Children’s Plastic Surgery

What is pediatric plastic surgery?

This branch of the Plastic Surgery specialty is focused on children’s plastic surgery. These children present a series of pathologies that require the services of professionals who are experts in children’s plastic surgery. They deal, among others, with facial fissures such as labial and palatal fissures, complex syndromes affecting the skull and face, adolescent breasts with chest deformities, complex ptosis.

The pediatric plastic surgeon analyzes the psychological and social aspects caused by congenital malformations. In the same way, he analyzes genetics and embryological inheritance. The specialist has a series of general considerations when observing congenital malformations such as: history, frequency, classification, etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention.

What diseases does pediatric plastic surgery treat?

This specialty is in charge of treating the following pathologies:

  • Cleft lip
  • Cleft nose and nasal malformations.
  • Cleft palate
  • Craniofacial malformations
  • Auricular malformations
  • Neck malformations
  • Genital malformations
  • Hand and limb malformations
  • Other malformations
  • Childhood tumors
  • Trauma
  • Intersex conditions

The infant plastic surgeon can treat pathologies such as cleft lip.

When is it necessary to see a pediatric plastic surgeon?

Children who have congenital defects of the face and skull, ears, chest and extremities, injuries to the head, face, hands, arms and legs, birthmarks and scars, burns, or who need cosmetic surgery to improve the child’s image, may turn to a pediatric plastic surgeon to solve their problems.