As people try to get the most from their life experiences, it is important to feel their best.Confidence comes from many sources, and one of them is feeling comfortable with how you look.Plastic surgery and other cosmetic enhancements might offer options for looking the way you always hoped to.Plast...
As people try to get the most from their life experiences, it is important to feel their best. Confidence comes from many sources, and one of them is feeling comfortable with how you look. Plastic surgery and other cosmetic enhancements might offer options for looking the way you always hoped to.
Plastic surgery is not for everyone and is not a decision to be taken lightly. My best patients are the most informed about what plastic surgery can and cannot do. They understand their own goals and how plastic surgery might help accomplish them. If you are seeking changes from plastic surgery, it is useful to understand what sorts of procedures are most helpful at different ages.
Teens: Focus on the center of the face.
We see a lot of people in their teens who are concerned about their noses. Sometimes they feel their nose is too large, or has a bump in its bridge, or that it simply does not match the rest of their face.
Rhinoplasty (sometimes called a %26ldquo;nose job%26rdquo;) can bring the nose into harmony with the rest of one%26rsquo;s features. The nose is at the center of the face. If people feel their nose has improved its appearance, they tend to feel much more confident in their overall appearance.
20%26rsquo;s: Tune-up for bodies.
That means liposuction for men and women, and often breast procedures for women. Liposuction works best for people who are in good shape overall, but have stubborn areas that resist the good effects of diet and exercise. We do a lot of liposuction on men on their chests and %26ldquo;love handles%26rdquo; and for women on their thighs and tummies. Recovery from the procedure is usually rather quick, with most returning to work in several days.
Many women have breast augmentations to become larger or to make the breasts more even in size or position. Others have breast reduction procedures if they have always felt top-heavy. Increasingly, many men are having male chest reduction procedures in their 20%26rsquo;s, if they are overly full in this area. This might be part of a situation called %26ldquo;gynecomastia%26rdquo; in which the male chest appears uncomfortably large.
30%26rsquo;s: Time to bring out the eyes and smooth those first lines.
We see both men and women in their 30%26rsquo;s who have full or baggy upper eyelids or puffiness of their lower eyelids. An eyelift can refresh the entire face and get rid of that tired-looking appearance. Fine lines often benefit from Botox treatments. This medicine works to quiet the tiny muscles in the face. When the muscles are quiet, they do not contract as deeply so they do not pull the overlying skin inward to cause wrinkles.
40%26rsquo;s: Another body tune-up time.
By the time we reach our 40%26rsquo;s, our bodies can show a bit of age. Sometimes a tummy tuck provides dramatic changes to the midsection. For men and women who have gained or lost a fair amount of weight, or for women who have had babies, a tummy tuck removes excess skin and tightens the muscles beneath. The result is a new and flat contour. For women, the procedure can be combined with a breast lift, or a small breast implant to reshape the entire torso %26ndash; a procedure we call the Rodeo Drive Mommy Makeover.
50%26rsquo;s and 60%26rsquo;s: Back to the face.
As we age, our skin tends to sag. In our 50%26rsquo;s and 60%26rsquo;s this loose skin usually is most noticeable in the neck, along the jaw line, and in the cheeks. A facelift tightens the muscles of the face and neck along with the skin. Modern techniques emphasize work on the deeper tissues, so the skin is not pulled very tightly. This provides a natural appearance to the result, and avoids the %26ldquo;windswept%26rdquo; appearance common from facelifts in the past. A gentle touch when working on the skin is especially important for facelifts in men, who can look somewhat feminized when the skin is pulled too tightly.
Cosmetic surgery works best when people have specific concerns they want to address. If you are using plastic surgery to look your best for dating, think carefully about what specifically you would like to improve about your appearance. Plastic surgery will not solve social, family, or work problems. But it can help you feel comfortable in your own skin, and this sort of self-confidence goes a long way in the world of dating.
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