Cosmetic Surgery Advances Offer Something For Everyone

If you keep up with the latest cosmetic technologies, your head may be spinning about now.  There have never before been so many amazing options.  Look at all the fillers out there these days, everything from the ever-popular Botox to newer competitors such as Juvederm, to injectables made from one’s own fat—and even one’s own blood!  Besides being minimally invasive, these options have in common that they are affordable, take very little time, and produce results that are so smooth and natural that an observer is likely only to notice that the recipient of the procedure is “looking better than ever.”

In other words, the results are subtle.  And “subtle” may be just what you are going for.  In fact, you can go even more discrete with chemical peels and laser skin resurfacing.  These days the best plastic surgeons and skin professionals have not one but multiple lasers in their offices, because the functions of these wonderful machines vary.  There are lasers that work only with the top surface of the skin, the epidermis, softening lines and smoothing out color disparities.  Then there lasers that penetrate below the surface of the skin, into the place where collagen and elastin reside, to work at deeper wrinkles and enlarged pores.  And finally there are lasers that employ intense pulses of light that can break down uneven pigmentation and brown spots.

All of these fillers and laser procedures produce great results and can take years off your appearance.  But if what you really want is to change the shape of your chin, the size of your breasts or the volume of your eyelids, you won’t be able to get by with fillers or laser resurfacing.  Rather, you may be a candidate for old-fashioned plastic surgery.  If so, what you need to know is that while the results may be as striking as ever, the procedures are more refined than ever too.  Thanks to technology, old-fashioned plastic surgery is not really old-fashioned anymore!  And you can be guaranteed of the satisfaction of getting exactly the change you want, especially if your plastic surgery team possesses a Vectra 3D Imager, which lets you check out the results before the procedure.  Now that’s not only practical; that’s empowering.

Think of the possibilities: If having kids has changed your body in ways that displease you, you may be a candidate for a Mommy Makeover, in which breast augmentation, tummy tuck and/or liposuction can be combined, all in one procedure, to address your post-pregnancy needs.  Or you can change your entire facial structure by strategically adding chin and/or cheek implants.  The incisions necessary for such implants are tinier than ever, and yet the results can be dramatic.  Likewise, a facelift can truly give you a new lease on life.  Most plastic surgeons offer two types, a more traditional lift—and a QuickLift.  And of course there are procedures to address particular areas of your face and body.  Compression garments and cutting-edge products to address bruising and swelling make recovery from any procedure quicker and more comfortable than ever.

If you want to feel relaxed and rejuvenated, get a massage.  That steady pressure, whether on your face or all over your body, will help increase your circulation and infuse your skin tissue with nutrients, leaving your skin radiant and healthier than it was before.  If you want to knock five to ten years off your appearance, check out fillers and laser skin resurfacing options.  But if you want to change your look, go for the gold.  You won’t regret it!