Commonly asked questioons

 

What is Clinical Anaplastology?

Clinical Anaplastology is a branch of medicine that provides highly realistic facial and body prostheses created using medical-grade silicones that are designed to be placed on the body to restore an absent, disfigured, or malformed part of the face or body.

What can a patient expect from Anaplastology care?

Anaplastology care is patient-centered and uses the term "prosthetic restoration" to describe the complete care offered through our profession. Often, our primary focus is to restore the patient's appearance by providing realistic life-like prostheses so patients can return to their daily activities and bolster their quality of life.
We also ensure the safety of our patients by using the appropriate medical-grade silicones to fabricate prostheses, as well as maintaining proper clinical and laboratory procedures. Anaplastology procedures should be painless experiences that build toward restoring the privacy, dignity, and comfort of the patient.

Who needs prosthetic restoration through Anaplastology?

We see patients who are missing a part of their face or body and for whom surgical reconstruction is not an option. Some patients lose a part of their body due to accident or trauma. We also see patients who were born with incomplete or missing parts of the body. A large part of our practice is seeing patients with head and neck cancers and breast cancer.
Patients who receive facial or body differences as a result of trauma may have experienced an accident in the home via home repairs or fireworks, or on a worksite with machinery. These traumas may also be the result of an attack or assault by animals or humans, such as with criminal violence or genocide and acts of war.
Differences that are present at birth are known as congenital conditions, and can include the altered presence of or total absence of parts of the face and body, such as a missing ear or eye.

Cancers of the head and neck as well as breast and body may require surgical intervention, and removal of parts of a patient's anatomy. We coordinate directly with surgeons and patients for the best possible care outcomes, from before surgery to delivery of their life-like prosthesis, and beyond.