of medicine) is now so incredibly common, there are few who would not know what it is. But yet, I will occasionally get asked this question by a new patient during our consultation…’now tell me where the plastic goes’…or…’will the plastic used in the operation get infected?’ Indicating that some still believe that the name ‘plastic’ in Plastic (more…)
