Welcome to Plasticpedia, a patient resource for information about facial plastic surgery procedures by Dr. Anil R. Shah.
Plastic surgery has seen remarkable growth over the last few years. The clear benefit is now patients can change the way they look and feel about themselves, improving confidence and self esteem. However, there are risks associated with every procedure and patiens should be well informed about them.
He believes a well informed patient will make better decisions regarding which plastic surgery procedure is best, if any at all. Found on this website are rhinoplasty and facelift glossary, nasal anatomy, facial anatomy, facial analysis tutorial and a collection of scientific articles published by Dr. Anil R. Shah.
Video Lecture of the Month
Our video lecture of the month will help audience members see and hear the latest on plastic surgery of the face. Each lecture will cover a specific area of facial plastic surgery.
EFace
The EFace and ENose web tools will help focus the enormous amount of web material to the exact area the web viewer is looking for. For example a female patient of Asian heritage who is seeking information on rhinoplasty would click on her sex (Female), her ethnicity (Asian) and the body part she is seeking more information on (her nose).
All material on this website is not intended to serve as medical advice or diagnosis. All treatment should be based solely upon recommendations upon your doctors.
Articles
All of the articles on this website have been authored or coauthored by Dr. Shah. His unique viewpoint about facial plastic surgery are highlighted. Several of the articles have been published exclusively for Plasticpedia.
How to use the webpage?
There are several ways of using Shahmd.com and Plasticpedia.org as your information resource.
Finding information:
Conventional Menu driven- Just browse the website as any other website and let the menus guide you on your quest for knowledge of the face.
Search icon- There is a search icon located at the right hand corner of the top of each webpage. Type in the exact term you are looking for and all webpages with the word on it will pop up. Generally, speaking the more specific your search is with this method the better.
Sitemap- Many webpages can be found on the sitemap
EFACE
The Eface tool can help you find specific webpages based on whether or not you are female/male and your ethnicity. The idea is to give a customized webviewing experience for each page.
Contact with Dr. Shah:
Not all information on this website will be able to answer a web viewers question. Contacting Dr. Shah is quick and easy with the contact Dr. Shah icon located on the right hand corner of each webpage.