Cosmetic technology is constantly increasing, and some of the new innovations seem to take the world by storm, such as Botox® Cosmetic, facial fillers like Restylane® or Radiesse®, and laser treatments. You may think that the facelift has been replaced, like the whalebone corset replaced by Lycra undergarments.But you would be mistaken. Cosmetic treatments are one thing, but plastic surgery can achieve results that are longer-lasting and more significant than any of the treatments.Besides, advancements in technique and technology make modern facelifts as advanced as any “new hi-tech” procedure.
What a Facelift Treats
In performing a facelift, Dr. Vasdev Rai lifts and […]
Summer is the time of year that all women dread as forcing them to expose all their flaws.However, there are a number of fashions that can allow a woman to avoid showing the world her particular flaws.
If you have varicose veins, cellulite, or fatty ankles, the maxi dress is a good solution.With its long skirt and hip-fitted curves it can conceal many cosmetic flaws in the legs that make women feel self-conscious.To balance the look, however, the maxi shows a great deal of skin in the upper body area, including both arms and decolletage.
For women with a bulging tummy, one […]
The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery published a study in the July/August issue of its organ Aesthetic Surgery Journal that showed that the risk a patient incurs during body contouring procedures is strongly related to the patient’s body mass index (BMI).
In a retrospective review of 129 patients who underwent a single body contouring procedure between 1993 and 2004 researchers correlated actual complications experienced with BMIs.Complication rates were complicated for patients in five BMI categories:ideal (BMI less than 25), overweight (BMI 25-30), obese (BMI 31-35), morbidly obese (BMI 36-40), and severely morbidly obese (BMI 41 and greater).Both minor complications (such […]
There are a number of interesting theories about beauty, and, although none of them are “authoritative,” they can all be useful for conceptualizing your cosmetic surgery by design.Theories of beauty typically group characteristics together in ways that are pleasing to the eye, but not necessarily identical.
One theory utilizes four different types of beauty, based on whether your body is angular or rounded, and whether it is primarily top-heavy or bottom-heavy, then refines the four basic beauty styles into twenty different types of beauty.Once you understand your basic body type, you can select an appropriate ideal that is at once reachable […]
The most recent study by University of Portsmouth bra researchers, technically known as the breast biomechanics team, includes something old and something new.
On the old side, researchers reconfirmed that as many as 90 % of women wear the wrong bra, and that poor support could lead to the ligaments in the breasts being stretched.During exercise, they said, breasts move up to 8 ¼ inches up and down, in and out, and side to side, but most bras are designed only to limit vertical movement.
On the new side, researchers also investigated why women wear the wrong bra.Whereas most earlier studies implied […]
It seems impossible that the Food and Drug Administration would pull a device from the market because of grave health concerns, then, fifteen years later, to allow the same device back on the market with only limited restrictions, but that is exactly what happened with silicone breast implants.From cancer to fibromyalgia, silicone breast implants had been anecdotally linked to a host of illnesses, so, despite the fact that there had been no scientific evidence to support such links, in 1992 the FDA and implant manufacturers decided to restrict the implants from use in breast augmentation, although they would still be […]
Partial abdominoplasty, also known as a mini tummy tuck, is a significantly different procedure from the normal abdominoplasty, requiring much less time to perform and to recover from.
In a full abdominoplasty, a long incision is made from hip to hip above the pubic area, but low enough on the abdomen so that any resulting scar can be easily concealed by underwear or a bathing suit.Another incision is made around the navel, and excess skin is removed.The abdominal muscles are tightened, and some fat may be removed using liposuction.Then the remaining skin is reposition, with an incision made to allow the […]
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The effects of migraines or migraine-like chronic headaches can be debilitating. For those with true migraines, some relief might be had with behavioral therapy, but sufferers still lose time at work and with their families or hobbies as a result of their recurring headaches. And those who avoid migraine-related foods may not see any relief. These people may not be sufferers of the chemically-triggered form of the headache, and for these sufferers doctors in Britain are exploring the use of a formerly cosmetic procedure to reduce or stop their migraine-like headaches.
The cause of these migraine-like headaches may be pressure on […]
Radiesse is the first in what might called the composite injectables. In this new variation on the injectable filler treatment, the injection is formulated using two very different components. First, there is a carrier gel and a content of microspheres that last long after the carrier gel is absorbed by the body. As long as the microspheres are in place, according to theory, the body will fill in around them with collagen, leading to long-lasting results. In the case of Radiesse, the carrier gel is methylcellulose, commonly used as a food thickener, and the microspheres are made of calcium hydroxylapatite, […]