Liposuction, lifting, rhinoplasty, hair implants or even penoplasty, cosmetic and plastic surgery is far from being the preserve of women. Find out which plastic surgery operations are the most requested by men.

Once shy about taking the plunge into plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery, more and more men are now daring to have an operation to reshape a part of their body. Today, “Requests for aesthetic interventions by male patients approach 20 to 30% of requests for consultations”, Confirms on his official website Dr. David Picovski, cosmetic and plastic surgeon in Paris.

A number of operations popular with men are also cosmetic operations in great demand among women, for example:

• and lifting;
• la rhinoplastie ;
• the blépharoplastie;
• l’abdominoplastie ;
• abdominal lipostructure;
• liposuction.

Cosmetic surgery, which aims to beautify an apparent part of the body, is to be differentiated from plastic surgery which aims to rebuild or improve the body that we have at birth or after an illness, an accident or an intervention.

While the majority of operations are performed on men and women, some interventions have specificities specific to a male audience.

The excessive development of the mammary glands in humans can be hereditary, hormonal, congenital, linked to a disease or even to a tumor.

The intervention does not require hospitalization. The fat cells will most often be removed by liposuction. If the male breast excess is due to the mammary gland, it will be removed using a small incision at the areola. The scar is almost imperceptible thanks to the pigmentation of the areolas.

Penoplasty to enlarge or lengthen the penis

This intimate surgical operation is performed in order to enlarge and / or enlarge the diameter of a penis considered too small. «In 2016, the men were just over 8400 to undergo intimate male surgery, including 513 in France ”, estimated in an interview with L’Express, Dr Gilbert Vitale, plastic surgeon, president of the French Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.

Penoplasty allows you to gain a few centimeters, at rest only. The operation does not change the size of the erect penis and has no impact on sexual performance. The suspensory ligament responsible for “attaching” the base of the penis to the pubis is severed in order to lengthen it slightly.

Another solution to enlarge the penis, the injection of fat around the penis can gain up to six millimeters in diameter.

Phalloplasty to create or rebuild a penis

Phalloplasty is a reconstructive surgery operation that allows you to create a penis during a sex change, for example, or to reconstruct a penis that has been damaged. The micropenis, that is to say a penis that does not exceed seven centimeters in erection, comes within the framework of reconstructive surgery.

This is a heavy operation performed from skin grafts on the patient. It lasts about 10 hours and requires hospitalization as well as the support of urologist doctors. The intervention is covered by Social Security.

Also performed in women suffering from hair loss, hair implant transplantation is performed under local anesthesia and does not require hospitalization.

With the strip method, a horizontal area 1 centimeter wide by at least 12 centimeters long is micro-cut at the back of the skull in order to recover the bulbs which will then be applied to the bald part.

The FUE method, that is to say the “hair by hair” transplant is more suitable for small baldness. She recommends taking each follicular unit from the scalp. The withdrawal is carried out randomly using a micro-needle. The bulbs are then implanted in the bald area.

An operation is always preceded by one or more appointments with the surgeon. The practitioner is there to listen to the patient’s complexes as well as his expectations, but his role is also to support him as best as possible thanks to his experience and expertise. A plastic and / or aesthetic intervention is not to be taken lightly. The surgeon will have to determine the technique best suited to a problem, and differentiate the patient’s fantasies from what is possible.