Facial Reconstruction

Facial reconstruction may be necessary after trauma, burns or after removal of skin lesions or cancer. Reconstructive plastic surgery may put back together facial structures injured by such causes and considerably improve the scars they produce. Reconstructive microsurgery also allows the transplantation of skin, fat, muscle and bone to the face, which may aid in the reconstruction of structures such as mandible, tongue, esophagus, palate, nose, orbit, cheek or scalp.

Reconstruction of the facial contour: numerous congenital or acquired conditions may produce disorders in the skin and subcutaneous facial fat. Through the transplantation of fat, either with serial infiltrations or together with its vascular system through microsurgery, it is possible to regain a normal appearance and recover the lost facial symmetry.

Facial paralysis reanimation after a partial or total injury to the facial nerve: with this surgery it is possible to transplant muscles and nerves (generally from the leg) to the face in order to regain facial motion and expression.