Whether you want to look a few years younger, you have a flaw you would like to correct, or you would just like to look a little more like your favorite celebrity, plastic surgery might be on your menu of upcoming things to do. If it is, it is important that you decide what kind of procedure you want, and find out exactly what it involves.
Let's face it - everyone has a few flaws that we would love to improve. It may be the bump on your nose, the fatty bags under your eyes, ears that stick out, or a weak chin.
Cosmetic surgery of the face involves far more than just the basic garden variety facelift today. The good news is that with modern methods, most surgeries can be done as a day case under a twilight anesthetic.
Heavy hooded upper eyelids may obliterate the once sharp crease that served as a platform for your eye shadow, and blobs of fat that cushion the eyeball create a permanent puffiness no matter how much sleep you've had. "Blepharoplasty," or eyelid surgery, can reduce droopy upper eyelids, eliminate bulging fat bags under the eyes, and restore the contours so that your baby blues get noticed again.
Upper eyelid surgery involves an incision that follows the natural skin fold of the eyelid crease extending into the crow's feet where lines already exist so the scar will be less noticeable. The fat bags can also be removed from the inside - which leaves no visible scars - and combined with laser resurfacing to smooth any loose skin and wrinkles.
You can be back to work or play within seven to ten days. Although the idea of lifting one's brows may conjure up images of the doe in the headlights look, you don't have to look perpetually surprised.
As frown lines across the forehead appear, the increasing heaviness tends to pull the brows down to the point where they seem like they are resting on your lids. A brow lift will tighten loose skin and drooping brows can be yanked up.
Part of the muscle that causes vertical lines between the brows can also be removed, which can stifle the need for botox injections for a while. There are two basic techniques: the traditional coronal brow lift, and an endoscopic forehead lift.
For a coronal brow lift, the incision is made slightly behind the natural hairline, running from ear to ear across the top of the scalp where a headset would sit. For an endoscopic brow lift, three to five little incisions of approximately one inch are made, and a small wand with a camera on the end connected to a monitor, is inserted to allow the surgeon a clear view of the muscles and tissues to be tightened beneath the skin.
Seven to ten days is once again all you need to be back on your feet. Once your neck is going south and your jowls start squaring off, it's time to think about the 'F" word.
A proper facelift is the only real option when the lower face and neck have begun their inevitable descent. A common misconception is that once you have a lift, you have to keep having them.
The results of a lift can last forever, and you'll always look better no matter when you do it. Some of us will only have one facelift in our lifetime, others may have a second surgery seven to ten years later when the tissues have relaxed again, and there are those will go in for a little fine tuning every few years.
On a young neck with springy skin, fat can be liposuctioned. If you have a "turkey gobbler" neck, you won't be able to get away with it.
The traditional facelift requires a continual incision that starts above the ear in the temple, then down in front of the ear, around and into the crease behind the ear with an extension into the hair, which adds up to about eight inches. Short scar techniques, also known in some circles as an 'S-Lift," may cut the scar to half that, and are a good option for early lift-ees.
These are less invasive which translates to reduced swelling, scarring, bruising, and risk, but usually not cost. The end result leaves you refreshed without changing your look significantly.
The recovery is generally ten to fourteen days. Research the procedure you are thinking having, and make sure you understand the risk involved-talk to a plastic surgeon today!
Author Resource:-
Terry Daniels has been a plastic surgeon for over 20 years and has written hundreds of articles relating to plastic surgery. He recommends breast augmentation Utah for your plastic surgery needs.
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