[Is there a boundary between reconstructive and aesthetic surgery?].

Reconstructive and aesthetic surgery are the two closely bond facets of plastic surgery. The training, the techniques are the same, and limits are often difficult to define in many cases, intermixing indications. One should well explain to the lay public and to other doctors the complementarity of the two aspects of plastic surgery. One should also help the young plastic surgeons to be the best in reconstruction and embellishment.