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Dr. Barry Eppley is one of the most unique plastic surgeons in the country. In addition to his busy plastic surgery practice, he founded and runs two medical spa locations, writes a daily blog on plastic surgery (Explore Plastic Surgery), has authored numerous consumer books on plastic surgery, started an online video consultation service (DocChatLive), and has his own weekly radio show. (Doc Chat) Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD is a talented and experienced plastic ... [More]

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Chemical Vs Laser Fat Removal - What is the Difference?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] I often see questions online in which it is asked which is better for fat removal....lipodissolve or Smartlipo? On the surface, this is a bit perplexing because they are rather different methods and concepts for selective body contouring of unwanted fat.

Male Breast Reduction With Laser Liposuction
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Unlike female breast enlargement, reduction of the male chest from gynecomastia is most commonly performed by liposuction. Due to the sometimes more form glandular breast tissue in men and to optimize how the skin contracts after reduction, gynecomastia treatment with laser liopsuction (Smartlipo) is particularly advantageous. I have also found that the amount of pain and bruising is reduced afterwards compared to traditional liposuction methods. In some cases, an open excision of subareolar breast tissue can be avoided due to the enhanced breakdown of the tissue due to the heat emitted from the laser probe.

Building Up the Brow Bones For a More Sculpted Forehead and Eye Shape
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The shape of the forehead is partially influenced by the contour of the upper eye socket, known as the brow bones. Their shape differs by gender and how strong or weak they are is a matter of personal preference. For those desiring more brow contour, they can be built up with synthetic materials using either acrylic or hydroxyapatite. Accessing the brows for augmentation requires an open scalp approach.

Three Adverse Effects of Aesthetic Forehead Deanimation
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Injectable treatments for reducing unwanted forehead wrinkles are common and work well. There are, however, a few negative aesthetic results that can occur with their use. These include upper eyelid ptosis, bizarre forehead movements, and brow ptosis.

Nips and Tucks For the Aging Mouth
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The aging mouth develops lines and wrinkles, loses volume so the lips thin, and often begins to sag at the corners. While skin resurfacing treatments and injectable fillers are very useful treatment methods, they often fail to create a significant amount of rejuvenation. Like the face, the mouth can benefit from skin removal and tuck ups. These include lip lifts, lip advancements, corner of the mouth lifts, and smile line excision. These are a simple set of minor procedures that can be done in the office under local anesthesia. When combined with skin resurfacing, the mouth area can be made perky again.

Breasts Lifts and Implants For Sagging Breasts
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] When seeking breast augmentation, plastic surgeons are often faced with breasts that have some degree of sagging. It is a commonly held belief, although inaccurate, that implants will lift a sagging breast.

Injectable Neuromuscular Paralytics For Adult Acne Control
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Recurrent acne in adults can be a difficult problem that defies improvement by any one single treatment. If conventional therapies fail as a front line approach, one may consider injecting the problematic skin area with a muscle paralyzing agent such as Botox. By injecting just into the skin, Botox reduces acetycholine release which cuts down the stimulation to the oil glands to produce sebum. Some initial work and anectodal reports have indicated success with this seemingly unlikely approach.

Making a Big Lip Smaller - Plastic Surgery Lip Reduction
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Large lips can be a source of ridicule and functional impairment. Lip reduction surgery can be safely and predictably done without visible scarring. A wedge of dry vermilion and wet mucosa can be removed, keeping the scar line behind any visible lip surface.

The Scar From the Direct Necklift
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] A neck wattle or loose neck skin can be bothersome for some men as they age. Rather than a typical facelift, the direct necklift is an alternative option. It has the advantages of a simpler operation with minimal recovery and an immediate dramatic change. Its downside is the neck scar. Due to the unique properties of bearded skin, however, these neck scars usually look quite good and are not a significant problem after surgery.

Abdominal and Waistline Shaping With Smartlipo (Laser Liposuction)
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Liposuction of the abdomen (stomach) is the most common fat area treated for both men and women in plastic surgery. This is due to the fact that the abdomen is the largest surface area on the body that is biologically fat favorable. Many people fight, unsuccessfully, fat accumulation in this trunk area.

The Anatomy of a Rhinoplasty (Nosejob)
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Rhinoplasty is a very popular facial procedure that has a long history in plastic surgery. Changing one's nose is an operation that must be very precise given the central and very visible position of it on one's face. Successful outcomes from rhinoplasty surgery is dependent on a detailed understanding of how the different anatomical parts of the nose interrelate and come together. Changing these relationships and proportions is what rhinoplasty is about as the modified anatomical framework is what is ultimately seen through the overlying skin.

Implants For Midface Augmentation - Improving Facial Convexity
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Midfacial flattening is evident by flatter cheek bones and a recessed base to the nose. Like other areas of the face, implants can be used to increase the convexity of one's profile. Cheek and paranasal implants performed simultaneously can dramatically bring the middle of the face further forward. Simultaneous rhinoplasty may also be beneficial to being the nose into better balance as well.

Breast Implants Won't Do These Four Things
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] While breast augmentation surgery is extremely effective at enlarging one's chest size, they are certain things that they cannot do. These limitations of breast implants are important to understand as many women have misconceptions about them. Not having a realistic expectation of what breast implants can achieve can lead to some level of postoperative disappointment.

Rhinoplasty in the Cleft Lip and Palate Patient
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Rhinoplasty in the adult cleft patient can be extremely challenging. The inherent nasal deformities caused by the original cleft, which may have been distorted by prior surgeries and scar, are not usually corrected by a simple rhinoplasty procedure. In most cases, the nose must be completely disassembled and rebuilt wih cartilage grafts to show significant improvement in both appearance and function.

Chin Augmentation With Minimal Incision
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Most chin augmentations are done through a submental, or under the chin, incision. While this is a fairly camouflaged area, there is a fine scar nonetheless. By using foldable silicone rubber implants or putting in the implant in two pieces, the chin incision can become quite small, less than 1 cm in length.

Rejuvenation of the Aging Mouth - Corner of Mouth Lift and Nasolabial Fold Augmentation
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] As the mouth area changes with age, the corners may droop down and the nasolabial folds above them get deeper. These two changes can make for an appearance of sadness or unhappiness. The in-office procedures of nasolabial fold augmentation with injectable fillers and a corner of the mouth lift provide an instant change. Both can be performed together under local anesthesia.

Leg Line Enhancement With Knee Liposuction
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The knee plays an important role in the shape and appearance of the legline. The most important part of the knee, and the most modifiable, is its inner aspect. Liposuction can reduce a knobby or bulgy inner knee. The key to a good outcome with knee liposuction is making a smooth transition from the inner thigh down to the knee and than into the upper calf area. The recovery after knee liposuction is marked by some temporary stiffness on knee flexion and bending.

Large Breast Implants - Issues to Consider
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] While the size of breast implant a woman chooses for her augmentation is a personal one, there are several anatomic considerations to avoid long-term complications. The implant's width should not exceed that of one's natural breast width, it should not be of a size that it interferes with one's normal arm swing, and the size should not exceed what one's tissue quality and quantity can support over the long-term.

The Fourth Dimension of an Abdominoplasty (Tummy Tuck)
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The traditional tummy tuck results in the removal of skin and fat from the front of the abdomen. This results in a low horizontal tummy tuck scar. Some patients, however, have extra skin and fat that is not adequately removed with this standard approach. In these cases, a vertical cutout of skin and fat is added to the horizontal excision of the tummy tuck, resulting in effective management of the fourth dimension of the abdominal excess.

Plastic Surgery Revision of Tracheostomy Scars
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Unsightly neck scars from a previous tracheostomy can be improved by scar revision. Releasing the depressed skin edges, filling in the soft tissue deficit, and doing a horizontal closure that lies in a neck skin fold are the key elements for an improved neck scar.

Neck Contouring With Smartlipo (Laser Liposuction)
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The small collection of fat in the neck (compared to other body areas) is ideal for the use of laser liposuction. (Smartlipo) The heat from the laser liquefies fat and can help tighten skin. The small size of the neck allows the proper level of heating to be reached quickly, so the procedure is not prolonged over traditional liposuction. Smartlipo of the neck can be done under local anesthesia.

Narrowing Your Nose With Rhinoplasty Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Rhinoplasty surgery can make a lot of different changes to one's nose. When one has a wide or fatter nose, open rhinoplasty can make it look more narrow and thinner. This can be done with dorsal (bridge) augmentation, nasal bone narrowing, and tip narrowing and lifting. These rhinoplasty techniques serve as the foundation for making a nose look slimmer and more refined.

Physical Therapy After Breast Augmentation For a Rapid Recovery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The placement of implants for breast augmentation is usually done under the pectoralis muscle. As a result, recovery after breast enhancement is mainly about getting over a muscular injury. This is best done by an early initiation of pectoralis stretching through arm range of motion and other stretching maneuvers. By doing these early, pain is decreased and one can return to any activity as they feel able.

The Eyelid Tuck (Blepharoplasty) - Separating Facts From Myths
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Blepharoplasty or eyelid surgery cam make a big difference in how one looks...with a more refreshed and less tired appearance. Contrary to the perception of some, the surgery does not result in a lot of pain or bruising, a long recovery, nor does it change the way your eyes look. While blepharoplasty sets back the clock of aging, it does not stop it and you will eventually outlive the results of the surgery over a period of seven to ten years.

Liposuction of the Male Abdomen and Waistline
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Liposuction in men is directly mainly to the abdomen and waistline areas. To be successful in having a flatter abdomen and a more trim waistline with liposuction, one needs to have an appropriate long-term diet and exercise plan, have a good understanding of when liposuction should be performed relative to their current weight, and allow enough time for recovery. Failure to consider these three issues can result in lack of long-term success, poor return on the investment, and an unhappy patient.

What to Expect Right After Your Rhinoplasty (Nose Job)
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Rhinoplasty causes certain recovery issues that are of understandable concern to most patients. How much bruising and swelling one will have after surgery depends on what was done during the rhinoplasty operation. If the nasal bones are broken, one can expect significant bruising under the eyes that will take several weeks to completely disappear. If this is not done, then no bruising will occur. Open rhinoplasty causes prolonged tip swelling and internal nasal surgery for breathing purposes causes congestion and nasal stuffiness for several weeks.

Male Abdominal and Waistline Reshaping
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Men accumulate fat in the stomach and waistline almost exclusively. Liposuction is the mainstay of treatment for abdominal contouring but a flat result for most men can not be obtained due to the amount of intraperitoneal fat. In some cases of overhanging skin around the waistline, a non-muscular tummy tuck may be needed to get the best result.

Remaking the Male Jawline
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] A strong and well-defined jawline is an important feature of a male face. Improving the look of the jawline often requires multiple implants to provide an overall enhancement. This would include a chin and two jaw angle implants. Different styles and sizes of these implants exist to help customize each patient's anatomy and best overall look.

Making a Short Chin Longer
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Chin deficiencies can be seen vertically as well as horizontally. Vertical chin lengthening can be done by either implants or moving the chin bone downward. Minor lengthening can be done by using an implant off of the bone edge. More significant chin lengthening is best done by cutting the chin bone and opening and stabilizing the bone gap with plates and artificial grafts.

Cellulite - Separating Reality From Hope
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] Everyone knows what the dimpling appearance of cellulite looks like. The vast majority of women will experience cellulite at some time in their life and, once it appears, it is likely there forever. While some choose to ignore it, many women are interested in pursuing treatment, whether it be through surgical or non-invasive options.

Improving That Deep Groove (Labiomental Crease) Below Your Lip
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The labiomental crease can be an undesired deep horizontal crease between the lip and the chin. It can be successfully softened by temporary injectable fillers or more long-term with implants or dermal grafts.

Liposuction and Fat - What It's Removal Does and What Happens After
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Liposuction is the most common and popular of all cosmetic plastic surgeries. Despite its frequency and familiarity, there still remain many misconceptions and myths about liposuction. These are the common ones and the facts behind the myths are revealed.

The Many Styles of Midfacial Implants For Aesthetic Facial Augmentation
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Midfacial enhancement can be done with a wide variety of implants that can augment the malar, submalar, maxillary, pyriform aperture, and premaxillary areas. They can all be placed through incision inside the mouth and should be fixed to the bone with screws to prevent postoperative movement.

The Upper Lip Lift - Shortening a Long Upper Lift Without Complications
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] An aging long upper lip can be shortened through skin excision techniques. One of these approaches is an upper lip lift, also known as a subnasal or bullhorn upper lip lift. This is a very successful and simple procedure that can be done under local anesthesia. Avoiding complications with this procedure comes from not taking too much skin, taking skin only, keeping the scar along the base of the nose, and an irregular tapering cutout pattern.

Creating Cheek Dimples Through Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Cheek dimples are not common and are viewed by some as an attractive facial feature. They can be created through a simple plastic surgery procedure which is done through the inside of the mouth. The key is to have the dimple primarily appear when one is smiling and be absent or minimally present when one is not smiling.

Getting Rid of That Big Adam's Apple
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Prominent Adam's Apples creates an undesirable neck bulge. In gender reassignment individuals or in certain males and females, a smoother neck profile is desired. Thyroid cartilage reduction or tracheal shaving is a simple and effective procedure for reducing its size. It has few complications and has little recovery other than a small noticeable scar that takes some time to mature.

Extreme Chin Surgery For the Very Short Chin
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] In cases of very short chin, the use of a chin implant or even a chin osteotomy may not be enough. Extreme chin augmentation uses a combination of moving the chin bone forward with an implant in front of it for maximal horizontal chin advancement. This is usually reserved for those cases of a chin deficiency due to a short jaw which can not be treated by conventional orthodontics and jaw advancement.

Treatment of Eyebrow Wrinkles For Aesthetic and Headache Pain Improvement
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Overactive muscles between the eyebrows cause wrinkles and some types of migraines. These muscles can be partially removed and their activity reduced by endoscopic browlift techniques which can be a more permanent treatment than temporary Botox injections.

Rhinoplasty For Changing the Middle Eastern Nose
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Rhinoplasty of each race has unique characteristics. In the Middle Eastern nose, it is often marked by a large hump, a downturned tip, thick skin, and flaring nostrils. Open rhinoplasty can alter these shapes but it is important to not over reduce the hump or lift the tip too much to avoid unnatural operated look.

Facelifts - Good Incision Placement Avoids Loss of Sideburn Hair
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Facelift surgery can adversely elevate one's temporal tuft or sideburn hair. Rather than a traditional facelift incision that extends up high into the temporal area, a modified hairline incision can be done that will block the hairline from moving upward and keep it in its natural location. For those women with a hairline that does not fall below the horizontal level of the ear attachment, this incision approach for a facelift should be considered.

Melanoma - The Importance of Self and Physician Examinations
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] Melanoma is the deadliest of all skin cancers. For anyone, and in particular those at greatest risk, regular self-examinations are important. Periodic physician examinations are also critical and lesions founds by a physician usually catch the progression of melanoma sooner, resulting in a better chance for a cure.

Muscle Weakening Injections - The Bruxism Cure
[Health-and-Fitness:Dental-Care] The treatment of bruxism or excessive clenching can be successfully done with Botox injections. By weakening the most hypertrophied or spastic part of the lower masseter muscle, significant pain relief can be achieved. Botox injections will last around 4 months so repeat treatments may be necessary.

Rhinoplasty - Understanding Side Effects and Complications
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Rhinoplasty has a low risk of complications which include bleeding, shape abnormalities, and difficulty with breathing after surgery. These complications result in an approximate 10% risk of the need for revisional surgery.

Plastic Surgery and Herbal Supplements
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The common use of herbal supplements can be a problem for upcoming plastic surgery procedures. Such supplements should be stopped two weeks before and one week after surgery to avoid adverse interactions with anesthetic drugs and one's ability to clot properly.

Laser Treatment of Scars - Does it Work?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The use of lasers for scar revision is possible but is not magical as many think. It is beneficial for a small number of scar problems by resurfacing the surrounding skin to make a depressed scar less noticeable. It is most effective for fine acne scars of the face, isolated scars are not wide, and as a supplemental treatment after surgical scar excision.

Plastic Surgery Release of Tongue-Tie Deformity
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Tongue-tie, also known medically as ankyloglossia, creates a restricted tip of the tongue due to a short frenulum. Releasing a tight frenulum (frenuloplasty) is a simple plastic surgery procedure that is both quick and effective.

Chin Implants - Different Styles For Different Patients
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Enhancement of one's chin is commonly done with an implant. Chin implants come in different styles including anatomic, extended anatomic, prejowl, and square types. These chin implant styles allow a three-dimensional approach to improvement of this lower facial region.

Nipple Deformities - Simple Plastic Surgery Corrections
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Nipple deformities are common problems. Inverted and enlarged nipples can be repaired with simple office procedures under local anesthesia. Areolar corrections are more extensive procedures that can be done alone or as part of breast reduction and tubular breast deformity surgery.

Injectable Fillers - How Does it Work in Very Thin Lips
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Lip injections are the most method of lip enlargement. In the very thin lip, however, they may not produce enough of a fuller lip to satisfy all patients. But injection is a worthwhile treatment to determine if more of a surgical procedure will be needed.

Rhinoplasty (Nose Job) - What is the Purpose of the Nasal Splint?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Rhinoplasty surgery always requires the use of a nasal dressing after surgery. This is comprised of a combination of tapes and an overlying splint. The main purpose of this compressive dressing is to help the skin stick back down to the reshaped cartilage and bone framework and decrease the amount of swelling that would otherwise occur. It does not play a significant role in holding the nose together or in determining the final result.

Smartlipo (Laser Liposuction) - What Type of Anesthesia?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Smartlipo offers a new method for fat removal that uses heat to melt fat. One of its potential benefits is to be able to do it under local anesthesia. This works for limited areas (two or three regions) but is ineffective for extensive work. General anesthesia should be considered with large body surface areas are being treated.

Reconstruction of Breast Lumpectomy Defects With Fat and Stem Cell Injections
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Breast lumpectomy are the most common form of cancer excision today and play an important role in breast conservation therapies. Reconstruction of lumpectomy defects is not always possible with standard plastic surgery techniques due to their breast location and often relatively small size. The use of fat injections for lumpectomy defects, supplemented with stem cells, is an appealing minimally invasive approach.

Cosmetic Surgery - Its Psychological Impact
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Cosmetic surgery is associated with a high patient satisfaction rate for many procedures. Its psychological impact is most apparent on the specific body part being changed, but it does not result in a change of personality or an improvement in one's life necessarily. Certain conditions affect the psychological outcome of cosmetic surgery, most prominently realistic expectations. Patients with body dysmorphic disorder can never be improved by any form of cosmetic surgery.

Mons Rejuvenation - Pubic Lifts and Pubic Liposuction
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] A sagging or unattractive pubic area can be improved with some basic plastic surgery techniques. A bulging or full pubic area can be reduced with liposuction. A sagging pubic can easily be lifted. Pubic or mons rejuvenation techniques are simple and effective at producing a flatter and more streamlined appearance.

Facelifts - Limited Vs Full
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Facelifts come in either limited or full varieties. Both involve less recovery than one thinks with a week or less for a limited and 7 to 10 days for a full. The misconceptions about what a facelift is makes many hesitant about undergoing this very effective neck and jowl changing operation.

Strip Fat Grafts For the Aging Nasolabial Folds
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The deep nasolabial fold can be filled with a variety of materials, both synthetic or natural. Fat can be placed through either injection or as a threaded implant. When a favorable donor site exists as part of an operative procedure, the strip fat is a good option to consider for longer-lasting results.

Laser Liposuction For Getting Rid of Belly Fat
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Excess belly fat is a common problem due to the large capacity of the abdomen to retain fat. Many people are genetically predisposed to acquire fat in this area. Men frequently develop an intra-abdominal collection as well. Liposuction is a common method to help reduce this fat store. Laser liposuction is a newer method that can help shrink excess skin as well.

What Makes My Neck Age?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The neck ages from the obvious effects of time, gravity, and environmental damage to one's skin. Specifically, facial and neck skin ligaments weaken, skin and fat slides off of the face, and the platysmal muscle undergoes midline separation. As a result, jowls appear and the neck angle becomes more obtuse. The most effective plastic surgery treatments are those that address all three components of the neck aging process.

What is a Brazilian Butt Lift?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] A Brazilian butt lift is a buttock contouring procedure that uses fat injections to enhance the upper part of the buttocks. It relies on making the upper buttocks bigger, hence creating a lift to the buttocks. As part of the procedure, the liposuction used to obtain the fat for injection also creates better body and buttock contours as well.

Getting Rid of That Double Chin With Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The double chin is a common cosmetic concern. It really is the accumulation of fat beneath one's natural chin that can be successfully removed with liposuction. In some cases, liposuction with a chin implant is a good combination in those double chins that have a short chin also. With loose skin, some type of face or necklift may be needed if one is older.

Do I Need Cheek Implants As My Face Ages?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Cheek implants can be a useful rejuvenation procedure for the aging face with sagging cheeks. The size of cheek implants for this use should be small and subtle, rather than large and unnatural.

The Recovery After Laser Liposuction
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Laser-assisted liposuction (Smartlipo) offers a more rapid recovery and less pain after than traditional liposuction. As the heat from the laser melts fat, it also seals blood vessels and lymphatic channels resulting in less blood loss and prolonged swelling.

Laser Liposuction - Am I a Good Candidate and What Are Its Advantages?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Who is a good candidate for removal of fat with laser liposuction? (also known as Smartlipo) In general, the best candidates are those that are in good health, within 25 lbs of their ideal body weight, can't lose the fat by traditional means of diet and exercise, have one or more areas of fat they would like to get rid of, and someone who has realistic expectations about what any form of liposuction can achieve for them.

Getting a Plastic Surgery Second Opinion
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] When considering elective plastic surgery, getting more than one opinion is usually beneficial. Treat your second or third plastic surgery consultation as if it was the first. Keep your discussions fresh and not tainted by opinions from previous consultations. The issue of costs is one for the plastic surgeon's staff which should only be engaged when you have made a more concrete decision based on the best medical treatment plan for you.

Facelift Surgery - How Long Will it Last?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Facelift surgery is not permanent. As one ages, the results of a facelift will change due to skin relaxation and creep. While many facelift results continue to show improvement over the original result from 5 to 10 years later, some neck and jowl skin sagging gradually occurs. Touch-up or 'tuck-up' facelift procedures can be intermittently performed to keep the facelift result fresh.

Laser Liposuction - Understanding How it Works
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Traditional liposuction is gradually be replaced by the newer method of laser-assisted liposuction. Replacing the mechanical breakup of fat with fat melting, laser liposuction offers a less traumatic fat removal method with a quicker recovery and the ability in many cases to perform it under just local anesthesia.

Surgical Lip Enlargement - An Alternative to Injectable Fillers
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] For some thin lips, injectable fillers do not produce a naturally enlarged lip. Permanent lip enlargement can be done in these patients by surgically moving the vermilion through and advancement or lip lift procedure. Both produce scars in different locations and change the fullness of the lip differently.

Deep Nasolabial Folds - A New Surgical Treatment
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Deep or inverted nasolabial folds do not respond well to the classic treatment of injectable fillers. Surgical release of the dermal attachments with a cutting wire produces impressive early results. Long-term verification of the amount of improvement awaits further study.

Plastic Surgery of the Lips - Making One's Lips Smaller
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Lip reduction surgery requires the removal of excess vermilion on the inside of the lip so that the scar is hidden. Size reduction of the lips is usually modest and not dramatic.

The Male Endoscopic Browlift
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Browlifts in males can be difficult due to their lack of hair and high hairlines and long foreheads. For select males with a dense frontal hairline and a low forehead, an endoscopic browlift can be a reasonable choice for low sitting brows with hyperactive muscles.

Plastic Surgery Repair of Cheek Bone Fractures
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Cheek bone fractures are common facial injuries that occur from sports contact to motor vehicle accidents. The cheek bone is anatomically repositioned and held in place by small plates and screws. While titanium metal fixation works well, the use of resorbable plates and screws is also a good choice for many cheek fractures.

Laser Liposuction - The New Method For Fat Removal
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Liposuction remains an effective approach for the surgical removal of unwanted fat. However, traditional liposuctionmethods are quite traumatic and painful and require significant recovery. Laser liposuction offers a less traumatic and more effective method of surgical fat removal.

Pectoral Implants - The Fastest Way to Chest Enlargement
[Health-and-Fitness:Mens-Issues] For those men who want a faster way to a better and bigger chest, pectoral implant surgery is an option. Done identically to that of female breast augmentation, a solid silicone rubber implant is placed with different styles and sizes based on the patient's aesthetic goals. Recovery is fairly quick and working out can resume in 3 weeks after surgery.

Cosmetic Non-Surgical Treatments in 2009
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Despite the downturn in the economy, cosmetic non-invasive procedures continue to be popular. Botox, injectable fillers, and light and laser treatments offer less expensive alternative that makes one look and feel better. New innovations will continue to make such treatments a mainstay need of the public.

Tummy Tuck Surgery - Understanding the Muscle Tightening
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Tummy tuck surgery, or abdominoplasty, can make a dramatic difference in the shape of one's abdomen and waistline. In addition to removing excess skin and fat, many tummy tuck surgeries have the muscles tightened as well. What muscles and how they are tightened is a frequent point of confusion.

Facelift Surgery - What Muscles Are Moved?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] During a facelift, only one actual muscle is tightened...that of the platysma muscle in the neck. Separating in the middle of the neck due to age, the platysma muscle is tightened in full facelifts which helps sharpen the neck angle. In more limited facelifts, the neck muscle is not reapposed, presumably because it is a younger patient who does not have this more advanced aging issue.

Botox - Stop Teeth Grinding and Clenching Immediately
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Excessive teeth clenching or bruxism can be a source of facial pain and headaches. When other more traditional forms of therapies fail, Botox injections are a reasonable alternative for identifiable areas of muscle spasm and tenderness.

Correction of Protruding Ears - Reshaping the Cartilage
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] When one's ears stick out too far, it is a result of abnormalities in the shape and size of the underlying cartilage. The two mainstays of ear reshaping are antihelical suturing and conchal resection and concha-mastoid suturing. Properly identifying the cause of the protruding ear will allow which suture method, or combination of methods, can set the ear back without unnatural folds or bends.

Secondary Rhinoplasty (Nosejob) Surgery - What Can Be Done and What Can I Expect?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Secondary rhinoplasty surgery involves residual nose problems that remain after a primary rhinoplasty. Patients are understandably unhappy about the need for an additional nasal surgery and a very precise and identifiable plan for what can be done must be established first. Certain types of nose problems can be corrected, others may not be able to be significantly improved. Such discussions and expectations should be thoroughly reviewed before any further nose surgery is done.

Chin Implant Styles - Which One is Best For You?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Chin augmentation is a simple procedure that uses implants to create facial enhancement. Today's chin implants come in a range of styles and sizes to adapt to the many different types of chin shapes and aesthetic desires patients. The chin implant is the most versatile and aesthetically diverse of all the facial implants.

The Direct Neck Lift in Older Women
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Heavy and low hanging neck waddles can be very effectively removed by a simple procedure known as a direct neck lift. In older women who can tolerate a trade-off of a neck scar for a neck waddle, a dramatic improvement can be obtained in just one hour of surgery.

Tummy Tuck Surgery Without Drains
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Tummy tuck surgery historically required the use of drains after surgery to remove fluid build-ups. With a new internal quilting suture approach to close off the dead space, the need for drains after tummy tuck surgery can be eliminated in many cases.

Making a Large Earlobe Smaller
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Earlobe reduction is a simple plastic surgery procedure that can be done under local anesthesia in the office. Since the earlobe contains no cartilage, wedges of skin can be strategically removed to optimize lobe reduction and final scar placement.

Getting Rid of Men's Back Hair With Laser Treatments
[Health-and-Fitness] Laser hair removal is most commonly done in men for back and shoulder hair. Because they are large areas, cooling and pain control from the heat of the laser are important. It will take, on average, a total of five laser treatments spaced four to six weeks apart to get a significant long-term hair reduction.

Scars From Buttock Implant Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The placement of implants for buttock enhancement requires a small incision along and slightly above the apex of the intragluteal crease. The necessary use of drains also results in some small dot type scars to each side of this vertical scar. Once faded, these scars are barely perceptible.

Changing the Shape of the Nose With Injectable Fillers
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Injectable rhinoplasty is the non-surgical method if using temporary fillers to change the shape of one's nose. Done in the office under local anesthesia, injectable fillers can be used to build-up the bridge of the nose, improve the appearance of a hump, and make the nose appear a little straighter. Its effects are temporary and should not be considered a replacement for the proven and permanent changes of traditional rhinoplasty surgery.

Rhinoplasty - Middle Vault Reconstruction For Better Breathing
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Difficulty in breathing through the nose can be caused or contributed to by middle vault collapse, where the internal nasal valve angle is reduced. Spreader grafts made of long strips of cartilage placed between the septum and the upper lateral cartilage through an open rhinoplasty technique can help open up this valve angle improving one's nasal breathing. Identifying middle vault collapse requires a careful correlation between the nasal exam and one's symptoms.

Plastic Surgery For the Elderly
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The elderly population in the U.S. continues to grow. While they may be older, they can still have certain cosmetic concerns. Often they are bothered by eyelid and neck issues. Provided that they are healthy, limited plastic surgery procedures can be safely done that offer very satisfying quality of life improvements.

Lower Eyelid Surgery - The Pinch and Peel Technique
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Aging begins to occur on the face around the eyes first. Often the lower eyelid is affected more than the upper one. It begins initially by the development of some loose skin and wrinkling in the crow's feet area. As it progresses, more wrinkles appear and lower bags may begin to bulge as fat herniates outward. This aging progression is subtle in the late 30s and early 40s and becomes much more prominent in the late 40s and early 50s.e late 40s and early 50s.

Injectable Sun Tanning Drugs - Will They Soon Be Available?
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Expediting the sun tanning process is achievable by synthetic drug hormone therapy. However, no such FDA-approved drugs currently exist, even if they were used for off-label tanning purposes. The most promising potential drug is afamelanotide which will begin clinical trials in 2009 as a photoprotective therapy for certain specific medical conditions, not as a cosmetic tanning agent.

The Gummy Smile - What Can Be Done About It?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The proper treatment of the gummy smile is based on a good evaluation to determine what anatomic problems is making it look so. Minor cosmetic changes can be done with gingivoplasty, injectable treatments, or a lip lowering procedure. Correction of large gummy smiles require bone surgery with shortening of the upper jaw.

The Brazilian Butt Lift - How is it Done?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The Brazilian Butt Lift is a method of fat injection for buttock enhancement. Using fat removed from around the buttocks, this fat is redistributed into the central area of the buttocks to create more of a bowl shape after being concentrated and placed into syringes. Based on the amount of fat survival and the look that one wants, more than one surgical injection session may be necessary.

Chin Reduction Surgery For Improved Facial Balance
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] A prominent chin can be successfully reduced by bone manipulation. Vertical reduction of the chin is done by working inside the mouth while horizontal reduction of the chin is done through an external incision under the chin. Preoperative evaluation through photographs and careful attention preserving or reattaching the soft tissues of the chin leads to satisfying outcomes.

Breast Implant Projection - How Does it Influence Final Breast Shape?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Breast implants are available not only in different sizes but each size has differing projections as well. Projection involves a change in the manufactured shape of the implant so that more volume can project forward at the expense of narrowing the implant's base diameter. A high projecting implant, therefore, has the theoretical possibility of making the final breast shape fuller on top than lesser projecting breast implants.

Scar Free Breast Augmentation
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Breast augmentation may be done without leaving a scar on the breast through the transaxillary (armpit) approach. Through a very small 1 inch incision, saline breast implants may be placed under the muscle for breast enlargement.

Laser Hair Treatments - How Do They Really Work?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Treatment of unwanted facial and body hair is common practice using laser technology. The marketing and hype about it however frequently is ahead of the actual science and biology of hair growth. Laser hair treatment should be viewed as some level of reduction, it requires multiple treatment sessions to get good results, works best on dark hair with fair skin, is not painless, and hair regrowth may return later in life with certain body changes or medication use.

Umbilicoplasty - Reshaping the Belly Button
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The belly button can be sculpted into a more desirable shape either as a stand alone procedure (umbilicoplasty) or as part of tummy tuck surgery. Belly buttons that have a more vertical orientation with a superior hood of skin are considered to have a more youthful and attractive appearance.

Facial Wasting - Plastic Surgery Correction
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Facial wasting from the use of retroviral drugs in the HIV patient causes a characteristic facial appearance. Improvement in the appearance of facial wasting can be done through a combination of cheek implants, injectable fillers, and facial skin tightening procedures.

Buffalo Hump Deformity - Plastic Surgery Treatment
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Buffalo humps in humans are excessive fatty deposits on the neck and upper back, even extending around onto the face and ears in severe cases. They can occur from the treatment of HIV, chronic steroid use, and in Madelung's disease. Ultrasonic liposuction is the preferred treatment on the back of the neck and upper back while open excision through a facelift approach is preferred on the anterior neck, jawline, and around the ears.

Nipple Reduction - A Simple Plastic Surgery Procedure
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Protruding nipples can be simply and safely reduced as a procedure under local anesthesia in the office. Several plastic surgery techniques can be used to reduce the length of the nipple without loss of feeling. The goal of nipple reduction is to make it look less obvious in clothes.

Plastic Surgery Repair of the Torn Earlobe
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Tears or splits of the earlobe are common from the long-term weight of an ear ring or the accidental pulling of an ear ring through the earlobe. Split earlobe repair is a simple office procedure that can be done under local anesthesia at a low cost. One can resume wearing ear rings or have it re-pierced six weeks after the repair.

Facial Analysis Before Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] As a plastic surgeon, analyzing a patient's face before surgery is obviously important. For anti-aging facial plastic surgery, a great detailed analysis of a patient's face is not usually necessary as you are 'nipping and tucking' loose sagging skin...essentially trying to restore their look of years ago. For plastic surgery involving actual changes in the foundation of the face (moving bone or adding implants), however, a detailed analysis is much more important.

Facelift Surgery - Understanding What is Actually Lifted
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Facelift surgery lifts sagging neck and jowl skin. Patients often believe that the facial muscles are tightened as well but this is a misconception. The underlying tissue layer that is tightened is known as the SMAS which sits on top of the muscles.

Silicone Gel Breast Implants - Where is the Incision?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Silicone gel breast implants are preformed devices that are surgically placed with the volume already present. This necessitates a larger incision than that of saline breast implants. In the majority of cases, silicone implants are placed through an inframammary (lower breast fold) approach. This scar heals well because it is usually in a more natural skin crease.

The Male Facelift Scars - Where Are They?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Facelifts are different in men than women by the location of the scar around the front part of the ear. Because of beard skin in men, the facelift incision is usually put right in front of the ear in the skin crease as opposed to women where the scar will dip into the ear behind the tragus.

Large Lipoma Reduction by LipoDissolve Injections - Does it Work?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The treatment of large lipomas can be done with Lipodissolve injection therapy and good results can be obtained. It is not a fast process, however, and requires multiple injection sessions and months of treatments. For those patients who do not want the greater efficiency of traditional surgical excision or liposuction, Lipodissolve injection therapy offers an alternative treatment approach.

Rhinoplasty For the Broad Nose Problem
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Narrowing a broad nose in rhinoplasty requires cutting and bringing closer the nasal bones. This maneuver can be very effective but is also what makes bruising occur after rhinoplasty surgery.

Common Skin Care Myths Revealed
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] There are many skin care misconceptions created by the endless myriad of marketing from manufacturers and the media. The most common ones appear to be the search for the magic bullet skin cream, the benefits of collagen and hyaluronic acid in topical creams, the perceived benefit of organic products, overinterpreting SPF ratings, and the role of antioxidants for facial wrinkling.

Endoscopic Browlift Surgery - How Does it Stay Up?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Endoscopic browlift surgery is very popular today due to the elimination of large scalp incisions and scars. This surgery works based on two principles, the healing of the lifted foreheasd and brows back down to the bone and the temporary holding power of some form of tissue fixation until it heals. One option for screw fixation of the lifted forehead are resorbable screws to the bone.

Where Did You Say My Facelift Scars Would Be?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Facelift surgery requires incisions in front and behind the ear. Understanding where these incisions are and the differences in where they are placed in men vs. women is important pre-surgical knowledge for patients.

How Rhinoplasty Surgery Gives You a Better Looking Nasal Tip
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] One of the most important parts of rhinoplasty surgery is reshaping the wide and often low hanging tip. Rather than blindly removing cartilage from the tip, contemporary rhinoplasty is about preservation of cartilage and reshaping the tip through sutures and cartilage grafts.

The Direct Neck Lift in the Older Male For Removing Neck Waddles
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The direct neck lift is a simple and effective procedure for removing neck waddles in the older male. It offers great effectiveness and a very quick recovery at the expense of a midline neck scar.

What to Do About Herbs and Antidepressant Medications When Considering Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Oral medications such as antidepressants, herbs, and supplements are incredibly common and taken by millions of Americans. Because of their potentials risks to cause bleeding, high blood pressure, and their negative interactions with other drugs, it is recommended that these medications be stopped two weeks prior to surgery.

What Type of Browlift is Right For Me?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Correction of sagging brows is an important part of upper facial rejuvenation. Browlift surgery can be done four different ways, the traditional scalp (coronal) approach, a hairline scalp approach for those with high or long foreheads, the newer endoscopic approach, and through the upper eyelid for most men. Each approach has advantages and disadvantages and the patient's anatomy and desires must be heavily factored in to the decision as to which type of browlift is best for each patient.

When Should I Have Plastic Surgery Before My Big Event?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] If one is planning an important life's event, the timing of elective cosmetic plastic surgery should be carefully thought out. For major body plastic surgery, allow at least 6 weeks and ideally 3 months. For major facial surgery, allow at least 3 months and more ideally 6 months. Most patients underestimate the time and magnitude of recovery and never allow for the potential of complications or the need for revisional surgery in the event of a less than a perfect result.

Understanding Submuscular Implant Placement in Breast Augmentation
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Breast implants can be placed above or below the muscle in breast augmentation surgery. Placing implants below the muscle results in better implant coverage, less risk of palpable implant rippling, and decreased rates of eventually having the implants harden.

Removing the Low Hanging Neck Waddle With a Direct Neck Lift
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Loose hanging neck skin is common after massive weight loss. One approach to removing this hanging skin is through a direct neck lift. This simple operation involves little recovery and produces a dramatic change in the shape of the neck. Bit it does leave a scar running down the center of the neck which each patient must decide if that is an acceptable trade-off.

Pulsed Bioelectromagnetic Field Therapy For Menstrual Pain
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] Menstrual pain is a common and sometimes disabling problem. No consistently effective method of relief is currently available. Pulsed electromegnetic therapy in the form of battery-operated patches has a proven anti-inflammatory effect and is used for surgical recovery and for musculoskeletal injuries. When studied for menstrual pain in a controlled study, the ActiPatch (Allay) produced a 30% reduction in menstrual pain when used over a 5 day menstrual period.

How Much Do Breast Implants Weigh?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Breast implants are filled with either saline or silicone gel material. Based on their atomic weight and actual weight measurements, silicone breast implants weight more than saline breast implants. As the implants become bigger, their weight differences similarly become greater.

Liposuction of the Legs - Circumferential Or Spot Reduction?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Liposuction of the legs is commonly performed and can be done either for select spot areas or in a circumferential manner. Spot reduction is very effective, has fewer complications, and attempt to improve shape. Circumferential reduction aims to make a leg smaller and is associated with prolonged swelling and bruising and a higher risk of skin irregularities. In the thick-legged patient, expectations from circumferential liposuction should be tempered.

Understanding the Different Methods of Laser Skin Rejuvenation
[Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] As one ages, the texture of the facial skin changes in many unfavorable ways. Wrinkles develop, skin texture becomes more irregular, brown discolorations may appear, and in some areas the skin actually thins as well. Many skin rejuvenation methods exist but none have been more effective than that of laser skin resurfacing technology.

Grow Your Eyelashes With a Prescription Medication
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Actual eyelash hair growth can not be achieved with a prescription medication. The topical application of Latisse, a glaucome drug that was discovered to cause eyelash growth, produces eyelashes that are more full and longer. It takes about one month of use to begin to see improvement and full results can be expected by 4 months.

Dark Circles Under Your Eyes - Different Treatments For Different Causes
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Dark circles under the eyes is a frequent request for treatment. The plethora of available treatments on the internet from vanishing and bleaching creams to laser surgery is a testament to the commonality of the problem. It also suggests that most of these treatments are not effective because they simply don't work or are used on the wrong type of dark circle problem.

Facial Sculpting - Plastic Surgery of the Facial Bones
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Everyone knows the phrase...'beauty is skin deep but ugly goes to the bone'. While commonly said, this phrase is only partially correct. Beauty is also bone deep as the outward appearance of the face begins down at this foundational level. How the face looks at the outside has a lot to do with how it is shaped on the inside. This educational book takes a look at all of the known, and many less commonly, cosmetic facial bone procedures and how they work to make more balanced and attractive faces.

Geometry and Facial Scar Revision
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Many scars, particularly on the face, are ideally treated surgically through a procedure known as excision and geometric rearrangement. This plastic surgery technique changes the line and orientation of the scar making it less noticeable. Because it is a surgical process, one must be prepared to have patience through the scar's maturation phase.

Getting Rid of the Neck Waddle After a Lot of Weight Loss
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Large amounts of weight loss affect the neck area by often creating a low hanging neck waddle. The loose skin and fat that makes up a neck waddle can be removed through a traditional facelift (necklift) operation. A neck lift is a surprisingly easy procedure to go through with little discomfort.

Is Eyebrow Hair Transplantation For You?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Restoration of thin or lost eyebrows can be done with hair transplants. They offer the only true method of eyebrow hair restoration and have a more natural look than simple tattooing. However, they require a greater commitment of effort and patience to get the final result which may not be fully visible for up to one year after the procedure(s).

Can a Corner of the Mouth Lift Help My Angular Cheilitis?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Angular cheilitis is a chronic inflammation of the corners of the mouth which makes them cracked and painful. This condition can last for days to months, often cycling between almost gone only to come back as severe as ever. It makes opening the mouth painful as that pulls on the inflamed corners. In many cases, this is caused by a fungal infection which can be resolved by a combination antifungal and steroid cream.

Reshaping the Chest in Severe Gynecomastia
[Health-and-Fitness:Mens-Issues] In men who have lost a lot of weight or in overweight men in general, breast enlargement is a common problem and concern. As a general rule, these forms of more severe gynecomastia are not just about having large breasts but having breasts that are large enough to have significant sagging.

Can Liposuction Be Used to Reduce Large Breasts?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Large breasts, known medically as macromastia, cause a lot of musculoskeletal symptoms such as back and neck pain as well as grooves in the shoulder skin from the bra straps. Breast reduction surgery is tremendously effective at both lifting the large breast as well as making it smaller.

Getting a Round Or Teardrop Shape in Breast Augmentation
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Breast implants not only come in different sizes but different profiles as well. The higher the implant profile, the rounder the final breast shape may look. Other factors contribute to the final breast shape, particularly how tight or loose the breast skin is. But breast implant profile is another choice to be considered.

How to Get Rid of Your Lower Eyelid Bags
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Lower eyelid bags are the result of fat inside the eye coming out due to a weakness in the retaining ligament. These bags can be improved by eyelid plastic surgery techniques that remove the fat, put it back where it came from, or bring the fat bag out over the edge of the lower eye bone. Which is best for any patient depends on the shape of their eye and the surrounding bone and how much excess fat and skin is present.

Will My Facelift Hurt?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] To those considering elective plastic surgery, the fear of pain after surgery is common and understandable. Particularly when it will be on one's face. Fortunately, contrary to popular perception, facelift surgery is associated with very little pain after. Other than mild ear tenderness, the rest of the face is temporarily numb and pain-free.

Am I Vain For Wanting Plastic Surgery?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Many plastic surgery patients fear that they are being vain or are viewed as such. In reality, the desire for self-improvement is not vanity, it is an essential part of the making and maintenance of one's self-image. Sometimes physical changes are needed as part of an overall self-image improvement program.

Liposuction Surgery - How Long Will it Last?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The question of how long liposuction results last is a multofactorial question. What body area the fat was removed from and how one maintains their weight after are key factors in determining the possibility of liposuction 'relapse'.

Trends in Cosmetic Surgery 2008 - Separating Fact From Myth
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Much of the trends in cosmetic procedures in 2008 (statistics not yet available) can be seen in what happened in 2007. The economic downturn in the U.S. will likely make for little to no growth in many of the surgical procedures but an increase in non-surgical procedures may be seen in 2008 due to their greater affordability. Despite the economic times, the U.S. appetite for cosmetic procedures will not likely go down significantly if at all.

Where Should Buttock Implants Be Placed For Gluteal Enhancement?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Buttock implants are an increasingly popular method of buttock (gluteal) enhancement due to improved implant materials and surgical techniques. Buttock implants should be placed either inside the gluteus muscle (intramuscular) or between the muscle and its covering. (subfascial) Which location is best should be guided by the amount of buttock tissue present and the experience of the implanting plastic surgeon.

A Common Wound Problem After Breast Reduction Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Breast reduction surgery is a highly effective operation at downsizing and reshaping large breasts. It is a fairly complex procedure that uses a keyhole skin removal and reduction approach to lift the nipple upward and create a more conical shape to the breast.

The Safety of Injectable Fillers For Aesthetic Facial Treatments
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Injectable fillers are a very common and popular form of aesthetic facial treatments for lines and wrinkles. Their use is commonly believed to be very safe with few complications. A recent FDA report covering adverse reported data on injectable fillers from 2003 to 2008 provides substantial evidence to support this commonly held belief.

Lip and Facial Enhancement With Injectable Fillers - Under FDA Inquiry
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The use of injectable fillers for filling lines and wrinkles is a very common cosmetic facial procedure that works well and is FDA-approved. Over the past five years, injectable filler use has expanded to include the popular lip area as well as for adding volume to the face. This expanded use has drawn the attention of the FDA as these products have never been approved for those facial applications and there current use is 'off-label'.

How You Lost Your Weight Does Not Increase the Risks of Bariatric Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Large amounts of weight are being lost in this country through the popular procedures of bariatric surgery, most notably gastric bypass and the lapband operations. Despite the popularity of bariatric surgery, I see in my practice just as many patients who come in for body contouring procedures who have lost weight through diet and exercise.

Back Lift Surgery in Extreme Weight Loss
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Sagging back skin is not an infrequent issue after extreme amounts of weight loss. Back lifts can help reduce the amount of loose skin through removals that are oriented either horizontally across the back or obliquely down towards the sides. Complications are few but a postoperative drain is needed for about a week after surgery.

What to Expect Right After Your Chin Augmentation Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Chin augmentation is a simple and effective plastic surgery procedure. It causes some temporary side effects after surgery including discomfort, swelling, rare bruising, numbness, and stiffness of the chin and lower lip.

What to Expect Right After Your Tummy Tuck Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Tummy tuck or abdominoplasty surgery is a dramatic operation that offers an unparalleled change in your waistline shape and contour. It can be so significant that I frequently refer to it as the 'facelift' of the body. Like all dramatic surgical changes, there will be some equally dramatic immediate after effects that all patients should be aware of with the understanding that these are normal but temporary inconveniences.

What to Expect Right After Your Rhinoplasty Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Rhinoplasty surgery causes a standard number of temporary after surgery effects. These include swelling, bruising and numbness of the skin of the nose, some difficulty with breathing through the nose, and stiffness of the tip of the nose.

What to Expect Right After Your Liposuction Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Liposuction creates some very common after surgery effects, which while temporary, are important for patients to know. Pain, swelling, bruising, lumps, and skin numbness are things all patients will have after fat removal by liposuction.

How to Choose Between Implants Vs Fat Injections For Buttock Enhancement Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Enlarging the size of one's buttocks can be done with either a synthetic implant or fat injections. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. Synthetic implants offer a larger buttock size which will not change but with risks of infection and fluid collection after surgery. Fat injections will not make the buttocks as large as an implant and how much fat survives is not completely predictable but have no implant-related complications and provide a cosmetic benefit to the donor site.

What to Expect Right After Your Breast Augmentation Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Breast augmentation is one of the most successful of all cosmetic plastic surgery procedures. While its results are immediate, there are temporary issues of swelling, unnatural hardness, and numbness that a patient can expect before getting to the final result.

What to Expect Right After Your Facelift Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Facelift surgery brings dramatic changes to the neck and jowl area and helps to completely reverse the effects of aging and gravity on this visible facial area. While the euphoria of the final result is what many patients understandably think about, there are some expected after surgery events that happen that can be disturbing if one is not aware.

Thigh Lift Considerations in Extreme Weight Loss Patients
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The thighs suffer loose and hanging skin after extreme weight loss and often look like 'wax melting on a candle'. Thigh lifts or thighplasty is the plastic surgery procedure that can address some of these issues. Thigh lifts consist of a variety of procedures that differ based on the location and extent of the procedure.

When Do I Need to Replace My Breast Implants?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Breast augmentation is an operation that works exclusively because of the implant. Like joint replacement surgery, the operation is completely dependent on a medical device for its result. Like all medical devices, breast implants will eventually fail for some patients at some point in their lives. Because of this concern, I not infrequently hear questions from breast augmentation patients asking....is it time for me to replace my breast implants?

Nutritional Considerations in Extreme Weight Loss Patients Considering Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Nutritional deficiencies are common in extreme weight loss patients, whether they achieved it through bariatric surgery or non-surgical dieting. Undergoing body contouring plastic surgery for excess skin requires good nutrition for healing large incisions and wounded areas. Extreme weight loss patients should have dietary management and laboratory testing on regular intervals before undergoing extensive plastic surgery procedures.

Correction of the Pubic Sag With a Monsplasty in the Extreme Weight Loss Patient
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] With a lot of weight loss the pubic area along with abdominal skin sags. Traditional tummy tuck or body lift procedures may not lift the pubic area enough. Modifications in their excision patterns can improve the shape of the pubic area as well as secondary monsplasty procedures.

Buttock Lift - Plastic Surgery in the Extreme Weight Loss Patient
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Sagging of the buttocks is one of the many body changes that take place after extreme amounts of weight loss. Options for correction of buttock sag or ptosis include a circumferential body lift, superior and inferior buttock lifts, and possible buttock implants.

Breast Reshaping With Lifts and Implants in Extreme Weight Loss Patients
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] In extreme weight loss, the breast deflates and sags significantly. Reshaping of such a breast requires a combined lift and implant procedure. Because these two combined procedures work against each other in achieving their objectives, it is difficult to get a good symmetrical result. Revisions are often needed in these type of breast procedures.

How to Correct a Prominent Chin
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] A prominent chin is caused by excess bone and soft tissue. Its correction requires a careful burring down of bone and removal and resuspension of the excess soft tissues of the chin through a skin incision in the submental crease.

The Popularity of the Limited Facelift (Jowl Lift)
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Many facelifts today are scaled down versions that treat smaller facial aging problems and fit many patients lifestyles. While advertised by some as the Lifestyle Lift, the limited facelift is performed by many plastic surgeons. When combined with other facial procedures, limited facelifts can make a real difference although they will be some recovery secondary to swelling and bruising.

Understanding the Differences in Implant Failure in Breast Augmentation
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The risk of breast implant failure is a possibility for anyone undergoing breast augmentation. Saline breast implants fail by deflation and a change in the appearance of the breast. Silicone breast implants fail through a non-visible process known as silent rupture.

Fixing Problems With Jaw Angle Implants
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Jaw angle implants are one of the most infrequently performed types of facial implants used for aesthetic or reconstructive enhancement of the back part of the jaw. They are much less commonly done than cheek or chin implants. Like implants placed anywhere on the body, they have the potential for complications such as infection, shifting and asymmetry, and size issues.

The Long-Lasting Facial Injectable Filler is No Longer Available
[Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] Just when the options in injectable filler therapy continue to expand (three entered the commercial market this year alone), a casualty amongst them has occurred. At the end of November 2008, Artes Medical (the manufacturer of ArteFill injectable filler) ceased operations and has filed for bankruptcy. Posts on the internet have cited the downturn in the economy and corporate mismanagement as the reasons for financial failure.

New Method For Cartilage Grafting in Rhinoplasty
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Using cartilage to build up the nose is a natural and proven method. Diced cartilage wrapped in temporalis fascia is an innovative cartilage grafting method that has numerous advantages over more solid cartilage or bone grafts.

Combination of Breast Lifts With Implant Surgery in Extreme Weight Loss Breast Reshaping
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The severely sagging breast usually requires a combined breast lift with an implant, known as a mastopexy with augmentation in plastic surgery terms. This combined procedure lifts and repositions the nipple to a more central mound position, tightens and reshapes the breast mound into more of a conical form, and adds volume to create a fuller mound.

The Purpose of Before and After Photographs in Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The use of before and after photographs is common in plastic surgery. While once used to convey the happiness that occurs from the procedures, the proliferation of their use today now serves as a more critical assessment of a plastic surgeon's work.

Breast Lifting in the Bariatric Surgery Or Extreme Weight Loss Patient
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Women who lose a lot of weight suffer from a deflation and severe sagging of the breast as a result. To reshape such a saggy breast, full or extended breast lifts are needed. Often, a breast implant is needed to add more volume as well.

Fixing the Problematic Cheek Implant Result
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Cheek implants are one of the more common types of facial implants used for aesthetic or reconstructive enhancement of the malar area. They are second in use only behind chin implants which are the most common implant placed on the facial bones. Like all implants, they have the potential for some complications such as infection, shifting and asymmetry, and poor sizing and positioning.

If Your Chin Implant Has Problems, It Can Be Fixed
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Chin augmentation with an implant is a common and relatively simple operation in most cases. However like all plastic surgery procedures that require an implant to create much of the result, implant-related complications can occur. These complications can include inadequate to over sizing of the implant, infection, and shifting and malposition of the implant.

Plastic Surgery of the Breast After Extreme Weight Loss - An Uplifting Experience
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Extreme weight loss causes a deflation of the breast, making it sag below the lower skin crease with the nipple pointing downward. Restoration of the breast shape requires an extended skin and nipple lifting procedure, often requiring an implant as well for more volume. The combination of a breast lift with an implant not infrequently requires a revision for optimal shape and symmetry between the breasts.

Reshaping Your Forehead With Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Forehead reshaping involves bone reduction or synthetic augmentation. In forehead augmentation, material choices include PMMA or HA each of which has their own advantages and disadvantages. Either material usually requires a significant scalp incision for access and placement.

Getting the Natural Lip Enhancement Result With Injectable Fillers
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Injectable fillers are the most common method of lip enhancement. It is a quick and easy procedure, albeit not completely painless, that produces an immediately gratifying lip result. One of the most common fears of many lip injection patients is that they will end up with a lip that is too big or unnatural.

Changes in the Female Breast After Extreme Weight Loss
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] While all breasts naturally sag as a result of aging, this problem is significantly exaggerated by extreme weight loss. Much like letting air out of a balloon, it deflates with weight loss and the mound and nipple sag and, in many cases, end up with the breast pointing south and the nipple pointing to the floor.

Eyelash Extensions As a Replacement For Mascara - It is For You?
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Semi-permanent eyelash extensions thicken and lengthen eyelashes without mascara. They are applied to each eyelash with a special adhesive in a variety of lengths, colors, and curves. Maintenance replacement of eyelash extensions are necessary every month or so as one's natural eyelashes are naturally shed.

Helping One to Heal and Recover Faster After Major Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Major plastic surgery, particularly of the body, places a strain on one's system to heal. Wound healing problems are not rare. Good nutrition, adequate rest, and good physical conditioning are helpful things that a patient can do before surgery to lessen healing problems and shorten recovery after surgery.

Proper Dosing For Facial Cosmetic Injections For Unwanted Wrinkles
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Like all drugs, the effects of Botox facial injections are dose-dependent. Administered in units, the minimum effective dose for most facial areas is around 20 units. Investing in less than 16 to 20 units in any given facial area will likely produce disappointing results.

What Can Fat Injections Do For the Aging Face?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Enhancement of the aging face can be assisted with the use of fat injections. Harvested from each patient and processed and mixed in a special way, fat injections are quite versatile and can be used to sculpt and enhance deficient facial areas.

Patient Satisfaction With Cosmetic Facial Injections For Undesired Expression Management
[Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] Botox is the world's most popular minimally invasive facial treatment for cosmetic purposes. Temporarily decreasing or eliminating certain forehead and eye wrinkles that result from reflex facial expressions has proven to be highly desired throughout much of the civilized world. I have always said that Botox is so popular because it simply works well and in a way that even invasive surgery can not usually do.

The Importance of Nutrition in Bariatric Patients Undergoing Body Contouring After Weight Loss
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Bariatric surgery is the most common method of extreme weight loss. As a result of that weight loss, many patients will seek to undergo body contouring surgery. Because of the bypass procedure, some patients will have undiagnosed nutritional deficiencies that can significantly impact the healing of wounds from extensive body contouring surgeries. Nutritional supplementation prior to body contouring surgery can significantly reduce complications after surgery.

Natural Vs Unnatural Cheek Enhancement in Facial Aging
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Cheek implants can be a useful technique in the treatment of the sagging cheek from facial aging. Natural-looking results from the use of cheek implants come from avoiding using implants that are too large. In facial rejuvenation, the use of cheek implants is a delicate balance between implant size and the amount of tissue lifting that is needed.

Removing the Hump on Your Nose With Rhinoplasty Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] An important part of rhinoplasty surgery is removal of a hump or bump on the nose. Taking down bone and cartilage that makes up nasal hump must be carefully done to prevent postoperative irregularities of the bridge of the nose as well as creating difficult breathing through the nose that did not exist prior to surgery.

Long-Term Results With Threaded (Barbed Suture) Facelifting Procedures - Is it Worth It?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The appeal of using specialized sutures to resuspend sagging facial tissues in a minimally-invasive operation is enormous. Doing a little facial tightening or tuck-up as an office procedure with little downtime has its obvious advantages.

The Elbow Lift in Body Contouring After Extreme Weight Loss
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Removal of excess skin around the elbow and forearm is uncommon but occasionally can be needed in the extreme weight loss patient. When done across the back of the elbow, the amount of skin removed should be conservative to avoid wound separation problems during the healing period.

The Five Most Common Misconceptions About Breast Reduction Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Breast reduction is a common plastic surgery operation. Patients often have misconceptions about the pain after surgery, whether their breasts will have a better shape after surgery, will their nipples be removed and loss feeling afterwards, and whether insurance will pay for their breast reduction operation.

Arm Lift Surgery in Extreme Weight Loss - Inside Or Back of the Arm?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Excess skin from the upper arms after extreme amounts of weight loss can be removed by an arm lift or brachioplasty procedure. The arm lift operation can be done leaving a scar on either the inside or back of the arm. Which approach is best is based on what scar location the patient finds most acceptable.

Why the Need For Secondary Tuck-Ups After Facelift Surgery?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Facelifts provide an excellent albeit temporary solution for aging neck and jowl concerns. While facelifts may be temporary, their benefits usually last for years. Every facelift patient will have some mild loosening of skin during the first year after surgery due to a phenomenon of rebound relaxation. This is an expected issue that is usually mild but is important for a patient to understand so that they can have realistic expectations about their long-term result.

Is Permanent Cosmetic Makeup For Me?
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Permanent makeup, also known as micropigmentation or intradermal pigmentation, is an established method of applying small amounts of colored pigments into the deep (dermal) layer of the skin. This technology has been around for over twenty years and has been proven to be medically safe.

Rapid Recovery Breast Augmentation Assisted by ActiPatch Device
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] In a prospective patient study of recovery after breast augmentation, topical patches delivering pulsed electromagnetic therapy (Actipatch) were incorporated as part of the Rapid Recovery protocol. Control and active Actipatch devices were applied to both breasts for 72 hours after breast augmentation surgery. The majority (73%, 36/48) of the patients felt that the active side (unknown to the patient) had the least pain associated with it.

Rhinoplasty (Nosejob) In the Older Patient
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Rhinoplasty in the older patient is becoming more common. As the nose ages, the tip droops potentially causing breathing problems and making the nose look longer. Standard rhinoplasty techniques are used to lift and refine the tip, shortening the nose and improving breathing as well.

Softening the Deep Chin (Labiomental) Fold With Injectable Fillers
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The labiomental fold is an uncommon area to treat with injectable fillers because it is an infrequent area of concern for most people. It can, however, be softened by the use of injectbale fillers. It is an east and economical facial area to treat.

The Need For Arm Lifts After Extreme Weight Loss
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The sagging skin that results from extreme weight loss does not spare the upper body, particularly the arms. Flabby upper arm skin, often referred to as 'bat wings', is a very troubling problem that makes many affected women wear long sleeves, even in warmer weather.

Correction of Jaw Asymmetry With Implants
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Facial asymmetry exists whenever one side of the face does not match the other in size and shape. The most common reason this occurs is due to different development patterns of the underlying facial bones and is most commonly seen in people who have some facial bone development issues such as cleft lip and palate and other craniofacial birth defects.

Will Insurance Pay For My Rhinoplasty (Nose Job)?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Rhinoplasty changes the outward appearance of the nose and is usually a cosmetic procedure. There are a limited number of medical reasons that may qualify for health insurance coverage which are cleft and craniofacial birth defects and middle vault collapse causing breathing problems.

Insurance Predetermination For Plastic Surgery Procedures
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Certain plastic surgery procedures may be eligible to be covered by your health insurance. Their potential eligibility is derived from a predetermination and precertification process.

Botox Injections For Clenching (Bruxism)
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Bruxism is the excessive clenching of one's teeth, usually at night, that results in muscle pain and wearing down of one' steeth. Botox, an injectable muscle paralyzing treatment, can be a useful treatment for clenching in the properly selected patient.

Will Removing Fat From My Cheeks (Buccal Lipectomy) Make My Face Look Thinner?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Buccal lipectomy is a plastic surgery procedure that can remove fat from the area underneath the cheek bones. It is a very distinct fat collection that affects this one area only and is not a procedure by itself that can make a fat face thin. For those seeking better definition of the cheek bones by creating a subtle indentation beneath it, this can be an effective procedure.

Breast Augmentation and the Need For Reoperation - How Likely is It?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Breast augmentation is one of the most common cosmetic plastic surgery procedures performed. Reoperation rates for breast augmentation approximate 30% nationally, most commonly for cosmetic concern such as asymmetry or size concerns. Every women undergoing breast augmentation needs to be aware that revivional surgery may be necessary for managing complication or getting optimal results.

The Manufacturer Warranties of Breast Implants
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] To allay economic concerns about breast implant failure, breast implant manufacturers have warranties on these medical devices. Basic warranties include lifelong implant replacement and a cost contribution for replacement surgery in the first ten years. Enhanced warranties are available that provide greater financial compensation in the first 10 years.

Orbital Rim and Cheek Implants - What Do They Do?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Improvement in a depression or shallow underneath the eye and cheek can be done with specially-designed orbital rim and cheek implants. Placed through a lower eyelid incision and secured to the bone, they can provide a subtle but visible difference.

Correcting the Chest Deformity in the Massive Weight Loss Patient
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The chest deformity after massive weight loss in men is a frequent area of concern. The removal of excess skin is often needed with a resultant low horizontal scar. The nipple can be repositioned as either a free or pedicled graft. Pedicled grafts usually look more natural after healing.

How Does an Upper Body Lift Differ From a Lower Body Lift?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The excess skin and fat from extreme weight loss often creates a circumferential hanging effect at many levels of the body. While many think of the body lift as only one contouring procedure, they are only thinking of the lower body lift or circumferential body lift procedure. There is another body lift procedure for the upper body, not surprisingly called the upper body lift.

Revision Rhinoplasty - Rebuilding the Bridge of the Nose
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Loss of height of the bridge of the nose is one potential problem from rhinoplasty surgery. Revisional rhinoplasty of this problem consists of rebuilding the nose with cartilage or dermal grafts. Synthetic implants, while available, are rarely used due to their long-term risks of potential problems.

What is Body Lift Surgery For the Bariatric Patient?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The body lift procedure is a combination of three different plastic surgery procedures including a tummy tuck, thigh lift, and buttock lift. It removes skin in a circumferential manner producing a dramatic change in the midsection of the body for those patients with extreme loose skin after weight loss.

Modern Rhinoplasty - Making a Nose That Fits Your Face
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Modern rhinoplasty strives to achieve a nose that fits one's face. Using conservative removal of bone and cartilage and adding structural support through sutures and cartilage grafts, a balanced nose will stand the test of time and is less likely to cause nasal breathing problems.

The Abdominal Panniculectomy Vs Tummy Tuck - What is the Difference?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The abdominal pannus is an overhang of skin and fat, Its removal, the abdominal panniculectomy, was more common before bariatric surgery become commonplace. It is different from a tummy tuck in that no muscles are tightened, no liposuction is done, and it is a simple amputation procedure.

Extended Tummy Tucks in the Bariatric Surgery Patient
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The amount of extra skin created by extreme amounts of weight loss in the bariatric surgery patient requires the use of different types of tummy tucks. Extended and fleur-de-lis tummy tucks give better results due to more skin removal at the price of extra scars.

Asymmetry After Breast Augmentation - Why Does it Happen?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The single most common complication in breast augmentation is asymmetry of the breasts after surgery. I don't know what the national average rate of revisional surgery is to correct breast asymmetry after implant placement, but in my practice it is about 5%. Clearly, one can see that this risk is not rare.

Options in Tear Trough Facial Deformity Correction
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Tear trough deformities are deep depressions that develop between the eye and the nose. They may be treated with synthetic and fat injections or specially shaped synthetic implants for this area. Each of these treatment methods has their own advantages and disadvantages.

Understanding Scars From Body Contouring Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Body contouring surgery after extreme weight loss involves the removal of large amounts of skin and fat. This creates a lot of scar as a trade-off. The healing of these incisions and the resulting scars is a process which almost always involves extruding sutures, small areas of wound separation, and redness of the scar that persists for up to a year after surgery.

Understanding the Tear Trough Cosmetic Problem
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The tear trough facial deformity is a frequently misdiagnosed cosmetic problem. Tear troughs, which are deep indentations between the eye and the nose, are often confused with loss of fat volume in the eye at the eyelid level or underdevelopment of the bone at the lower rim of the eye socket and cheek. Because very different treatment methods are used for each concern, an accurate diagnosis of the tear trough problem is important.

Injecting Youth - Facts Vs Fiction on Botox and Injectable Fillers
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The recent phenomenon and popularity of Botox and injectable fillers for quick temporary fixes of cosmetic facial concerns has led many to consider or have these treatments. Because of their prevalence throughout our society and the resultant marketing behind them, many patients are confused and have inaccurate information as to what these cosmetic treatments can and cannot due.

Face the Facts - Insights on Cosmetic Facial Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Cosmetic surgery of the face is more popular than ever. People are interested in looking more refreshed, less tired, and sometimes changing how their face looks. And people are doing it at a younger age than ever before. Learn the facts on the popular facial surgeries such as facelifts, eye tucks, rhinoplasty, chin implants, and lip enhancement.

Aging May Be More in the Genes Than We Thought
[Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] The cause of human aging has historically been thought of as due to a deterioration of cellular and genetic damage caused by numerous environmental factors. Recent research suggests, however, that it may be as much as a result of genetic programming as anything else. Perhaps such genetic programming may one day be capable of being manipulated.

Different Cheek Implants For Different Problems
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The cheek area is a central and critical element of one's facial appearance. Situated between the pyramidal landmarks of the eye, mouth, and jaw angle, its prominence (or lack thereof) provides projection to the middle of the face. In today's society, the perception of high or prominent cheekbones is one that is a positive statement about attractiveness and beauty.

What Can Rhinoplasty Do For Me?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Rhinoplasty is cosmetic reshaping of the external appearance of the nose. Its goal is to get a natural looking nose by putting into better balance the differing cartilage and bone components that make up its structure.

Is There Any Difference in the Differing Materials For Chin Implants?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Chin implants are a simple method in creasing the size of one's chin. They are manufactured out of silicone rubber, medpor, and Gore-tex like materials. While they have different handling features, the body views them pretty much the same without differences in longevity, infection rates, and cosmetic outcomes.

The Standard Tummy Tuck in the Extreme Weight Loss Patient
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The extra skin and fat around the waistline is usually the most common concern for most extreme weight loss patients. It is the most frequently requested procedure in this patient group and is usually done first in the priority of body contouring procedures. In cases of only moderate skin excess, a more simple and traditional tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) may suffice.

Plastic Surgery Reshaping the Abdomen After Extreme Weight Loss
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Extreme weight loss commonly results in loose hanging skin around the waistline. Based on the amount and location of the extra skin and fat, there are five different types of tummy tuck options.

Asymmetry in Breast Augmentation Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] One of the risks of breast augmentation surgery is asymmetry of the breasts after surgery. The most common cause is that the patient's pre-existing anatomy in which the breasts did not develop symmetrically or have been affected by pregnancy and age.

Understanding Recovery After Body Contouring Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Complete recovery after body contouring surgery can take up to two months after surgery. Recovery is in three phases of 0 to 10 days, 10 to 21 days, and 3 weeks to 2 month time periods. What is involved in each recovery period is explained.

The Need For Drains After Body Contouring Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Body contouring surgery with its long incisions requires drains in immediate after surgery period. Drains remove weeping internal fluid that could cause infection and failure of the internal wound to heal. The number of drains and the length of time they must remain will differ based on the type of body contouring surgery.

How to Get a Natural Facelift Result
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Facelifts can make a remarkable difference in the improvement of sagging jowls and necks. The fear of many patients, however, is that they will look unnatural or strange afterwards. This can be avoided by good incision placement and not pulling back too much skin. The patient must realize that no matter how much you pull back on a facelift, you will not get much improvement in the aging mouth area.

How Much Pain Will I Have After My Body Contouring Surgery?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Body contouring surgery involves long incisions and large amounts of skin removed. Despite this extent of surgery, most body contouring surgeries cause less pain than one would think. Oral pain medications are more than adequate to handle the early discomfort after surgery.

How Long Will My Body Contouring Surgery Be?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The time to complete body contouring surgeries is often quite extensive compared to other types of surgery. Surgery time includes every event that occurs from the time you enter the operating room until you leave, not just the time to complete the actual surgical procedure(s).

What Are the Major Risks of Body Contouring Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Major complications after body contouring surgery are rare and include deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism at the top of the list. Aggressive prevention during and after surgery is done including intraoperative leg compression and postoperative walking.

Wound Healing Risks of Body Contouring Surgery After Extreme Weight Loss
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Body contouring surgery has significant risk of wound healing problems due to the magnitude of the procedures. Most of these, such as wound separation, fluid collections or infection, rarely require further surgery but heal on their own with in-office care.

How to Manage Your Scars After Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The management of the incisions (scars) after plastic surgery can make a difference in their long-term appearance. Applying topical scar treatments between 3 weeks and 3 months after surgery is very important. Avoiding excessive sun exposure with a combined UVA/UVB sunscreen is also important.

Liposuction Sculpting of the Calves and Ankles
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The thick calf and ankle area can be improved by two liposuction techniques, either spot sculpting or overall circumferential reduction. Calf and ankle liposuction is not for the obese patient or those with very muscular legs.

The Open Rhinoplasty - Seeing is Better
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The reshaping of the nose is a difficult surgery due to the complexity of its many small and interconnected parts. Better rhinoplasty results are obtained today by doing the surgery open in which the cartilages and some of the bone can be directly seen.

Medical Evaluation and Clearance For Body Contouring Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The magnitude of body contouring surgery in extreme weight loss patients requires laboratory testing and medical clearance before surgery can be done. Normal laboratory examinations including CBC, bleeding time, metabolic panel, and EKG are adequate for medical clearance.

The Financial Considerations of Body Contouring Surgery After Extreme Weight Loss
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The costs of elective body contouring surgery after weight loss is rarely covered by insurance. Most body contouring costs must be born by the patient and paid in advance.

Choosing a Plastic Surgeon For Your Body Contouring Procedures
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Choosing an experienced plastic surgeon for your body contouring surgery after weight loss is obviously important. Checking their credentials at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons and reviewing their photographic results and talking to former patients are reliable methods of selection.

Staging Bariatric Plastic Surgery Procedures
[Health-and-Fitness:Obesity] Extreme weight loss results in many undesirable body changes. While many of these areas can be improved by body contouring procedures, bariatric plastic surgery must be staged for safety considerations and recovery concerns. Two or more stages of body contouring procedures are necessary for many patients over a one year period to get maximal results.

Body Contouring Surgery - Where Do I Start?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Changes in the body after extreme weight loss pose challenges for corrective body contouring surgery. With many needs to be addressed and usually more than one operation needed to address them, a patient needs to establish a list of priorities so that their plastic surgery can be properly staged.

A Good Facelift Result Means Good Scars (and Incision Placement)
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Facelifts do a terrific job of improving one's jawline and neck area. But all patients do want to look ike they have had a facelift which can be evident from looking unnatural (too tight) or having visible conspicuous incisions. Incision placement and management of the sideburn hair, earlobe, and occipital scalp hairline is key to a natural facelift result.

What to Expect After Your Body Contouring Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Body contouring surgery after extreme weight loss can make some dramatic changes in the shape of one's body. With that dramatic chance comes the realistic expectations of substantial scarring and a significant recovery and the need to maintain a healthy lifestyle for long-term maintenance of what you have achieved.

Current and Emerging Approaches For Scar Treatments
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Scars are frequently a problem and a great concern for many patients. There are a variety of current scar treatments which vary based on their risk of causing potential problems. Future scar treatment approaches are based an anti-inflammatory mediators such as TGF-beta and COX-2 inhibitors.

Body Contouring Surgery - How Soon After the Weight Loss?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Some extreme weight loss patients will eventually undergo some form of body contouring surgery for excessive hanging skin. How soon after the weight loss can surgery be done will depend on various factors. Most importantly, the patient must have good nutritional and systemic health which is not usually obtained until six to twelve months after maximal weight loss is achieved.

Am I a Good Candidate For Body Contouring Surgery?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Large amounts of weight loss can leave behind loose skin and fat which can be improved with body contouring surgery. Who is a good candidate for these bariatric plastic surgery procedures is based on one's health, body mass index (BMI), and financial preparedness.

Why the Loose Skin After Extreme Weight Loss?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Extreme weight loss is well known to leave a person with loose hanging skin. Why does this occur? Will further diet and exercise help. Is surgery the only option?

Body Contouring Surgery After Large Amounts of Weight Loss
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Large amounts of weight loss result in loose hanging skin and fat. These body areas can be reshaped through a specialized form of plastic surgery known as body contouring surgery or bariatric plastic surgery.

Surgically Tweaking the Tip of Your Nose
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] One of the most common reasons people seek nose surgery (rhinoplasty) is to improve the shape of their nose at the prominent tip. Surgery of the nasal tip can narrow, shorten, lift, or any combination of these maneuvers to improve its shape.

Getting Rid of That Bump on Your Nose
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] A hump or bump on one's nose is one of the most common reasons someone wants to have their nose fixed. (rhinoplasty) Humop reduction is an essential part of many rhinoplasties and it may be done by filing it down or cutting it off. When the hump reduction is significant, the lower part of the bones of the nose must be broken to recreate a smooth narrow nasal bridge.

The Use of Synthetic Implants in Rhinoplasty
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] There is an intermittent need for the use of implants in rhinoplasty (nose) surgery. Most of the time the patient's own graft material (bone, cartilage) is used but infrequently there is a temptation to use a synthetic material instead. While synthetic nasal implants do simplify certain types of rhinoplasties, they have a much higher long-term complication rate.

Facelifting With Chin Augmentation - An Uplifting Experience
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Some patients who request a facelift procedure have an unrecognized short chin that contributes to an undesired appearance to one' s neck. A chin implant done at the time of the facelift contributes to a better jawline as the neck angle is improved. The addition of a chin implant is quick and easy and adds no length of time to the operation or recovery.

Changing the Shape of the Face With Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Changing the shape of the face from round or ill-defined to a more angular shape requires a combination of plastic surgery techniques. Cheek, chin and jaw angle implants combined with fat removal in the neck and cheeks constitute the plastic surgery techniques that are available. Whether one wants a more sharply defined angular face or a more subtle derounding approach will change what techniques are needed.

Combined Medically Necessary and Cosmetic Surgery - Who Pays For What?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] There is a clear financial distinction between medically necessary and cosmetic surgery expenses, particularly when two such operations are done at the same time. Many patients have the erroneous perception that their health insurance will bear some of the costs of the cosmetic procedure because they are asleep anyway. This very popular belief is both wrong and in violation of one's health insurance policy.

Shaping Up Your Neck With Liposuction and a Chin Implant
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] A full ill-defined neck can be improved with two common plastic surgery procedures done together, neck liposuction and a chin implant. Liposuction creates a sharper neck angle by fat removal and skin contraction while a chin implant lengthens the jawline by bringing the chin further forward. Together a dramatic change can be made in creating a better neck shape.

The Benefits of Simultaneous Nose and Chin Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Changing one's facial profile is most commonly done with a combination rhinoplasty and chin implant procedure. Reducing the size of the nose and bringing the chin forward improves facial balance and decreases facial convexity. Computer imaging is critical to determine the benefits of rhinoplasty with or without a chin implant.

Test Driving Your Face - Online Facial Imaging Program
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Computer imaging for various facial procedures is now available online and for free. By uploading your own picture, you can look at various procedures and see what effect they create. This is both a fun and useful tool before going in to see a plastic surgeon for a formal consultation.

The Symphony of Facial Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Cosmetic plastic surgery of the face is about achieving balance and proportion of the various facial features. While patients may have only one facial feature that they would like changed, it may be that changing several feature may give a better result. This is where computer imaging is so valuable in facial plastic surgery.

An Orthopedic Approach to Changing the Shape of the Chin
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Chin alteration through the use of synthetic implants is, by far, the most common method of changing the shape of the chin. Implants, however, are limited in changing certain dimensions of the chin such height and width reduction. Chin osteotomies, or actual moving and reshaping the chin bone, offers some dimensional changes that chin implants do not.

Different Methods For Jaw Angle Reduction
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Reduction of a prominent jaw angle can be done several ways. Cutting of the bone from inside the mouth is a surgical method while Botox injections into the masseteric muscle is a non-surgical approach. Which one is best will vary based on each individual patient.

Is it Possible to Make Your Cheeks Wider Without Implants?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Cheek enhancement is most commonly down with synthetic cheek implants. An alternative approach is a simple procedure to cut the front part of the cheek bone and move it out wider. This bone cutting technique will provide more cheek width but not any forward projection.

Improving the Appearance of the Male Chest With Pectoral Implants
[Health-and-Fitness:Mens-Issues] Like women, men can enhance the appearance of their chest. While commonly done through weightlifting and exercise, some men are incapable of enhancing their chest muscles due to genetics or congenital chest wall deformity. In this cases, pectoral implants offer a fairly simple and effective method for immediate chest improvement.

Making the Cheek Bones More Narrow With Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Narrowing of the wide-appearing cheeks cacn be done by bone removal. By going through the mouth, a small piece of bone can be removed from where the cheek attaches to the upper jaw. This bone removal method allows the cheek to fall inward, narrowing the width of the cheeks.

Reshaping the Prominent Brow Bone With Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The very prominent brow bone, while rarely needing plastic surgery modification, can be reduced and reshaped into a softer forehead appearance. When done, it is either performed in the male with a 'neanderthal' brow appearance or in male to female conversion. (female feminization surgery, FFS)

Is Using Injectable Fillers For Cheek and Chin Augmentation a Good Idea?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The popularity of injectable fillers for cosmetic skin contouring has naturally led to their consideration and use for other facial concerns. Using injectable fillers for augmenting the facial bones to create an external change in appearance is one option...which is not a good one.

The Advantages of a Chin Osteotomy Vs a Chin Implant
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Chin augmentation with a synthetic implant is a popular and very effective procedure for most patients with chin deficiency problems. In some select patients, however, moving the chin bone as opposed to using an implant has some advantages and benefits.

The Paranasal Facial Implant For Aesthetic Facial Contouring
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Facfial implants are a simple and very effective method in plastic surgery to make facial changes and improve one's facial balance and proportions. Of all the available facial implants and facial areas to improve, the paranasal implant is the least known.

Shaping the Chin With Different Implants
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] A chin implant is a simple plastic surgery procedure that brings increases the chin prominence and improves one's facial profile. Today's chin implants allow for far greater chin changes than merely increased horizontal fullness.

What Materials Are Used For Facial Implants
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The use of facial implants is a common cosmetic facial surgery for improving one's facial profile and appearance. There are numerous materials that commercially-sold facial implants are manufactured from and, although each one is chemically different with slight differences in physical properties, they all will work well when implanted in the face.

Making Facial Implant Surgery Successful
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] the use of facial implants (e.g., chin and cheek implants) is a simple plastic surgery procedure with a high rate of success. A few important principles are necessary, however, to avoid the rare risk of some complications.

Why Are Facial Implants So Popular?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The use of synthetic implants to change certain facial features, such as the cheek and chin areas, are commonly done plastic surgery procedures today. But what accounts for the popularity and everyday use of facial implants?

Facial Beauty and Plastic Surgery - What Makes a Face Attractive?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] While plastic surgery has the capability to make a lot of facial changes, such efforts must first begin with a knowledge of what truly makes a face attractive. Understanding the importance of symmetry, facial proportions, and a youthful appearance, a surgical plan can be devised to achieve the goal of improved facial beauty.

Securing Facial Implants to the Bone - An Easy Way to Avoid Complications
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The use of silicone rubber implants to enhance one's facial appearance is a common and simple plastic surgery procedure. Due to their smooth surface, the most common complication of facial implants is that they might shift or move from their desired location after surgery. Simple metal screw fixation of the implant, which adds essentially no extra time and cost, will eliminate that potential complication completely.

Picking the Right Injectable Filler Product For You
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] There are a plethora of injectable filler products for lip enhancement and softening facial wrinkles and grroves. But choosing which one is best for you can be difficult. The strategy of balancing how long they last and their cost can help you in your decision process with your plastic surgeon.

The Future of Cosmetic Injectable Fillers
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Cosmetic injectable filler treatments are done today with compounds that are well tolerated but have a relatively short lifespan, necessitating repeated treatments over time. The use of one's own fat as a filling agent, while theoretically appealing, has often been met with less than ideal survival. Efforts are being made today to improve the effectiveness of fat graft injections through improved technology the promise of stem cell isolation.

Where Have the Collagen Facial Fillers Gone?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Tne use of temporary injectable fillers for smoothing out certain facial wrinkles and enlarging lips is very popular today. In reality, the use of the injectable filler concept has been around for nearly thirty years since collagen implants were introduced in 1981. But yet, today, few of the injectable fillers are collagen anymore. Collagen has largely been replaced because it hs poor persistence to newer materials used for injectable fillers.

Getting Rid of That Turkey Neck With Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] As one ages, many will develop a very noticeable and bother some neck waddle. Unflatteringy called a turkey neck by some, its improvement require some variation of a facelift procedure. Getting back a smoother jaw line and a more defined neck angle requires skin to be lifted up and back, which is exactly what a facelift does.

LipoDissolve Injections For Neck and Jowl Fat - How Does it Work?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Spot reduction of neck and jowl fat can be done with LipoDissolve injection therapy. Using a mixture of synthetic lecithin and bile salt, this combination can break down the fat cell walls releasing free fat for absorption. While non-FDA approved, LipoDissolve can be safely done when used in small amounts with limited injections per session.

A Natural Approach to Chemical Facial Expression Management
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Chemical management of unwanted facial expressions is treated with the well known injectable paralyzing agent Botox. Many patients fear that its use will result in an unnatural frozen facial appearance. understanding the economics and dosing principles of Botox will allay that fear.

Fat-Reducing Injections (LipoDissolve) Of the Neck and Jowls
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Excess fat in the neck and jowl area can be removed by several methods. LipoDissolve injections, a non-surgical approach, is an alternative option to traditional liposuction. While effective, LipoDissolve treatments of the neck and jowls is not efficient requiring multiple treatment sessions over 3 to 4 months. It is also associated with considerable swelling of the injected areas for up to five days after each treatment.

Results in Plastic Surgery is an Effort Vs Reward Phenomenon
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] With the popularity of plastic surgery today, society is bombarded with ads and promotions that offer great results with minimal downtime or effort. In reality, with the exception of Botox and injectable fillers, facial improvements and body changes require considerable effort in terms of recovery and economics. Like most things in life, you often do get what you pay for...or....not much effort, not much result.

Beard Skin and the Male Facelift
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The male face poses some different challenges than a woman's primarily due to the presence of beard skin and the amount of scalp hair. The need to place the incision in front of the ear, rather than into it, and the displacement of some beard skin behind the ear are the main issues. With good presurgical counseling, men can easily adapt to these subtle facelift modifications.

Acquired Resistance to Muscle-Paralyzing Facial Injections - Is it Real?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Botox injections for facial wrinkle reduction are very popular due to their tremendous effectiveness. A few patients anectodally report that they have become resistant to the muscle-paralyzing effects of Botox over time after many repeated treatments. Any drug with repetitive use has the potential to develop immunity and Botox is not exception. Enough clinical evidence exists that Botox immunity does exist albeit very infrequently.

Skin Treatments For After the Summer
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The summer sun for many leaves both good memories and some damaging effects on the skin. Dryness, discoloration, wrinkles, and poor texture leave skin dull looking. There are many good skin treatments to reverse these effects including medical facial, microdermabrasion, laser skin resurfacing, and photofacials. Whicones are best for your skin issues requires a thorough consultation with a medical aesthetician who works closely with a plastic surgeon.

Bargain Botox - You Get What You Pay For
[Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] The prevalence and popularity of Botox cosmetic facial injections has created a whole subculture of discount pricing and bargain treatment packages. Very low priced Botox most likely provides a diluted product, compromises in injector training and expertise, and quality of the treatment environment.

The Basics of Cosmetic Botox For Facial Expression Control
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Botox, the number one cosmetic drug in the world, is very effective at controlling the undesired experssions of frowning, forehead wrinkling, crow's feet. While it has widespread common use, very few patients actually know much about its history, chemistry, and how it actually works.

The Cheek - A Missing Element of Improving the Aging Face
[Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] Loss of cheek fat helps contribute to an aging facial appearance as the midface sinks in and drops. Restoring cheek volume can be very beneficial for some aging patients. This can be done through fat injections, cheek implants, or temporary injectable fillers. Cheek enhancement can be done as part of a facelift procedure in an older patient or as a stand alone procedure in the younger patient.

The Myth of a Teenage Plastic Surgery Epidemic
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The widespread exposure and availability of cosmetic surgery for the face and body undoubtedly has an influence on teenagers and young adults. This has led to the perception that plastic surgery is on the rise in this age population. In reality, patients having elective cosmetic plastic surgery between the ages of 16 and 22 is very small and no dramatic increase has been seen in this decade. Cost and affordability is the main reason younger patients do not make up a higher percentage of plastic surgery patients.

Breast Enlargement Pills - Fact Or Farce?
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] The allure of being able to increase one's breast size with a pill is attractive and highly advertised. The scientific evidence to support many manufacturer's claim for their pill's effectiveness is weak and mainly anectodal. While they may produce some small amount of breast size increase, this effect is only temporary and is achieved through an estrogen-like effect and fluid retention. As these pills are not regulated by the FDA, no claim can be made as to their safety let alone their effectiveness.

New Insights Into Body Dysmorphic Disorder in Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Body dysmorphic disorder is a well recognized problem in plastic surgery where the patient is obsessed with a perceived physical flaw and undergoes repeat surgeries in the hope of correction. New study information suggests that the cause of BDD may be a flaw in the visual cortex, making the patient see details of images that are not really there.

Facelifts For Men - What Makes Them Different?
[Health-and-Fitness:Mens-Issues] Facelifts in men are different from that of women in regards to expectations and some technical aspects of the procedure. The hairstyle and beard skin of men change some issues about incision placement and scarring. Men also do not desire a dramatic result and prefer a more subtle less obvious one.

The Ten Instructions After Your Body Lift Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Weight loss after bariatric surgery or extreme dieting will usually cause a large amount of loose skin to develop around the waistline. A body lift procedure will remove this loose skin around the entire circumference of the waistline, improving the frontal stomach appearance as well as that of the back and buttocks. Here is a list of my instruction to my body lift pat

Restoring a Youthful Appearance to the Aging Hand
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Hand rejuvenation by restoring volume with injectable fillers is a new cosmetic treatment. There are numerous types of injectable fillers, all with their own advantages and disadvantages. Which one is best for use in the hands is not yet known.

What Causes Lower Eyelid Bags and How Do You Get Rid of Them?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Part of the aging process are changes that occur around the eyes. The development of loose skin and lower eyelid bags is common and very bothersome to some patients. The lower eyelid bag is caused by the protrusion of excess fat from undeneath the eyball. Correcting this appearance requires a lower blepharoplasty procedure of which fat removal is an important component of the operation.

The Theoretical Appeal of Human-Derived Collagen For Facial Injections
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Collagen implants for cosmetic injection are tremendously appealing but those materials derived from bovine animal sources do not last very long and risk an allergic reaction. Human-derived collagen implants made from cell culture techniques promise longer results with less allergenicity. As time has shown, a skin test is not needed with human-derived collagen and the risk of allergic reactions is very low but it does not appear to last any longer.

The Historic Use of Bovine Collagen Injections For Facial Lines and Wrinkles
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] There are many different injectable fillers available today for the cosmetic treatment of facial lines and wrinkles. Bovine collagen was the original facial injection which was introduced in 1981. While it has now been surpassed by different non-collagen formulations which last longer and have less reactivity, it is still the predicate device used to comparatively test today's new and improved injectable fillers.

The Contemporary Plastic Surgery Approach to Facial Rejuvenation
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Recent research studying how the face ages has cast new light on some of those anatomic changes. A larger lower jaw and chin develops as the cheeks sag and the facial fullness is lost by fat atrophy. These findings indicate that, in addition to a face lift for neck and jowl improvement, attention should be paid to improving cheek projection and restoring fat volume in various facial compartments as well. This more total facial approach produces a more youthful and natural look for the aging face.

The Ten Instructions After Your Otoplasty (Ear Pinning) Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Otoplasty, or ear pinning surgery, repositions the ear that sticks out. It is a simple and dramatically effective plastic surgery operation that is highly rewarding for the patient. Here is a list of my after surgery care instructions and information for my otoplasty patients.

The Ten Instructions After Your Facial Laser Resurfacing Procedure
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Laser resurfacing of aged and wrinkled skin can produce a remarkable change in its appearance. Because it really represents an open burn injury, the after care of the resurfaced face is a very important part of the process in getting a good result.

Injectable Facial Filler Treatments - The Correlation Between Cost and Result
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] While there are many different types and brand names of injectable fillers present today, they are all effective at facial line and wrinkle reduction. They do not last the same amount of time, however, and the duration of the desired effect appear to correlate fairly well with the cost of the treatment.

The Ten Instructions After Your Chin Implant Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Chin implant surgery is a very easy and straightforward procedure that can make a big difference in your profile and the relationship of the lower face and neck to the upper face. It does not require any significant amount of postoperative care. Here are a few pointers and instructions that I provide to my chin implant patients.

Nutritional Supplementation (Maxitropin) For Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Wound healing is an essential part of any surgical recovery. Certain elective plastic surgery procedures such as tummy tucks, breast reductions, and liposuction cause considerable trauma to the body and stress one's ability to heal. Nutritional supplementation, before and after surgery, can help this healing process. Maxitropin is an easy-to-use powder that provides natural amino acids to stimulate growth hormone release which promotes wound healing and surgical recovery.

The Ten Instructions After Your Eyelid - Browlift Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Eyelid and browlift surgery can make a dramatic change in your appearance but it associated with a fair amount of swelling and bruising which is temporally disturbing. Following a careful set if instructions can shorten the recovery period from this type of plastic surgery while safely achieving the desired result.

The Ten Instructions After Your Liposuction Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Liposuction remains as one of the most commonly performed plastic surgery procedures. Since most liposuction treats larger body areas, the recovery after liposuction involves considerable soreness and the need for compression garments...and time for adequate recovery. Here is the top ten instructions that I provide to my liposuction patients.

How to Take Care of Drains After Your Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Certain plastic surgery procedures require the use of drains after the operation. Drains are an understandably scary thing for patients as they are not used to something foreign sticking out of their body. Here is a list of instructions on drain care that I provide to my plastic surgery patients whose operation requires a drain for a certain period of time in the recovery process.

The Ten Instructions After Your Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty)
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] A tummy tuck is a common and highly effective plastic surgery operation to improve your stomach area. A tummy tuck is a significant procedure that requires some patient effort and participation in the recovery process, particularly in regards to care of the drains. Here are the instructions that I provide to each of my tummy tuck patients after surgery.

The Ten Instructions After Your Nose Job (Rhinoplasty)
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Rhinoplasty surgery changes the outward appearance of the nose. In some cases, surgery is also done on the inside at the same time to improve breathing. What to do after your nose surgery is important and here is my top ten list for my rhinoplasty patients.

The Ten Instructions After Your Facelift
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Knowing what to do after your facelift surgery is an important part of the recovery process...that you participate in. Here are my top ten patient instructions.

Generalized After Surgery Instructions For Plastic Surgery of the Breast
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] After care for most kinds of plastic surgery procedures on the breast is fairly standard. These guidelines will be of help to those patients having breast augmentation, breast lifts, or breast reduction.

Being Informed on Injectable Facial Filler Treatments
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] While there are many different brand-named injectable filler treatments available for the face, they all work quite similarly. As a result, an understanding before any injection session involves all of the same issues. Patients should be informed as to what type of filler is being used, what areas are being treated, what outcome should be expected, common risks and complications, and the specific cost of the treatment.

The Choice Between Facial Implants and Injectable Facial Fillers
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Injectable fillers are common office treatments for making small lips bigger, lessening the depth of cheek-lip grooves, and helping soften fine lines and wrinkles. When it comes to more substantative loss of facial volume, however, facial implants are often a better treatment. This is most manifest in the midface where a variety of implant shapes and sizes can easily be placed to enhance sagging cheeks, sunken-in cheek areas, and loss of volume due to aging in the central face area.

Medical Insurance, Pre-Determination and Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Certain plastic surgery procedures may be covered by your health insurance. Whether it may be can only be decided by an insurance pre-determination process. Understanding how an insurance pre-determination submission works can help ease the frustration from a process that can be slow and seemingly inefficient.

Being Informed About Botox Treatments
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Informed consent is as important for minor office procedures, such as Botox injections, as it is for major surgery. The issues of what areas are to be injected, expected outcome of the treatment, risks and complications, and what you can expect to pay are reviewed for cosmetic Botox treatments.

Making Injectable Facial Fillers Treatments More Comfortable
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] All injectable filler treatments of the face require the passing of a small needle into the desired treatment area. While touted as 'just a pinprick', we all know better. Of all the comfort-inducing methods, I find local nerve blocks (dental blocks) to be the most effective. When done by an experienced injector, an injectable filler treatment can truly be minimally uncomfortable.

Things to Know Before Your Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] This is a rule of any surgery that, if misunderstood, may have life-threatening consequences. Food or liquids in the stomach may be vomited while being put to sleep, entering the lungs and causing a potential life-threatening pneumonia. For this reason, anesthesia is never performed without an empty stomach even if it is only a conscious sedation.

What to Do Before Your Plastic Surgery Operation
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Preparing your body to undergo an operation can be instrumental in preventing common surgical complications such as bleeding and poor healing. Here is a list of to do items that I provide to each of my plastic surgery patients.

Fat Injections For Facial Enhancement - How Well Do They Work?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Fat grafts are an appealing option for adding lost facial volume or enhancing a facial feature such as the lips. When done with good technique and preparation, fat grafts in the face can have good persistence. Because of a fat graft's thicker consistency compared to synthetic injectable fillers, it can not be injected directly into facial lines and wrinkles. And the harvest and preparation process requires that it be performed in a more sterile operating room setting.

The Cost of Botox Cosmetic Facial Treatments
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Botox is a very popular facial cosmetic treatment for the temporary reduction of lines and wrinkles caused by certain facial expressions. Like all drugs, botox is administered and charged by the amount used known as units. The cost of a Botox treatment is based on the number of units given. Price per unit of Botox varies greatly across every geographic region. Discounting and promotional treatments at reduced prices are common.

The Differences Between Men and Women With Cosmetic Botox Treatments
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] The cosmetic treatment of Botox for facial lines and wrinkles is commonly done in both men and women. It usually takes more of the drug, at a higher cost, to get a good response in the male forehead which is the most common site of male aesthetic concern.

Improving the Safety of Injectable Facial Botox Treatments
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Temporarily reducing unwanted facial lines and wrinkles is commonly done with Botox injections. Typically, Botox solutions are mixed and used for multiple patients out of a single bottle. While patient contaminations have never been reported with Botox solutions, I have begun using an alternative mixing method which eliminates drawing from a single bottle at the time of treatment. Multiple 10 unit syringes are drawn up after Botox is reconstituted and stored for single patient use.

How Much Pain is There After Breast Augmentation Surgery?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Fear of pain and a protracted recovery period prevents some women with having breast augmentation surgery. Today's breast augmentation methods use early aggressive physical therapy to limit the amount and duration of muscular pain after surgery.

Saline Breast Implants - The Reality of Deflation
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The use of saline implants for breast augmentation is one of two implant options available. Saline breast implants offer lower cost and placement through an incision in the armpit. One of their known risks is the potential for deflation which occurs most often spontaneously. The risk of saline breast implant deflation is around 1% per year for each year the implant is in place. Replacement surgery for a deflated saline breast implant is easier and less costly than the original surgery.

Silicone Breast Implant Problems - What's Old is NOT New Again
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Many patients have unfounded fears about silicone breast implants because of their problems in the past when they were removed from the market in 1992. Understanding what those problems were and what that means to today's silicone gel breast implants goes a long way towards feeling comfortable with that choice of implant in breast augmentation in 2008.

Breast Shape Expectations After Breast Augmentation Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] While breast implants will always make one's breasts bigger, the final shape of the breast after augmentation surgery is not controlled by the implant alone. The inherent shape of one's breasts from the amount and type of breast skin, position and shape of the nipple, and the horizontal level of the breast fold have a bigger impact on the final shape of the breast than the implant alone. It is important for every potential breast augmentation patient to discuss with their plastic surgeon about a realistic outcome as to final breast shape after implant enhancement.

The Influence of Breast Implant Shape on Breast Augmentation Results
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] An implant is the key component for breast augmentation surgery. While a breast implant adds size, it also contributes to the final shape of the breast as well. Today's breast implant now offer differing projections as well as sizes. The higher the projection of a breast implant, the more likely the breast may have a rounder shape after surgery.

What to Do With Those Dark Circles Under Your Eyes
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The development of dark circles under the eyes makes one look tired. Contrary to popular belief, dark circles are not due to stress or fatigue and can appear at any age. They are the result of pigment staining from blood products that have leached out into the lower eyelid skin. Lower eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), chemical peels, and laser surgery are usually ineffective. Topical skin products that contain enzymes that may break down the pigments, combined with pulsed light treatments, may offer improvement without the risks of any side effects.

The Ripple Effect of Saline Breast Augmentation
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Saline breast augmentation is a popular and highly satisfying cosmetic procedure. One of the drawbacks to saline breast implants is the potential for implant rippling or wrinkling. This phenomenon can be felt in most women and visibly seen in others. While this is only a cosmetic issue, it can be disturbing to some patients. Placing a smooth saline breast implant under the muscle and overfilling it are the best known methods for prevention of this concern.

The Endoscopic Browlift - A Hair-Raising Experience
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Significant sagging of the eyebriows with age can be improved with browlift plastic surgery. While an open browlift with an incision across the top of the head has been the traditional approach to this surgery, newer endoscopic techniques have eliminated the need for a large scalp incision. While the endoscopic browlift is not for everyone, it is very effective for those patients that have minimal to moderate degrees of forehead and brow aging and a frontal hairline that is not too high.

Improve That Leg Line by Knee Liposuction
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Liposuction is a well known fat removal method. It can be particularly effective in small areas of fat accumulation like the inner knee. A straight line from the inner thigh down into the calf is esthetically pleasing and a full inner knee can disrupt this leg line. Small volume liposuction can effectively sculpt this area for many women.

Face Lift Surgery - Men Are Different Than Women
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] As both men and women age, the development of a saggy neck or neck waddle will have some give consideration to face lift or neck lift surgery. Face lifts in men, however, pose different issues than that of women due to their beard skin and hair loss patterns. These hair considerations in men changes how a face lift operation may be done in terms of where the incisions are placed, how the face lift operation is done, and what type of results can be expected after surgery.

Want to Get Rid of That Double Chin?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The development of the double chin or neck waddle is disturbing for many people. Some people have it and are not necessarily overweight. Whether the double chin is primarily fat or skin and fat helps determine the most effective treatment strategy whether that is lipodissolve injections or liposuction or facelift surgery.

Plumping Up Your Lips With Injectable Fillers - Which One?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Increasing the size of one's lips by injections is the most common method of lip enhancement. As of today, however, there are eight available injectable fillers available for medical use. With the associated marketing hype that accompanies them, it is impossible for any patient to know which one is best for them.

The Lonely Facelift
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Facelifts conjure up images of a lot of facial swelling and bruising and a painful recovery period. In reality, an isolated facelift without other procedures is much simpler and less complicated with a fairly rapid recovery that will not keep one entrapped in their home for weeks. In addition, facelifts cause very little pain other than some ear tenderness. As more people undergo facelift surgery, an improved understanding of the quick recovery that is possible with contemporary facelifting techniques.

Facial Augmentation With Fat Injections
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Injectable treatments for facial lines and wrinkles as well as augmentation of the lips are common aesthetic facial treatments. Fat injections, harvested from the patient, is another injectable option. The problem with fat injections are their unpredictable survival. Despite this drawback, fat injections continue to be widely used by plastic surgeons. An improved understanding of fat biology will eventually led to more predictable fat grafting methods.

How to Get Rid Of Those Facial Parentheses (Nasolabial Folds)
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] One of the most common signs of facial aging is the development of the nasolabial folds. Many people find these deepening facial lines disconcerting and frequently seek treatment. Nasolabial fold prominence can be minimized by injectable fillers, implants, or even actual surgical excision. By far, injectable fillers are most commonly used and the particulated fillers seem to be the best choice for this facial area.

Will Insurance Cover My Breast Reduction?
[Insurance] Large breasts frequently cause pain of the neck, back, and shoulders. Breast reduction surgery can be tremendously effective at reducing and reshaping the breasts which will eliminate most, if not all, of the pain. Health insurance may cover breast reduction surgery but there are very specific criteria which makes a patient eligible.

Plastic Surgery Techniques For Reshaping the Round Face
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] A round face is frequently an undesired appearance as it creates the impression of being overweight. Some such patients seek a face that has a more aculpted and angular look. Bucacl lipectimes, neck liposuction, and cheek and chin implants make up the plastic surgery methods to help create more definition in the round face.

LipoDisolve Injections For the Treatment of Liposuction Irregularities
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Irregular areas after liposuction surgery can occasionally occur. When the irregular areas is due to not enough removed fat, LipoDissolve injections offer a simple non-surgical treatment method that is usually preferable to a return visit to the operating room. LipoDissolve injections also has the advantage of doing spot treatments that are specifically targeted to the problem area, leaving alone the liposuctioned areas that look fine.

LipoDissolve Injections For the Treatment of Lipomas
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] Lipomas are benign fatty tumors that appear as painless round masses under the skin. There are traditionally removed by excision which leaves a scar and the risk of a fluid build-up after surgery if they are large. Lipodissolve injection therapy, used cosmetically for fat removal, can be used to treat lipomas as well. It requires a series of injections over several months to either significantly reduce its size or eliminate it altogether.

Liposuction Vs LipoDissolve - Which is Better?
[Health-and-Fitness:Obesity] The removal of fat for cosmetic purposes can be achieved by surgical methods of liposuction or by an injection method known as lipodissolve. Liposuction is the mechanical removal of fat and much larger amounts of fat can be removed very efficiently. LipoDissolve removes fat by a chemical means and not only works slower than liposuction but can remove only a fraction as much fat with a treatment series.

Why Doesn't My Botox Seem To Last?
[Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] Botox is truly a wonder drug when it comes to cosmetic facial therapies to reduce upper facial lines and wrinkles. While it is a simple injection treatment, its effectiveness for some patients may be variable given the injector's training and experience and how the Botox solution was prepared and used.

Plastic Surgery Addresses More Unusual Patient Concerns
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The continued acceptance and demand for plastic surgery has created a demand for a number of different and unusual procedures. These newer plastic surgery procedures are more of a reflection of American society and culture than advancements in surgical technology.

Getting That Pain Out of Your Neck and Shoulders With a Breast Reduction
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] Large breasts that are heavy and disproportionate to a woman's body can cause near continuous back, neck and shoulder pain. Nothing short of breast reduction surgery can produce a long-term solution to this problem. Breast reduction surgery is very successful but one must be willing to accept the scars as a trade-off for the pain relief and a smaller, more uplifted breast appearance.

Browlifting - An Uplifting and Eye-Opening Experience
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] One option for improving that tired look around your eyes is a browlift. Browlift surgery opens up the eyes by moving the eyebrows back up to where they were many years before. There are different browlift options based on how long your brows are now, how long your forehead is, and the amount of forehead wrinkles and muscle activity that you have. An open vs an endoscopic browlift procedure are two absic options, each with its own specific advantage and disadvantages.

Botox, Surgical Decompression and Migraine Headache Relief
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Migraine headaches can be temporarily relieved in some patients through Botox injections. For those migraine sufferers that get relief from Botox, they are likely to a more long-term improvement in their migraines by surgical nerve decompression. Senory nerves in the forehead, temple, and back of the head can be decompressed by removing small pieces of muscle, untrapping the involved nerve.

Realistic Expectations in Scar Revision in Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The improvement in the appearance of established scars may be possible by surgical revision. Multiple scar revision techniques are available including excision and rearrangement, laser therapies, and mechanical sanding. Scar revision requires patience and a commitment of time to see the final results.

Cartilage Preservation in Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Contemporary rhinoplasty surgery for cosmetic or reconstructive purposes is based on maintaining much of the structures of the nose. Rearrangement of existing anatomy and structural support through cartilage grafts is important with this approach. Cartllage grafts must be harvested and not every patients has enough good cartilage in their nasal septum to be useful. LactoSorb, a resorbable polymer that comes in thin sheets, may be used to replace the need for cartilage grafts in some cases.

Concerns About Silicone Breast Implants Explained
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] Silicone implants are now preferred by most women for breast augmentation. Despite their now widespread use, there remains some misunderstanding about silicone breast implants that stem from their history of the early 1990s.

Is Permanent Makeup (Micropigmentation) For You?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Permanent makeup, medically known as micropigmentation, offers the possibility of freedom from daily makeup applications of the eyelids, eyebrows, and lips.Understanding that such medical makeup is a permanent decision and may require touch ups in the future with some expected fading is very important. A thorough pre-treatment consultation with removable liners is necessary before the procedure is ever scheduled.

Mineral Makeup - A Valuable Addition to Your Skin Care Program
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] The popularity of mineral makeup is due to its superior skin properties. Composed of true minerals as its main ingredients, it is not absorbed into the skin and therefore has less risk of causing allergic reactions and introducing toxic chemicals into your system. Its skin coverage ability is so good that applying only a thin layer results in a near flawless skin appearance.

Rhinoplasty of the Nasal Tip - Open Vs Closed Approach
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The nasal tip is the most difficult and often the most important part of most rhinoplasty surgeries. The nasal tip may be accessed through the nose or by peeling back the skin off of the lower end of the nose. Closed rhinoplasty can be very successful in thin-skinned noses with good cartilage structure of the tip. Open rhinoplasty is better used in thick-skinned noses, weak or asymmetric cartilages and in secondary rhinoplasty surgery.

Plastic Surgery For Real People
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Plastic Surgery today is a mainstream part of American society. It is no longer for the wealthy and famous but is now mainly made up of everyday people which accounts for the millions of procedures done per year. While marketing, media imaging, and financing have helped make plastic surgery possible for every socioeconomic segment of society,the consistently favorable outcomes of the procedures with a low rate of complications also significantly accounts for its rise to commonality.

Plastic Surgery Treatments For Lip Wrinkles
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The development of upper lip lines and wrinkles is very troubling for most women as it is a sign of aging. Lip wrinkles are impossible to cure and any patient undergoing treatments should view the expected results more as improvement rather than elimination. Injectable fillers, Botox, and laser resurfacing are the mainstays of treatment today.

Quick Procedure With Quick Results - A Contemporary Facelift
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] A limited facelift is both quick and lifestyle-friendly. Through a short one hour procedure with no dressings or drains, you can look ten years younger. Whether you are young, middle-aged, or older, a limited facelift can produce real visible results that are evident the next day.

Fat Injections For Buttock Enhancement
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Fat injections to the buttocks is an alternative treatment to traditional buttock (gluteal) implants. Fat injections use the patient's own tissues and one gets the bonus of cosmetic reduction in the harvest site as well. Fat grafts, however, have a major disadvantage in that their survival is not guaranteed. The concentration of fat and the addition of platelet-rich plasma concentrate is my current approach to improving fat graft survival, particularly in a large injection site such as the buttocks.

Scarring and Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Scars an an inevitable part of most plastic surgery operations. Whether a scar is a good trade-off for some plastic surgery procedures can be a difficult decision that is best decided by one's initial emotional reponse to its possibility. And an understanding that not all scars turn out perfectly, no matter how well the operation is performed.

Freshing Up Those Eyelid Wrinkles
[Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] The development of fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes is not only a sign of aging but may also convey an undesired expressive facial look. Botox injections for muscle weakening and laser skin resurfacing are the two methods of treatment available today. In deeper or more established crow's feet, both treatment methods may be necessary for the best result.

Using Botox For a Chemical Brow Lift
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The temporary muscle-paralyzing effects of Botox can be used to make many desirable facial aesthetic changes. One of the effects that can be created is its use for a chemical brow lift. Botox injections can be done for an inner, outer, or a more complete brow lift result which is both subtle and natural.

Facelift Surgery - An Operation Based on the Problem
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] A facelift is not the same for everyone. Facelift surgery consists of two basic operations, a limited and a full facelift. Limited facelifts are samller operation that are done mainly in younger patients and are most effective for jowling. Full facelifts are more effective for significant neck issues and are done in older patients with more significant aging issues.

Understanding What a Facelift Is
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] A facelift is one of the most misunderstood procedures in all of plastic surgery. Rather than being an operation which improves the overall face, an isolated facelift provides improvement in the neck and jowl only. Facelifts improve the lower third of the face only. Other procedures on the forehead, eyes, cheeks, nose, and lips must be done with a facelift to get a more facial rejuvenation result.

Facial Masseter Muscle Reduction With Botox Injections
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Botox injections, while better known for its cosmetic anti-wrinkle benefits, can also be very effective for reducing the size of the masseter muscles. Botox injections done over time can help shrink the size of enlarged or asymmetric masseter muscles. By so doing, better facial balance and proportions are achieved which can also reduce painful jaw clenching if present.

Chin Augmentation And Facial Profile Enhancement
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Enhancement of one's profile with a chin implant can make a dramatic difference in the overall appearance of the face. By putting prominent facial features in better balance, one can have a more pleasing appearance. Chin implant surgery is relatively easy, quick to perform, and its effects are immediate with a very short recovery period.

Earlobe Rejuvenation With Injectable Fillers
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] With time, earlobes can sag and become thinner creating an aged withered appearance. Earlobes can quickly and easily be rejuvenated with injectable filler treatments just like any facial line or wrinkle. Injectable fillers plump up the ear lobe creating a more plump and youthful look. In the ear lobe, injectable fillers, while not permanent, last a long time.

As We Age, So Goes The Neck
[Health-and-Fitness:Anti-Aging] as we age, we all lose that once tight and well-defined neck. AS the neck begins to sag, this becomes one of the most bothersome signs of facial aging for many patients. There are a variety of treatment strategies which differ based on one's age and how much loose is present.

Correct Those Down Turned Corners Of The Mouth!
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Down turning of the corners of the mouth occurs with facial aging in many women. This creates a sad, mad, or unhappy appearance to the mouth area. Injectable fillers treatments provide temporary improvement only. A small plastic surgery procedure, a corner of the mouth lift, can be done in the office to provide long-term correction of this aesthetic mouth problem.

The Natural Lip Augmentation Result
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Lip enhancement is a very popular in-office plastic surgery procedure. The appearance of a women's lips can lend credence to her youth and sensuality if they are full or can lend an aged appearance if they are thin and wrinkled. The lips can be augmented by a variety of procedures today of which the injectable fillers are the most common. Other procedures exist, however, for those patients for whom injectable fillers may not be ideal or for those seeking a more permanent result...

Differences In Complication Rates Between Face Vs Body Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Significant complications from plastic surgery procedures are fortunately not common When they do occur, most are managed fairly easily and with time improve closer to the desired result. There are, however, significant differences in the type and frequency of complications in plastic surgery of the face vs. body plastic surgery procedures. Because of the bigger type of plastic surgeries performed on the body and the longer incisions required to perform them, the occurrence of complications is more frequent than in facial surgery.

Synthetic Implants And Their Potential Complications In Plastic Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The use of synthetic implants in plastic surgery is common. Patients are often concerned that they may reject the implant. This potential concern is indicative of a basic misunderstanding of how the body reacts to inorganic materials and how complications with their use can occur.

All Eyes See The Benefits of Blepharoplasty Surgery
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Aging eyes are very visible and contribute to false impressions about how you feel. Blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery) is a very effective surgery for returning your eyes to their previously refreshed and more vibrant state. Because of their visibility and the focal point of most human interactions, blepharoplasty offers one of the best values of all facial aging surgeries.

Matching the Tummy Tuck To Your Bikini Line
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] There are different types of tummy tucks for different types of problems. For those women with a small lower abdominal bulge that hangs over a c-section scar, the Bikini Line Tummy Tuck may be a good treatment option. It results in a flat abdomen, a normal unscarred belly button, and a scar that stays inside the bikini line.

Get Rid Of Those Aging Facial Jowls
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] One of the earliest signs of facial aging is the development of jowls or jowling. The jowls are areas of skin and fat that have fallen from the side of the face to hang along or below the jawline. As we age, these areas tend to become more noticeable as the sag worsens.

LifeStyle Lift, Facelifts, and Facial Aging
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Many smaller versions of facelifts exist today which, for the right patient, are a better match for their facial aging concerns. Because of many trendy names for limited facelifts, such as the LifeStyle Lift, some confusion exists amongst patients who often don't really what an actual facelift is to begin with.

The Limited Facelift - A Jawline Tuck for Neck Rejuvenation
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Symptoms of early facial aging don't usually require a big facelift operation to improve. The limited facelift procedure, otherwise known as a neck-jowl tuck-up, addresses jowling and the beginning of loose skin and excess fat in the neck. In a one hour operation and less than one week of mild facial swelling (and no pain!), those telltale signs of early aging can be easily reversed.

The Circumferential Body In The Massive Weight Loss Patient
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Patients that have undergone massive weight loss (> 100 lbs) either on their own or after bariatric surgery will have total body ptosis. Excessive skin will hang around the waitline in a circumferebtial fashion, causing an abdominal pannus in the front and a saggy buttocks and thighs in the back. The circumferential body lift is an ideal solution to this problem as it removes skin in a 360 degree fashion, addressing all mid-trunk concerns in this unique sharpee-like problem in extreme weight loss patients.

A Natural Rhinoplasty Look for Today and Tomorrow
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] A natural looking nose is the goal of every rhinoplasty surgery. Today's rhinoplasty surgeon aims to achieve a nose that is balanced to one's face and has strong structural support so that it can maintain its shape over many years.

Am I Ready for Plastic Surgery?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The number of plastic surgery procedures performed in the United States continues to increase. Driven by the quest for physical improvement and psychological enhancement, potential patients can be driven to undergo various procedures by the allure of these benefits. But being ready for plastic surgery is more than just wanting it and being willing to pay the money for it.

Do I Need To Have My Nose Packed After Rhinoplasty?
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] One of the major concerns of many patients who are considering rhinoplasty surgery is whether their nose will be packed during surgery and having to have it removed after surgery. Modern rhinoplasty surgery has virtually eliminated the need for this concern.

Laser Liposuction
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Liposuction is the mainstay of surgical fat removal for the past twenty-five years. Few real advancements in liposuction technique have been forthcoming over this time. The combination of laser technology and liposuction has brought forth a variety of devices which are promising, but unproven, to be superior to traditional liposuction.

Big Implants in Breast Augmentation
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The size of implants used in breast augmentation can be either the choice of the plastic surgeon or the patient. It has been my practice to leave the decision as to breast implant size to that of the patient. In choosing large breast implants, there are several considerations for woman to consider.

The No Packing Rhinoplasty
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] For many patients considering rhinoplasty (nose ) surgery, one of their biggest concerns is whether their nose will be packed after surgery. While packing the nose after rhinoplasty surgery was historically common, its use today is very uncommon. In my rhinoplasty patients, I have not used nasal packing for over ten years.

Jaw Angle Implants Are Not Just For Men Only
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Enhancement of the jawline can be performed for men and women. Better chin projection, a sharper jawline and better definition of the jaw angle can produce a more defined face. While such changes are typically associated with men, women can also benefit by these procedures but it must be done more subtly and less pronounced.

Cosmetic Teeth Whitening in Plastic Surgery
[Health-and-Fitness:Dental-Care] Improvement of the appearance of your teeth is a natural complement to many of the aesthetic facial treatments and surgery that we routinuely do. Being able to provide this service in a simplified system in one hour in the office without mouth sensitivity is now possible.

ActiPatch Recovery For Breast Augmentation
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] The biggest fear for most women about breast augmentation is that they will be in a lot of pain after surgery and require significant recovery time. Quite to the contrary, breast augmentation surgery is not associated with significant pain. The use of an electromagnetic device, ActiPatch, is a very useful device for further reducing pain and swelling after breast augmentation surgery.

Plastic Surgery and Plastic Materials - What Do The Two Have In Common?
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] The concept of Plastic Surgery, for some patients, conjurers up the image of a plastic material being inserted or as a necessary part of the operation. The confusion between plastics as a material and Plastic Surgery is understandeable albeit erroneous. Knowing both of their histories provides some interesting parallels and insights into 1930s America.

The Mentality of the Male Plastic Surgery Patient
[Health-and-Fitness:Mens-Issues] The psychology and motivation of men who undergo plastic surgery is quite different from that of women. Plastic surgeons understand this quite well even though the number of men who undergo plastic surgery is much smaller than the number of women.

Masculinization of the Male Face
[Health-and-Fitness:Mens-Issues] Certain features of a man's face can be enhanced by newer generation facial implants. Augmentation of the chin, cheekbones, jawline, and jaw angles offer possibilities to improve the masculinity of one's facial appearance.

Lifting the Aging Face
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Facelifting is an inherent part of plastic surgery and one of the earliest cosmetic procedures performed. But yet to the general public, it still remains largely misunderstood.

Plastic Surgery After Weight Loss
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] With the increase in bariatric surgeries being performed to achieve large amounts of weight loss, the number of patients subsequently seeking plastic surgery for removal of sagging skin and body parts has similarly increased. The trend is that more people are seeking plastic surgery than ever before...and not just for vanity reasons.

Spring Time Spa Therapies For Your Skin
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] As the season changes from Winter to Spring, this is a perfect time to think about overhauling your dull winter skine for the summer. Here are some suggestions for in-office procedures that are easy to do, affordable, and really work!

Designing A Skin Care Program for You
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] The skin care world is confusing to say the least. So many products and treatment options, what do you do if you want better skin? This primer on the basics of medical skin care will point you in the right direction.

Aging Upper Lip Lines
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] One of the most bothersome facial aging issues for many women is the development of upper lip lines. Their treatment is difficult with no permanent cure. Treatment options for upper lip wrinkles is discussed.

How Does Rhinoplasty Surgery Work
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Rhinoplasty (nose surgery) is one of the most requested cosmetic procedures in plastic surgery. The prominence of the nose makes the need for any rhinoplasty surgery to be very precise. Good results in rhinoplasty are dependent upon an understanding of the complex anatomy that makes up the nose.

The Influence of Changing Cultures on Rhinoplasty in the United States
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] As the cultural landscape across the United States is changing at an ever-increasing rate, the patient seeking rhinoplasty has similarly changed. No longer am I seeing just Caucasians for nose changes but an increasing number of Asians, African-Americans, and Hispanics. These pose different rhinoplasty challenges over the traditional non-ethnic patient.

Better Pectoral Definition Through Plastic Surgery
[Health-and-Fitness:Mens-Issues] The single most sought-after appearance by most males is that of their chest. An attractive chest appearance is defined by seeing the outlines of the pectiral muscles, having reasonably taut skin across the chest, and a good nipple position. While weight training exercise will work for many men, certain men particularly those older, require plactic surgery techniques to achieve the desired look.

The Science of Liposuction
[Health-and-Fitness:Weight-Loss] Liposuction is one of the most commonly performed plastic surgery procedures. While it seems conceptually quite simple, the actual science of liposuction is quite interesting.

Male Enhancement Through Plastic Surgery
[Health-and-Fitness:Mens-Issues] Plastic surgery in men is becoming increasingly more popular. Common male plastic surgery procedures include liposuction, rhinoplasty, gynecomastia reduction, blepharoplasty, Botox, and Lipodissolve injection therapies.

Implants for Facial Enhancement
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] The use of implants is an excellent treatment option for enhancement of many facial features which improve facial balance and shape. Cheek, chin, and jaw implants are easy to place through inconspicuous approaches through the mouth that leaves no external scar. They have an immediate effect which can be either subtle or dramatic based on the number and size of the implants used.

Massage and Plastic Surgery
[Health-and-Fitness:Massage] Massage is well-known to provide both relaxation and therapeutic benefits. Incorporating massage therapy after surgery has also recently been shown to provide some healing benefits as well by expediting the resolution of swelling and bruising in traumatized soft tissues and providing hands-on psychological comfort. I have integrated massage into my postoperative plastic surgery protocols and it has meet with excellent patient satisfaction.

Abdominal Etching - Six Pack Surgery
[Health-and-Fitness:Build-Muscle] Abdominal etching, for the lean and in-shape man, is a surgical shortcut to get that abdominal six-pack look. It is surprisingly effective and simple to do from a surgical and recovery standpoint. As long as one remains reasonably lean, the result will be quite long-lasting.

The Limited Facelift - Small Operation, Quick Recovery
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] The facelift operation is often misunderstood. It is a versatile procedure that can be done in a smaller version in a younger patient or the full version in the older patient. It truly is a procedure that can be tailored to match the facial aging problem.

The Health of Children Born to Mothers With Breast Implants
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] While much has been written about silicone breast implants and their impact on the health of the recipient female, very little work is known about the potential effects of these same implants on children born to women who have been surgically implanted. In other words, are there teraogenic effects from breast implants?

Eyelid Surgery - Small Change, Big Impact
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] We age first around our eye area, often starting to look tired even when we feel great. Since the eyes are so expressive and are where we spend most of out time looking at in conversation, any change for better or worse, is almost always noticeable to everyone. Eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)is one of the most commonly performed anti-aging facial surgeries and, for such a small area, can have such a big impact on how we look.

Breast Implants and Autoimmune Disorders - What Do We Know After Twenty Years?
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] The original controversy on the potential cause and effect relationship between silicone breast implants and autoimmune diseases has been extensively studied. Large-scale epidemiological studies to date have not found any such association. Even in looking at ruptured breast implants and connective disease disease studies, which are far fewer in number, there appears to be no scientific evidence for this association.

Laser Hair Removal - How Does It Work?
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] The popularity of laser hair treatment is that it offers the potential of some permanent reduction of hair growth. How laser treatments work is a function of the wavelength and energy level of the laser and the growth cycle of the treated hair. This is why it takes 5 or 6 laser treatments over 6 months to end up with a permanent hair reduction of 60 - 90% of the treated area.

The Effect Of Breast Implants On Breast Cancer Detection And Treatment
[Cancer:Breast-Cancer] While not commonly asked, one of the first questions a potential breast augmentation should ask is...does the breast implant interfere with being able to detect breast cancer? Since breast cancer in the United States affects one in 11 women during their lifetime, this is a fairly important question. As breast augmentation procedures continue to be on the rise, this important question should be thoroughly addressed.

How Will My Nose Look After Surgery?
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Rhinoplasty (nose) surgery affects one of your most prominent facial features. It is also the one facial surgery in which it is most important to use computer imaging to facilitate a communication and understanding between plastic surgeon and patient as to what rhinoplasty surgery can actually achieve.

The Safety of Silicone Breast Implants on Breast Feeding
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] Now that silicone breast implants are back for breast augmentation, they are rapidly becoming the preferred implant over saline for primary breast augmentation. Due to their more natural feel, lack of implant rippling, and lower risk of detectable implant failure, they now represent 90% of implants that I put in for breast augmentation.

Midface Rejuvenation - The Forgotten Element of Facial Aging
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] As the face ages, the entire face ages even though that is often not well appreciated. Eyellid and brow procedures address the upper face and a facelift improves the neck and the lower face, but the middle third of the face is often neglected. Midface rejuvenation in plastic surgery is a recent trend to address this aging area.

Breast Reduction Surgery - Pain Relief At Any Size
[Health-and-Fitness:Womens-Issues] Many patients that would otherwise medically benefit from breast reduction surgery are often denied coverage by insurance companies due to 'not enough breast tissue being removed.' Recent studies, however, have now shown that this insurance premise is false. Pain relief from large breasts is achieved at any size breast reduction.

Anatomy of the Skin - The Basis for Understanding Aging Lines and Wrinkles
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] The development of facial lines and wrinkles is common to everyone and many popular treatments are available from creams to needles to nip and tucks to treat them. The development of a proper treatment strategy is dependent upon a basic understanding of the anatomy of the skin.

Microdermabrasion - What is it and Why is it so Popular?
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] Microdermabrasion, unheard of until less than 10 years ago, is now a staple of anyone's skin care regimen. Done every 6 to 8 weeks as an office treatment, it is a light exfoliative procedure that has no real downtime. It helps remove dead skin cells and allows the lower skin layers to more fully absorb chemical treatment agents.

Botox - How Does It Work?
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Botox, the miracle drug of the cosmetic industry, is remarkably effective at diminishing certain types of undesired facial expressions. Despite its widespread availability and use, most patients have no real idea as to how it works and why its effects are only temporary.

Peptides - The New Buzz Word in Skin Care
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] The newest skin care ingredient to hit the market are the peptide preparations. At this time, there are numerous ones and all preparations that contain them are expensive. Are they worth the hype?

Vitamin A Derivatives in Skin Care Products
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] The use of Vitamin A derivatives has long had a significant role as exfoliants and antioxidants in medical skin care products. Lower concentrations preparations, known as retinols, appear to offer good benefits as well.

Antioxidant Skin Care Nutrients
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] The most popular skin care ingredient over the past few years has been the addition of antioxidant compounds in many skin care preparations. By battling free radicals in the skin, caused by sun and environmental exposure, a more youthful skin appearance may be maintained.

Fractional Laser Skin Resurfacing
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] Resurfacing of the skin is an established method to both improve its texture and have a significant anti-aging effect. Typically, this is done by chemical peels and the use of the laser. The laser concept has evolved beyond merely removing the outer layers of the skin and allowing it to heal. Fractional laser resurfacing offers the newest variation to this concept.

What's New in Sunscreens?
[Health-and-Fitness:Skin-Care] The first basic step in any anti-aging skin care program is the use of sunscreens. Most people are aware of the SPF factor and the blocking of UVB rays, but the blokage of UVA rays is even more important. Sunscreens today must have this component as well.

The Unhappy Patient After Cosmetic Surgery
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] While the vast majority of cosmetic surgery patients end up happy, a small percentage will not. In these cases, it is matter of the aesthetic outcome and what it will take to make an improvement. Invariably returning to the operating room, due to associated costs, can be a difficult issue for both surgeon and patient alike.

The Happy Patient After Cosmetic Surgery
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Once you have reached a month out from your surgery, you will have a very good idea of what the final result will ultimately be. You are now ready to return to nearly all of your normal activities. If you are happy with the results at this time, it is very likely you will be even happier as you head to a complete recovery.

A Week After Your Cosmetic Surgery
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] You are now a week after your surgery. How are things looking and feeling? What is normal and what can you expect?

The Day After Your Cosmetic Surgery
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] The surgery is over and you are laying there the next day at home. Now what? Here is a list of things to do and consider... and you have the time!

The Day Of Your Cosmetic Surgery
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] The big day of your cosmetic surgery has finally arrived and everything seems to be ready. But there is a final checklist to be certain that your surgery is not cancelled. Here are the major issues on the day of surgery which account for having to postpone or cancel a patient's surgery.

Preparing For Your Upcoming Cosmetic Surgery
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] How and what you do to prepare for your upcoming elective cosmetic surgery procedure will have an impact on your recovery, the experience, and possibly even the final cosmetic result. Here are a step-by-step list of items to consider to help you experience the best possible outcome.

Managing Patient's Expectations Before Cosmetic Surgery
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Managing patient's expectations is one of the most important parts of the plastic surgery process. Just like any customer retail experience, knowing what to expect has a lot to do with what you will accept. Expectations include both the recovery phase and what the changes will eventually look like.

What Is The Right Cosmetic Surgery Procedure For Me?
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Matching the operation to the problem is an old surgical adage. While a patient is obviously not a surgical expert, they should try to understand what they are about to undergo and whether it can really create the result that they are after. This is very important today where there is often a large selection of treatment choices, many of whom are 'less-invasive' and appealing due to less recovery and costs.

Is Cosmetic Surgery Right For Me?
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Why people seek out cosmetic surgery can be very obvious for some problems....or not obvious at all for other concerns. While the patient may be considering cosmetic surgery for those concerns, surgery is not a guarantee that the results will always make the patient happy. A very important consideration, for patients and plastic surgeons as well, is the magnitude of the concern given the problem. This probably defines a happy postoperative patient more than any other criteria.

Choosing A Plastic Surgeon For Your Cosmetic Surgery
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] The most important first step in any patient considering cosmetic surgery is... who do I go? With so much information available online today, it is easier than ever to do research on plastic surgeons and their backgrounds. That will help to narrow down to a few that appear best qualified, but the best guide is what you can learn in an actual consultation.

How A Simple Battery-Operated Device Helps Relieve Pain
[Health-and-Fitness:Back-Pain] What can I do, as a plastic surgeon, to help my patients recover faster? What can I do to help their swelling, bruising, and pain go away faster? The traditional therapies of cold packs, arnica tablets and gel, elevation of the surgical area, and narcotic pain medications are always used.

Dispelling Any Concerns About the Safety of BOTOX
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Recent media reports on adverse effects in pediatric neuromuscular treatments have cast potential concern about the safety of BOTOX for cosmetic treatments. The history and safety of BOTOX cosmetic is reviewed which provides reassurance to those patients contemplating future treatments.

The Popularity of Injectable Hyaluron Gel Facial Fillers
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] The injection of facial alines and wrinkles today is primarily done by the class of compounds known has hyaluronic acids or hyalurons. They have completely replaced the historic use of collagen as injectable skin fillers with no need for a pre-injection skin test, greater duration of action, and less incidence of potential skin complications.

Giving Plastic Surgery as a Valentine's Day Gift
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] With Valentine's day just around the corner, some men may be thinking of giving their significant other a plastic surgery procedure as a gift. While the idea of less frown lines, fuller lips, larger breasts, or a tighter waistline may be on a man's wish list, make sure it is something the woman really wants, lest it be misinterpreted as self-serving....sort of like that DVD player or home theatre system. If the idea seems to fit, here are some important issues to consider.

Tattoos - Easy to Put On, Difficult to Remove
[Arts-and-Entertainment:Tattoos] Tattoos have become exceptionally popular in the past 10 years amongst the younger age groups primarily. It is likely that a significant percent of these tattoos may be desired to be later removed in life. The only effective treatment is laser therapy based on the selectivity of high-energy light whose wavelengths are matched to the color of the embedded pigments. Laser tattoo removal can help reduce the prominence of many tattoos but it requires many treatments at significant cost.

Can Facial Exercising Replace the Need for Aesthetic Surgery?
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] The concept of facial exercises, strengthening the facial muscles, has long been touted as a method to rejuvenate an aging face or neck. It is a concept that has been around for the past fifty years and continues to be espoused as beneficial. Based on an understanding of facial muscular anatomy and what causes a face to age, there is little scientific evidence to support its benefits and it may actually cause the reverse effect in some cases.

Rapid Recovery After Breast Augmentation
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Breast augmentation is one of the most commonly performed cosmetic procedures. Some women avoid or delay having the procedure out of fear of pain after surgery or the need for a prolonged recovery. Breast augmentation recovery is based on physical therapy from the muscular injury. With early aggressive range of arm motion and anti-inflammatory medication, recovery after breast augmentation can be done quickly done in 24 to 48 hours after surgery.

The Potential Need for Revisions in Cosmetic Surgery - A Thorny Issue
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Cosmetic surgery is tremendously popular and the array of potential face and body changes that can be done are very exciting. Cosmetic surgery, however, has the potential for complications and undesired outcomes. While most of these cosmetic surgery issues are usually minor and of an aesthetic nature, they are nonetheless unpopular with patients. Patients need to be aware of the potential need for revisional surgery before undergoing any elective cosmetic procedure and its economic consequences as well.

Secrets of Botox
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] Botox is a tremendously popular facial anti-aging treatment and billions of injections have been performed. There are many misconceptions in the lay public, however, for its actions, uses, and its cosmetic properties.

Plastic Surgery and Frequently Asked Questions
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] The predominance of plastic surgery in the news and on the internet has made it common knowledge to the general public. But yet many have misconceptions about what plastic surgery is and does. Here are some of those questions.

Matching The Injectable Filler With The Aesthetic Facial Problem
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] There are a variety of injectable fillers today to treat facial lines, wrinkles, folds, and lips. Because they are new and well advertised, marketing claims can cloud the actual science behind their effectiveness. Let's sort out the science from the hype on injectable fillers.

Saline vs Silicone Breast Augmentation
[Womens-Interests:Cosmetic-Surgery] Breast augmentation today can be done by either saline or silicone breast implants. Neither one is perfect and both have their advantages and disadvantages.Knowing what these are allows you to make the right decision for you.

Cosmetic Injection Treatments At Your Local MedSpa
[Health-and-Fitness:Beauty] The emergence of the medspa concept is recent and relatively unregulated. More often than not, they are developed based on a business model and not ideally for patient safety or treatment effectiveness. The training and experience of many medspa staff performing treatments is often lacking with very limited physician support or expertise. Ideally, medspas should have physician support who have extensive experience to perform the procedures