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{{Construction Site}}'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is the surgical specialty or procedure concerned with the [[restoration]], construction, reconstruction, or improvement in the form, function, and appearance of body structures that are [[circumcised| missing]], defective, damaged, or misshapen. Encompasses both reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.<ref>{{REFweb
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|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/plastic+surgery
|title=Plastic surgery
|date=2012
|accessdate=2022-12-30
}}</ref> [[Circumcision]] is destructive [[excision]] and [[amputation]] of a functional body part and is ''not'' considered to be plastic surgery.
==Plastic procedures of the foreskin==
===Preputioplasty===
[[Preputioplasty]] is a plastic procedure carried out on the prepuce or [[foreskin]]. It is commonly used to widen a narrow foreskin to make it retractable and relieve [[phimosis]].
===Frenuloplasty===
[[Frenuloplasty]] is a plastic procedure carried out on the [[frenulum]]. It is most commonly used to relieve [[frenulum breve]].
===Surgical foreskin restoration===
[[Surgical foreskin restoration]] is a plastic procedure carried out to restore an absent [[foreskin]]. It is rarely performed because [[Foreskin restoration| non-surgical foreskin restoration]] is thought to produce [[Restored foreskin| better results]].
===Tissue expansion===
[[Tissue expansion]] is a recognized non-cutting plastic procedure with several uses to create and improve the foreskin. Some tissue expansion procedures may be carried out by lay persons.
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[[Category:Foreskin restoration]]
[[Category:Genital surgery]]
[[Category:Physiology]]
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