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Anchorage Fairbanks Juneau

Guide to Alaska Plastic Surgery

Alaska is not a state where residents flock to beaches and spend their summers in swimsuits and convertibles. While it has three well developed metro areas, medical care in the state as a whole is oriented to the rural nature of the state and the special requirements and challenges that rural medical practices face. The state is part of a five-state consortium called WWAMI (An acronym for the participants - Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) that operates an unusual medical school. Alaskans who enroll in the WWAMI medical school take their first year of education at the University of Alaska in Anchorage. Year two is at the University of Washington in Seattle, and years three and four can be taken in the form of "clerkships" at various health centers in any one of the five states.

This program is designed to train physicians for medical practices in out of the way places, in small clinics and in conjunction with the larger facilities located in Fairbanks, Juneau or Anchorage. But while the local medical education does not have a focus on plastic surgery, there are still plastic surgeons practicing in all three cities. Anchorage has the largest number listed, in keeping with its status as the largest city in the state.

Many Alaskans who have weathered the state's winters and raw springs are no different from citizens in the lower 48 who would like to reduce the impact of extreme weather conditions over a period of years. The cosmetic plastic surgeons of Anchorage, Fairbanks and Juneau are capable of providing full face lifts or brow and eyelid treatments to wipe away the impact of those seasons. And like everywhere else, Botox and other fillers are popular "quick fixes" that are relatively painless, require little recovery time and are reasonably priced.

Breast augmentations and liposuction are also just as popular in Alaska as in other, more populous states. They are also just as available. The cosmetic plastic surgeons in Alaska provide expertise in the usual aesthetic procedures - tummy tucks, body lifts, etc. - and also work with people who have had substantial weight loss and need help re-sculpting the body. Alaska's plastic surgeons are as up to date and as busy as their colleagues to the south and east.