Plastic Surgery

Why Choose the Czech Republic?

The Czech Republic belongs among pioneers in the field of plastic surgery. In 1932, it was the first country in the world to recognize plastic surgery as an independent branch of medicine. About 30 years later, plastic surgery became a licensed field. The Czech Republic has qualified doctors and an extensive network of clinics. Czech doctors have achieved international acclaim: for example, Bohdan Pomahač led the team that performed the first complete facial transplant in the USA, and the third-ever total face transplant in the world.
 
Czech clinics are equipped with the latest equipment, with the use of a harmonic scalpel to prevent tissue damage being common. It is used during various types of abdominal plastic surgery, breast modelling or reduction, and in facelifts.
 
The goal of plastic surgery is to rejuvenate and improve the shape of selected areas practically anywhere on the body. Plastic surgery can of course also fix deformities or abnormalities that can have a negative impact on one’s health. Be it liposuction, a facelift, eyelift, or breast enlargement, surgical procedures are constantly improving, anaesthetics are gentler on the organism, and the latest instruments have significantly reduced surgery time and increased its effectiveness.

Eyelifts

One of the most popular operations in the area of cosmetic and plastic surgery are eyelifts (blepharoplasty), which address the problem of sagging eyelids or the formation of fat deposits under the eyes. This is minor surgery performed under local anaesthetic.

• duration of surgery: approx. 1 hour
• total anaesthetic: yes (depending on the procedure)
• hospitalization: 0-1 day

Facelift

A facelift is facial surgery where excess skin and subcutaneous fat are removed and the firming of underlying tissues, tightening the skin of the face or neck (neck lift). 

• duration of surgery: 1.5-3 hours
• total anaesthetic: yes
• hospitalization: depending on anaesthetic, 2-5 days

Excess fat removal: liposuction, cryolipolysis

Liposuction is another popular treatment, involving surgical removal of excess fat in problematic body parts (chin, arm, stomach, thighs, buttocks). The treatment involves the use of laser technology. Fat elimination can also be achieved in a non-invasive manner by freezing fat cells (cryolipolysis). 

• duration of surgery: liposuction 2-3 hours
• total anaesthetic: yes (depending on the procedure)
• hospitalization: none

Breast Remodelling

Breast remodelling is another popular procedure, especially breast augmentation. It can be performed with implants filled with saline solution, silicon gel, or a combination of both materials. Czech clinics use the latest implants that have both European and American safety certification. An alternative method is increasing breast size using one’s own fat (auto-augmentation), during which liposuction is also performed. The body receives its own material, a concentrate of stem and fat cells. An advantage of this procedure is that it can be done on an outpatient basis under local anaesthetic without the need for hospitalization, during a spa stay in the Czech Republic. 

• duration of surgery: 1-2 hours
• total anaesthetic: yes (in the case of implants)
• hospitalization: 1-2 days

Abdominal Plastic Surgery

Abdominoplasty, or plastic surgery of the abdomen, is popular with both men and women. Its purpose is to flatten the abdominal area by removing excess fat and skin, and firming the musculature of the abdominal wall. Causes of a protruding stomach can be pregnancy, significant weight loss, or the parting of vertical stomach muscles and relaxation of the abdominal wall. 

• duration of surgery: 2+ hours
• total anaesthetic: yes
• hospitalization: 2-4 days

General and Reconstructive Plastic Surgery

Today, cosmetic and aesthetic plastic surgery is commonplace in all developed countries. The Czech Republic holds primacy in this field, as it was co-founded by Professor Burian and Sir Gillies of Great Britain. In this field, surgery is used to correct congenital defects of the upper and lower extremities (for example syndactyly), cleft lips and palates, post-cleft deformations, etc. It also focuses on post-traumatic reconstruction of all parts of the body, or on reconstruction of defects following oncological surgery, including breast reconstruction using the body’s own fat stem cells, correction of burn scars, and of extremity contractions. Further specializations include hand surgery, including artificial prostheses/replacements of deformed finger and hand joints. In these specialized centres, the use of microsurgery in the reconstruction of any congenital or acquired defects is of course commonplace.