Plastic surgery is the single most diverse speciality in the medical field, dealing with problems from the top of the head to the tip of the toes and with patients ranging from the newborn to the elderly.the term, plastic surgery is derived from the greek word ” plastikos”, meaning to mold or to shape. the scope of plastic surgery is limitless. it can range from the correction of birth defects in children, restore function or provide cover in trauma, burns or following cancer surgery . it also involves cosmetic procedures like face lift, breast reduction or augmentation, hair transplantation which are enormously complex when one considers the issues of appearance, self image, sexuality, and womanhood, and defies categorization as simply cosmetic or necessarily reconstructive.