When you have a chemical peel done, the chemical gives you the equivalent of a sunburn. The top layer of skin gets red and then peels off. The skin grows new cells that are tighter and give you a younger look. You can choose a mild chemical peel, or a moderate or deep peel. The chemical solution is set to one of those strengths and will penetrate to a certain depth accordingly. Laser skin resurfacing works in a similar way.
The skin has three main layers:
The top layer called the epidermis;
The middle layer called the dermis; and
The lowest layer called the […]
Now that calm and peace are spreading in Iraq, Iraqis are turning more to personal improvements including cosmetic surgery. The election results have been confirmed by a manual count with no fraud discovered, and a coalition government is in the making. The U.S. is hoping to start withdrawing troops in August.
The years of conflict and violence have yielded what seems to be a blessing in disguise – Iraqi surgeons have gained a great amount of experience in plastic surgery, having worked on so many people injured by bullets and explosions.
In a Baghdad Clinic
A news report on one Dr. Abbas al-Sihn […]
In July this year, the sixth Annual Facial Cosmetic Surgery International Multi-Specialty Symposium will be held. According to news reports, there will be a presentation of a new type of facelift called the Simoni Lift™.
This is a mini-facelift that requires only local anesthetic and takes about an hour. It is offered by one Payman Simoni, M.D., who practices in Beverly Hills, California. It is reputed to improve turkey neck and laxity in the jowls, cheeks and facial skin and is said to have a short recovery time. It is the type of procedure often referred to as a “weekend facelift”.
Dr. […]
A chemical peel is a kind of deliberate skin injury but of course it is done carefully and according to your preference. You can choose to have a mild peel, moderate peel, or strong peel, which affect the skin to different depths. There is method behind this apparent madness. When you remove the surface skin cells, the skin responds as if it were injured. The dermis produces new cells and when they rise up to form a new surface layer, they are smoother and tighter than the ones that were removed.
Basically, a chemical peel is like a sunburn. The skin […]
On May 17, this space discussed skin structure – the three layers and what they each do. On May 21, we discussed BOTOX® Cosmetic and how it works. Today let’s consider one of the facial fillers called Radiesse®.
As the name implies, facial fillers rejuvenate the skin by filling it with something. Unlike BOTOX® Cosmetic, which is injected past all skin layers and into a specific muscle, facial fillers are injected into the skin’s second layer, the dermis.
The Collagen Matrix
Among many other structures, the dermis contains a network of protein fibers that give support to the skin surface. One type of […]
On May 17, this space talked about the skin’s layers and what each one does for us. When you have some understanding of how the skin is structured, you can more easily understand why it starts to look older and how it can be rejuvenated.
In this youth-worshipping age, many people are unhappy when the years start to show on their skin. At The Cosmetic Surgical Center, we have many people coming for procedures like facial fillers and BOTOX® Cosmetic. Both of these can smooth out lines and wrinkles, but they work in completely different ways
Small facial lines are one of […]
Our skin is our largest organ. It has many functions:
Insulation (from fat below the skin surface)
Protection from the elements for body structures
Minimizing water loss
Body temperature regulation (through sweat glands and dilation and constriction of its blood vessels)
Sensation of touch, heat, cold, pain, itch, and pressure (through sensory nerve endings in the skin)
Production of Vitamin D (through exposure to the sun’s UV radiation)
Expression of emotions (through blushing, paling and goose bumps. Goosebumps are the tightening of little muscles at the base of each hair. It makes the hair stand up like a bird fluffing up feathers or a porcupine raising its […]
The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS) is a not-for-profit organization that provides consumer and professional information and conducts meetings and conferences for cosmetic surgeons and others. Recently they did a large survey of cosmetic surgery procedures done in the U.S.
The survey found that despite the sagging economy, over 17 million procedures were performed in 2009. That is more than has ever been reported before in a single year. The survey included questions about both invasive and non-invasive procedures. Results showed that of the invasive procedures, those most popular over the past years are:
Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck)
Rhinoplasty (nose surgery); and
Blepharoplasty (eyelid […]
We hear a lot in the news about BOTOX® Cosmetic and how popular it is, but not so much about the advantages of facial fillers, also called dermal fillers. They do not work the same way as BOTOX® Cosmetic. Instead of temporarily paralyzing the muscle used for frowning, for example, and thus helping to smooth out the frown lines, fillers provide bulk beneath the skin.
Facial fillers work in different ways to plump up the skin. One group of fillers is based on hyaluronic acid, a substance found naturally in the body. It attracts water, bonding to it and holding it […]
Having looked at the choices associated with breast augmentation on April 14, the advantages of saline implants on April 30, and the advantages of silicone gel implants on May 3, let’s now consider the downsides of each implant type. If you are considering breast augmentation, it is part of your education and preparation to learn about the disadvantages as well as the advantages of each pre-surgery choice. No implant type is perfect absolutely, but one may be pretty near perfect for you individually.
There are four choices of incision location for breast augmentation but only three are possible if you choose […]