Cosmetic Surgery
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Cosmetic Breast Augmentation and Breast Surgery
Breast augmentation is a procedure to change the size or shape of the breasts. Cosmetic breast surgery may be done at an outpatient surgery clinic or in a hospital. Most women receive general anesthesia for this surgery. You will be asleep and pain-free. You may also have medicine to relax you and ocal anesthesia. You will be awake and will receive medicine to numb your breast area to block pain. There are many different ways to place breast implants: In the most common technique, the surgeon will make an incision (cut) on the underside of your breast, in the natural skin fold. Your surgeon will place the implant through this incision. Your scar may be a little more visible if you are younger, thin, and have not yet had children. Another technique is to place the implant through an incision under your arm. Your surgeon may use an endoscope (a tool with a camera and surgical instruments at the end that is inserted through a vei Read More... -
Facelift: Cosmetic Surgery of the Face
A facelift is a surgical procedure to repair sagging, drooping, and wrinkled skin of the face and neck. Description A facelift can be done alone or with nose reshaping, a forehead lift, or eyelid surgery. While you are sleepy (sedated) and pain-free (local anesthesia), or deep asleep and pain-free (general anesthesia), the plastic surgeon will make surgical cuts above the hairline at the temples, behind the earlobe, to the lower scalp. Often, this is a continuous cut. Many different techniques exist, and the outcomes are similar. During a facelift, the surgeon may: Remove and "lift" some of the fat tissue underneath the skin (called the SMAS layer; this is the main lifting part of the facelift) Remove or move loose skin Tighten muscles Perform liposuction of the neck and jowls Use stitches (sutures) to close the cuts Why the Procedure is Performed Sagging or wrinkled skin occurs natu Read More... -
Liposuction and Body Contouring
Liposuction is the removal of excess body fat by suction using special surgical equipment. A plastic surgeon typically does the surgery. Description Liposuction is a popular type of cosmetic surgery. It removes unwanted deposits of excess fat, to improve body appearance and to smooth irregular or distorted body shapes. The procedure is sometimes called body contouring. Liposuction may be useful for contouring under the chin, neck, cheeks, upper arms, breasts, abdomen, buttocks, hips, thighs, knees, calves, and ankle areas. However, liposuction is a serious surgical procedure and may involve a painful recovery. Because liposuction can have serious or occasionally fatal complications, you should carefully think about your decision to have this surgery. Several different liposuction procedures exist: Tumescent liposuction (fluid injection) is the most common type of liposuction. It involves injecting a large amount of medicated solution into the areas before Read More...
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