Denise Michaelson,a 46-year-old woman with an early-stage second primary cancer in her left breast,has elected to have a bilateral mastectomy with saline implants.She has requested that the surgeon also revise a small unsightly scar on her right knee and pierce her ears.While Denise's breast tumor could be treated with an excisional biopsy,she has decided to have a mastectomy of both breasts,which is considered an appropriate preemptive (preventative)surgery for a woman of her age with two primary cancers of the breast.The saline implant insertion surgery is considered a ___ procedure,the scar revision is considered a ___ procedure,and the ear piercing is considered a ___ procedure.

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There are two different subspecialties of plastic surgery.Cosmetic (aesthetic)surgery restores or reshapes normal structures of the body,to improve appearance and self-esteem.Reconstructive surgery treats abnormal structures of the body caused by birth defects,developmental problems,disease,tumors,infection,or injury,to restore function and correct disfigurement or scarring.Scar revision involves the rearranging or reshaping of an existing scar so that the scar is less noticeable;scar revision is considered an aesthetic procedure.

Denise Michaelson,a 46-Year-Old Woman with an Early-Stage Second Primary Cancer