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December, 2010:

Cosmetic surgery available for all

Cosmetic surgery which was once reserved for celebrities or the very rich is now more popular and accessible than ever before.  According to the ASPS more than 11.5 million surgical and non surgical cosmetic procedures were performed in the US in 2007.

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Cosmetic surgery available for all

Cosmetic surgery which was once reserved for celebrities or the very rich is now more popular and accessible than ever before.  According to the ASPS more than 11.5 million surgical and non surgical cosmetic procedures were performed in the US in 2007.

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Is Liposuction a form of weight loss?

If you’ve lost a lot of weight, but you’re still finding it hard to get the figure you want, liposuction may be an option. This procedure is especially good for taking off a stubborn 10-15 lbs. of fat while contouring the body to make it appear as if there was much more weight loss. Even though liposuction removes fat, its primary purpose is sculpting the target areas into a more appealing shape. Liposuction is best done on areas that typically retain fat even when other areas of the body are at the desired size. The thighs, abdomen, and buttocks are common targets of liposuction due to their propensity to take on extra fat deposits.

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Checking Credentials

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Once again, this stresses the importance of checking credentials and experience levels of your Plastic Surgery or cosmetic procedure provider. Even nonsurgical procedures like injectables, botox injections, should not be taken lightly.

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How Important Is Your Smile

Everyone keeps talking about plastic surgery and the dramatic effects it has.. this is true.. but DONT forget about what cosmetic dentistry can offer…

Your Smile Tells Everything … Your smile can be your greatest asset. Take it from Trenton Dentist Dr Jackson.  He offers all aspects of cosmetic dentistry including tooth whitening, dental implants, porcelain veneers and more. Find out more about how cosmetic dentistry in Trenton can help you.

The History of Silicone Breast Implants

Silicone breast implants were first introduced in the 1960′s. Due to controversy in the early 1990′s there was a widespread fear about the possibility of silicone breast implants causing autoimmune diseases in women. Extensive studies since then have given no evidence that silicone breast implants have any relationship to breast cancer, autoimmune disease or any other systemic illnesses in patients. Specifically, patients with breast implants have no higher likeliness of diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma or lupus, in comparison than those without breast implants.

The FDA approved the use of the third generation silicone gel implants in November of 2006 for women 22 years of age and older. These implants are not filled with liquid silicone, but rather a cohesive silicone gel.

The increased safety of the cohesive gel implants led to the FDA’s approval of these implants for cosmetic use. Saline implants are FDA approved for breast augmentation in women 18 years of age and older. The FDA regulates the age of approved use higher for silicone gel implants to ensure that a woman is emotionally mature enough and fully understands the risks of these implants.

Both Saline and Silicone breast implants have their advantages and disadvantages. The silicone gel implants feel softer and more natural, have less chance of rippling, but are more expensive and have a higher chance of developing tightening of the scar tissue around the implant known as capsule contracture.

The manufacturers of silicone gel implants (Mentor and Allergan) recommend that you get an MRI after 3 years and then every 2 years thereafter to ensure that your implants are not leaking. Insurance will likely not cover the cost for an MRI. The manufacturers also warn that your insurance carrier may increase your health premiums or decline coverage if you have silicone gel implants.

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What is the Body Contouring Procedure?

The term: ‘body contouring’ gives the impression of the human body as a lump of clay that the ‘artistic’ plastic surgeon sculpts it into a work of fine art – like Michelangelo’s David, perhaps. Very few plastic surgeons are artists in the generally accepted meaning of the word – despite self-indulgent posturing, marketing hype and the occasional art creation. The sad truth is that we are dealing with a pre-existing musculoskeletal structure and skin envelope that we can only alter in well-defined and limited ways. We do not have a free-handed liberty to shape the body into whatever form the patient desires.

Body contouring is therefore a misleading term that includes such procedures as liposuction (foolishly and even more misleadingly rendered ‘liposculpture’ by those with artistic pretensions); excisional surgery after weight loss; body, leg, breast and arm lifts; abdominoplasty and fat injection.

Liposuction (suction assisted lipectomy, liposculpture, suction lipectomy) can remove unsightly bulges of fat from areas where there is a disproportionate amount of it. It has become the most common aesthetic surgery procedure performed in the United States, and is highly effective in the right circumstances. The surgery itself leaves tiny scars. However, if large amounts of fat require removal and if the skin tone is poor – for example, after massive weight loss – the results are frequently disappointing. The loose skin, now unsupported by fat, becomes looser, taking on ripples at best; and, at worst, hanging in folds.

Body contouring involves dealing with the loose skin by removing it and thereby tightening that which remains. Since long incisions are necessary, the scars are more prominent than with liposuction, but are hidden – as far as possible – in inconspicuous places. For example, in arm reductions (batwing correction, brachioplasty) the scar is placed in the armpit or down the inside of the upper arm; in thigh lifts, the scar is located in the groin crease or down the inside of the thigh; in lower body lifts, the scar is sited within the bikini line, and with breast lifts, the scar is positioned around the nipple-areola complex and on the undersurface of the breast.

People who experience massive weight loss, be it from gastric bypass, banding or dieting alone, experience wildly different patterns of skin redundancy. Like all sensible plastic surgery, the techniques used, their combination and their staging have to be individualized to the patient and his or her physical condition. At your initial consultation, I will take a detailed history and perform a thorough examination with the object of finding out your aims, determining what combination of procedures would best satisfy them and ensuring that any pre-existing medical conditions may be appropriately managed to minimize risk at the time of surgery. You will have ample time to ask questions and discuss your options in a professional yet friendly environment.

Finally, if you are ever sitting in a plastic surgery office and you glimpse a bronze cast of the ‘artist’s’ hands, take my advice and head for the door.

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