Glossary of Plastic Surgery Procedures

Breast

Breast augmentation or augmentation mammaplasty is a surgical procedure designed to increase the breast size in women.

Breast lift, or mastopexy, lifts and repositions breast tissue, lifts the nipple areola, tightens the breast by removing excess skin, and reduces the areola size.

Breast revision fixes prior implant-related complications or undesired changes in shape from prior surgeries.

Fat transfer breast augmentation is an innovative alternative to implants with the added benefit of liposuction. Liposuction is used to remove fat from your body, with the fat prepared in the operating room and then transferred to your breasts.

Top surgery is surgery that removes or augments breast tissue and reshapes the nipples and chest to create a more masculine or feminine appearance. 

Body

BodyTite is an FDA-approved product and procedure that uses radiofrequency energy to tighten skin, remove fat and firm tissue.

Brachioplasty, or arm lift, is a surgical procedure that improves the appearance of the arms through tissue removal, liposuction, or both.

Brazilian butt lift (BBL), or fat transfer buttock augmentation, refers to a procedure that enhances the buttocks by adding fat to the area. Liposuction is an important part of a Brazilian butt lift.

Liposuction is a surgical procedure that removes excess fat cells.

Mommy Makeover is a procedure tailored to each person and designed to address changes in the body that are often associated with pregnancy and breastfeeding, such as excess fat, sagging breasts, and loose skin around the abdomen.

Post Weight Loss Surgery is surgery that involves removing excess skin in order to tighten the treated area.

Tummy Tuck, or abdominoplasty, is a surgical procedure that tightens and removes excess skin from the front of the abdomen.

BeautiFill Body Contouring is an innovative laser-assisted liposuction and fat transfer procedure that can help you achieve the body contours you desire. Fat is removed from areas it is unwanted and transferred to areas that would benefit from enhanced volume such as the face, breasts, buttocks, hips as well as muscles like the traps, deltoids, biceps and pecs. 

Body Sculpting includes services such as liposuction, tummy tuck, fat grafting and buttock augmentation. Body Sculpting also involves liposuction with fat transfer to muscles such as the traps, deltoids, biceps and pecs.

Face

Blepharoplasty, or an eyelid lift, is an operation that revives the eyes by removing excess skin and fat around them.

Brow Lift is a surgical procedure that lifts the position of the eyebrows on the forehead.

Buccal Fat Removal, also known as cheek reduction, is a surgical procedure that creates a slimmer and more defined mid-face.

Facelifts address many signs of aging by repositioning soft tissues, tightening the supporting structure of those soft tissues, and removing excess skin. Facelifts are often combined with fat transfer to recreate volume lost with age.

Deep Plane Facelift does not separate the skin from the underlying muscle and fascia-supporting layer. Both layers are elevated and repositioned as a composite. Doing so enhances the blood supply to the skin, rejuvenates in a more comprehensive fashion, and repositions the soft tissue layers in a single vector.

FaceTite is an FDA-approved rejuvenation procedure that works well for anyone whose face shows evidence of aging. FaceTite uses radiofrequency energy to improve skin tone, primarily in your face and neck, including your jawline and jowls.

Fat Transfer, also called fat grafting, is a way to add volume to the face to give a more youthful appearance and treat the soft tissue thinning that naturally comes with aging.

Neck Lift, or platysmaplasty, is a facial cosmetic surgery that corrects age-related changes to the neck, including lax skin, creasing, excess fat, prominent jowls, and visible muscles.

Rhinoplasty, also referred to as a “nose job” or nose reshaping, is a surgical procedure to change the appearance of the nose, most commonly the bridge, the tip, or both.

Upper Blepharoplasty, or eyelid surgery, is a procedure that is meant to correct sagging skin, puffiness, or drooping of the upper eyelid.

Lower Blepharoplasty can help to rejuvenate the lower eyelids by removing fat bulges, excess skin as well as tightening a lax lower eyelid.

For Men

Muscle Makeover removes stubborn fat and transfers it to muscle groups such as the traps, deltoids, biceps and pecs. Blepharoplasty is a type of eyelid surgery that involves the removal of excess skin and fat from the upper and lower eyelids.

Body Contouring may involve fat reduction with liposuction, body reshaping, elimination of sagging skin with loose skin removal surgery, breast reduction (gynecomastia surgery), and more.

Gynecomastia Surgery is a procedure that helps men restore their confidence with a more contoured chest by removing the breast gland and excess breast tissues. In some cases, gynecomastia surgery involves removing excess skin.

Liposuction is a surgical procedure that removes excess fat cells.

Injectables

Neurotoxins are injected into the muscle and therefore reduce or eliminate wrinkles. The effects of neurotoxins typically last between three and six months. The active ingredient botulinum Type A, blocks certain chemical signals sent by nerves that are responsible for causing facial muscles to contract. Botox, Dysport, Xeomin, and Daxxify are commonly used neurotoxins.

Lip Flip is a minimally invasive, non-surgical cosmetic technique that uses injectables, such as Botox®, near the upper lip in order to produce a subtly fuller and more aesthetically pleasing appearance.

Xeomin is a treatment that causes nerve endings to bind, which prevents the underlying muscles from contracting, reducing the production of dynamic wrinkles.

Daxxify utilizes a specialized formula that contains daxibotulinumtoxinA to effectively smooth dynamic wrinkles by temporarily paralyzing delicate facial muscles.

Fillers

Dermal Fillers are injectables that reduce wrinkles and add volume.

Lip Fillers,also known as non-surgical lip enhancement, is a facial contouring procedure that uses dermal fillers to enhance the size, shape, and volume of thin lips.

Radiesse Butt Lift, is an innovative, non-surgical alternative option for volume and an improved physique. Sculptra is an injectable filler using poly-l-lactic acid (PLLA) that stimulates collagen production in the treatment area for incredibly natural-looking results.

Juvederm is a hyaluronice acid based filler that helps restore vitality to the skin and lessen the appearance of aging.

Restylaneis a hyaluronice acid based filler that specifically targets moderate to severe facial folds and wrinkles, plumping the skin and bringing about a rejuvenated appearance.

Laser & Energy

Microneedling is placing small needles into the skin to create micro-lesions that stimulate the body’s natural healing response.

Health & Wellness

Medical Weight Loss with Semaglutide or Tirzepatide decrease appetite and slow stomach emptying which helps patients lose weight.

Semaglutide works to stimulate weight loss in a few different ways. By triggering glucose-dependent insulin secretion, it effectively regulates blood sugar levels and inhibits the release of sugar into the bloodstream, leading to more fat burning.

Tirzepatide is a substance that triggers certain hormones in our body that help to control our appetite and reduce the GIP stimulates insulin secretion and is involved in lipid metabolism.

Clareo Plastic Surgery has been leading the way in plastic surgery for the face, breasts, and body in the Boston area for more than 20 years. Led by award-winning, Harvard-trained plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Tantillo, our highly trained plastic surgeons and aesthetic team offer everything from facelifts and breast revision to liposuction, tummy tucks, mommy makeovers, and more.

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