UnderstandPlasticSurgery.com, with the help of Board Certified plastic surgeons, has created a list of the most common risks and complications related to specific procedures. This list should serve only as a starting point to discuss the risks and complications of surgery with your surgeon. This list does not include all possible risks and complications of surgery.

As with any kind of surgery, cosmetic surgery can carry serious risks and complications associated with these procedures including, in rare instances, death. While usually rare, these complications can have detrimental effects and should be discussed with your prospective surgeon.

Nose
Complications generally associated with nasal procedures include, but are not limited to, bleeding, infection, scarring, asymmetry, difficulty breathing, limited results, need for further surgery, and numbness.

Liposuction
Complications generally associated with liposuction include, but are not limited to, bleeding, infection, scarring, asymmetry, lumpiness, seroma, tissue necrosis, limited result, and the need for further surgery.

Tummy Tuck
Complications generally associated with an abdominoplasty include, but are not limited to, bleeding, infection, scarring, asymmetry, tissue necrosis, death of belly button, limited result, seroma, need for further surgery, and numbness.

Breast Reconstruction
Complications generally associated with reconstruction of the breast include, but are not limited to, bleeding, infection, scarring, asymmetry, need for further surgeries, rippling, capsular contracture, failure of implant, flap necrosis, limited result, donor site wound complications such as hernia.

Breast Lift and Reduction
Complications generally associated with breast lifting procedures include, but are not limited to, bleeding, infection, scarring, asymmetry, limited result, death of the nipple, necrosis of the breast, and the need for further surgeries.

Breast Augmentation
Complications generally associated with breast augmentation include, but are not limited to, bleeding, infection, scarring, asymmetry, changing nipple sensation, rippling, capsular contracture, need for further surgeries, and failure of implant.

Eyelid Surgery
Complications generally associated with eyelid surgeries include, but are not limited to, bleeding, infection, scarring, asymmetry, limited result, dry eyes, ectropion, entropion, need for further surgery, and blindness.

Facelift and Brow Lift
Complications generally associated with facelift surgery include, but are not limited to, bleeding, infection, scarring, asymmetry, injury to nerves causing numbness and/or paralysis, limited result, and the need for further surgeries.

Botox^® Injection
Complications associated with Botox^® include, but are not limited to, limited result, and allergic reaction.