Division of Plastic Surgery

Conditions and Treatments

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The field of plastic surgery focuses on restoring or improving the body’s natural form and function. The nationally recognized specialists from the University of Maryland Division of Plastic Surgery apply the latest technological advances and proven surgical principles to a broad range of plastic surgery problems.

Breast Surgery
- augmentation
- lift
- reconstruction after mastectomy
- reduction
Burn Reconstruction
Complex Wound Management
Cosmetic Surgery
- botox
- breast augmentation/lift
- ear surgery
- eyelid surgery
- face lift
- facial implants
- injectible facial fillers (Restylene)
- intense pulsed light
- laser hair removal
- laser treatment of wrinkles, rosacea, sun spots, aging spots and freckles
- laser vein treatment and spider vein sclerotherapy
- liposuction (standard and/or ultrasound assisted)
- nose reshaping (rhinoplasty)
- photofacials
- post-weight loss body contouring
- thigh lift
- tummy tuck (abdominoplasty)
Extremity Salvage
Facial/Nasal Reconstruction
Facial Trauma Reconstruction
Hand Surgery
- carpal tunnel release
- Dequervain’s disease
- Dupuytren’s contracture
- finger/hand soft tissue injuries
- fractures
- ganglion cyst
- nerve/tendon injuries
- trigger finger
Pediatric Plastic Surgery
- cleft lip and palate
- ear malformations
- syndactyle
- vascular malformations and other congenial anomalies

Skin Cancer/Skin Lesion Management – including a multidisciplinary approach to skin cancer and management of all varieties of skin lesions, including moles, cysts, lipomas, etc.

Trunk/Abdominal Wall Reconstruction – including the management of complex ventral hernias in conjunction with our general surgery colleagues.

This page was last updated on: November 10, 2008.

For more information about UM Division of Plastic Surgery or to make an appointment, please call 1-800-492-5538 or 410-328-2360 (patients) or 1-800-373-4111 (physicians).