Dr. Corriveau has held various senior level positions in the medical community. Since 1992, he has been the Chief of Plastic Surgery at Washington Adventist Hospital. He is also an Assistant Clinical...
Chevy Chase (MD) - - Phone: (703) 888-2034Millennium Medical: Dr. Rassael in Chevy Chase is led by Dr. Hadi Michael Rassael. Our medical spa offers cosmetic surgery procedures and non-surgical treatments including breast augmentation,...
Chevy Chase (MD) - - Phone: (301) 652-9005Dr. Schoenfeld is founder and Medical Director of Renu by Dr. Schoenfeld. Double board certified in Otolaryngology and Facial Plastic Surgery. He has been in practice since 1998. He has been named as...
Chevy Chase (MD) - - Phone: (301) 652-7368
Plastic surgeons at Chevy Chase are medical specialists who are skilled at performing surgeries that restore form or function, on improve general or localized appearance. Cosmetic surgery has gained rapid popularity and acceptance in the past few decades, with the number of patients opting for surgical procedures jumping over fifty percent in a decade or so. The most common plastic surgery procedures are breast augmentation, liposuction, nasal surgery, eyelid surgery and abdominoplasty. Non-surgical treatment for certain appearance related complaints are also available, such as Botox, but this is not performed or given by medical sugeons. Reconstructive surgery is a sub-specializaton under plastic surgery, whereby functional impairments caused by burns, injuries, congenital abnormalities and outcomes of infections are repaired. This usually leads to greater functionality, though an improvement in appearance is also an associated outcome in many cases. Common procedures carried out by plastic surgeons in Chevy Chasespecializing in reconstructive surgery, include tumor removal, laceration repair, scar repair, hand surgery, and breast reduction. Cleft palates and burns are also treated by reconstructive surgery. In the latter case, skin grafting is usually carried out. If local tissue for the area to be operated on is not available, the surgeons carry out microsurgery skin, muscle, bone, fat, or some of these in combination for fashioning a reconstruction.