Details of Services:

The Department of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery at Singapore General Hospital delivers specialized care to patients requiring surgery for a variety of reasons. Plastic Surgery is derived from the Greek word, plastikos, which means "to mold". This explains the basic characteristic of plastic surgical procedures, which employs meticulous surgical techniques to mold and tailor the various tissues of the body to either fill a defect created by injuries or tumors, or to enhance the appearance of a certain part of the body.

The Department of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, is involved in the teaching and training of medical students, junior doctors and plastic surgical trainees, and is a vibrant research-orientated department, actively contributes to the academic environment of the Singapore General Hospital.

The Department provides services in the following areas: 

Aesthetic Surgery

• Hair transplants
• Face lifts
• (rhytidectomy)
• Eyelid surgery
• (blepharoplasty)
• Liposuction
• Tummy-tuck
• (abdominoplasty)
• Breast enlargement / reduction / lift
  
• (augmentation mammaplasty, reduction mammaplasty, mastopexy)
• Laser surgery - removal of moles, tattoos, resurfacing
• Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) treatment
• Chemical peels and facial skin care

Burns: Comprehensive burns injury care and management:

• Acute care
• Post-burn care
• Rehabilitation
• Scar management

Congenital Abnormalities

• Cleft lip and palate correction
• Congenital cranio-facial abnormality correction
• Congenital hand, facial and urogenital abnormality correction

Cranio-maxillofacial Deformities / Trauma

• Facial trauma management
• Craniomaxillofacial deformity
• Orthognathic surgery

Reconstructive Surgery for Cancer, Trauma and Infection

• Breast reconstruction following mastectomy
• Head and neck reconstruction following cancer-clearing surgery
• Lower limb trauma
• Post-infection reconstruction of any part of the body
• Removal and reconstruction of skin cancers