Plastic and reconstructive surgery is an area of medicine that consists of surgeons that specialize in using surgery to improve the appearance of a person or repair a body part that has been injured or damaged. Sometimes, this type of surgery is done to help someone look younger and keep their skin from aging. Other times, it is done to repair skin, bones, or tissues that have been damaged by accidents or diseases. The surgeons use different techniques such as sculpting, cutting, and re-shaping body parts, and sometimes also use artificial materials to build or replace body parts. Everything that is done in plastic and reconstructive surgery is to improve a person's health, appearance, and quality of life. There are actually many different types of plastic and reconstructive surgery journals that doctors use to share ideas and learn from each other. In these journals, the doctors can read articles written by other surgeons who have worked on cases similar to theirs and get new ideas.