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Flaunting Those Nips and Tucks
December 29th, 2009 | 
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For 10 years, 47-year old Jane M. watched enviously as other women got their tummies tucked by the plastic surgeon whose Paramus office she manages.
But last June, she finally got her own done (with a little lipo while they were in there), and ever since, the envy has been flying the other way.
“Oh my God, I wish I was you,” friend after friend she said.
Goodbye shame, hello scalpel. Plastic surgery is morphing into a mainstream beauty tactic. Going under the knife for a tighter face or slimmer stomach is becoming more about good grooming, sort of like waxed eyebrows and manicured nails, and less about gaudy vanity.
“It’s so much more acceptable today – not like years ago, when people were afraid to tell people,” said Jane’s boss, Paramus plastic surgeon John T. Cozzone. “And it’s not just for the wealthy. Everyday normal people are doing it.”
And they are doing it before our very eyes. The prime-time television schedule was bursting with plastic surgery reality shows spotlighting the transformation of average-looking individuals to “beautiful” people. No matter that it may have involved three, four, or 12 surgical procedures. In almost every case, at least portrayed by the sheer joy at their “reveal,” the end justifies the means.
This is all part of the normalization of the cultural phenomenon, said critic Virginia Blum, author of “Flesh Wounds: The Culture of Plastic Surgery.” We are mid-stride in the evolution from the outrageous to ordinary.
“There is a feeling that if you can transform yourself, you can have a different life. That’s really an American story. And then it gets yoked to consumer culture. Buy this and you will feel better. A better body is a better something you buy,” said Blum, who herself had a nose job when she was a teenager.
The new packaged plastic surgery, in which a patient opts for a combination of procedures, “is like buying a car with all the perks. There is nothing left wanting,” she said.
Before the Seventies, people who had cosmetic surgery were considered pathological, Blum said. In the Eighties, celebrities who got it done were “outed” in tabloids and risked humiliation. Remember – just a couple of years ago – the tempest over the eye job Greta Van Susteren got before moving to Fox News Channel?
Soon, Blum argued, we will come to a time when it will be like getting braces, and people will wonder why someone didn’t get plastic surgery to fix their body.
“With Greta Van Susteren it will be like: ‘Why didn’t she have a whole lower body lift? She only had her eye lids done?’ It will move into a place where we criticize people for not having done more,” she said.
Sander Gilman, who has written two books about the history and culture of plastic surgery, traces the growing comfort with plastic surgery to the mid-Nineties, when the Discovery Channel first ran shows depicting patients’ experiences.
This season, there were four prominent plastic surgery shows; two – ABC’s Extreme Makeover” and Fox’s “The Swan” – were reality shows in which candidates were treated to a variety of services, usually including a large number of surgical procedures. The two contestants on “The Swan” then went on to compete for a spot in the show’s own beauty pageant, causing a stir among critics.
MTV’s “I Want a Famous Face” was a documentary series featuring young Americans who wanted to look more like a certain celebrity and often used implants, lifts and a host of other surgical techniques to make their dream come true. FX’s “Nip/Tuck,” a scripted drama, begins its second season June 22. “The Swan II” debuts in November.
Plastic surgeons say the programs have swelled their waiting rooms with new patients at a time when plastic surgery was already on the rise. In 2003, doctors performed more than 8.7 million cosmetic surgeries, up 32 percent over 2002.
“Especially this ‘Extreme Makeover’ has increased the volume of people who come into the office,” Cozzone said. “It has had a positive effect.”
Unlike the makeover shows, where the transformation can be dramatic, the vast majority of clients are not looking for wholesale makeovers, said New York plastic surgeon Mauro Romita. Rather they want smaller fixes, for concerns such as a bump in their nose or too many wrinkles, he said.
Still, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) was thrilled with “Extreme Makeover.”
“Out of it came many good lessons,” said Montclair plastic surgeon Allen Rosen, an ASPS spokesman. “They were taking patients with real cosmetic concerns and seeing that at the end of the day, they were feeling good about themselves.”
And it just happened to have altered a lot of people’s minds about plastic surgery, including that of one of the show’s executive producers, Lou Gorfain. Before viewing an episode, he considered plastic surgery “a vanity thing” and the concept of the program “very exploitive.”
“I thought, ‘What has reality TV come to: carving up people for the amusement of millions?” he said.
But when he saw the impact of the surgeries, his impressions shifted.
“These were people whose lives were deeply, deeply affected by their appearances. The changes they made were more than cosmetic. They made a holistic impression,” he said.
MTV’s “I Want a Famous Face” was more disturbing, perhaps because it documented an extreme segment of our society. MTV’s did not pay for the surgeries, it simply followed people who were willing to pay a high price, in both pain and money, for their new look.
Kate Winslet said she wept after watching a show in which a fan underwent extensive surgery to look more like her. In another episode, a blonde wanted the bust of Pamela Anderson so she could be a Playboy Playmate. A third spotlighted two brothers’ efforts to resemble Brad Pitt.
Rosen said a proper surgeon’s job is not to make others look like someone else, but to enhance and “bring into balance” the individual. However, the idea for the show came after following around young plastic surgery patients, most of whom brought in photos of celebrities, said co-creator and producer Marshall Eisen.
“We’re documenting what’s really happening out there. Part of what’s shocking to some people who see this is finding out how prevalent it is out there,” he said. Rosen argues that when patients bring in a photo to his office, which they do frequently, he uses it to help identify what they desire in a feature – sculpted and balanced or chiseled and strong – as opposed to trying to replicate someone else’s nose on another individual’s face.
But Eisen was not surprised to find so many people who wanted to look more like a celebrity. We live in a culture with an established beauty ideal, so it’s a natural outgrowth, he said.
Nely Galan, creator of “The Swan,” loves the idea that plastic surgery will soon be considered as normal to Americans as apple pie, as it is in much of the Latin world.
“To say you have plastic surgery is a status symbol. Beauty is very important to us,” said the Cuban-American, who hails from Teaneck.
American women feel bad about themselves because they can’t measure up to a celebrity beauty that exists largely as a result of the plastic surgery most of the stars are getting done, she said. As Galan sees it, the problem is not that people are getting the work done, but that no one is admitting it.
Perhaps, she said, if the media were more honest with their images of women, people would feel less need to achieve the same level of unattainable perfection.
“I hope that within the next five years, it will be very cool for actresses to admit what they’re gotten done instead of all trying to hide it and make people feel bad and think that they are somehow genetically better,” she said.
Studies three years after cosmetic surgeries show that patients remain satisfied, Gilman said.
“How many people, after three years, are still satisfied with their cars?” he asked.
Blum, however is less certain.
“I’m not anti-plastic surgery. But I think it is not making people as happy as it promises to,” she said.
Less invasive procedures and more outpatient work are making the procedures easier to obtain, another factor contributing to the increasingly blasé attitude toward the surgery.
Romita has an operating room in his Fifth Avenue office, where he can perform a short-scar face-lift, rhinoplasty, and breast augmentation, among other procedures. The shorter surgeries, which require less anesthesia, are more appealing to people who don’t want to stay in a hospital and don’t want to be out of commission for long.
“Now it’s like talking a gallbladder out,” Romita said. “Safer, faster, healing, and the results are better.”
Traditional plastic surgery costs have held steady for the past five years, but now the outpatient procedures are cutting them significantly. Anesthesia is 20 percent cheaper, and the facility costs are about 60 percent less. Where a hospital face-lift may cost between $4,600 and $5,000, a similar procedure in Romita’s office might be $3,000, he said. The same is true for eyelids and noses.
Still, there are many people like Jane M., the doctor’s office manager, and an Oradell real estate broker interviewed for this story, who are very happy with the outcome of their surgery but remain reluctant to be quoted by full name.
“I’m still absolutely thrilled. It feels good,” said the 52-year-old real estate agent, who got her eyes done and plans to get a face-lift in a few years.
“I don’t think I would say too much to too many people,” she said. “There’s bound to be a story, some horror story, and that’s not what you need to hear.”
John T. Cozzone, M.d.
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/flaunting-those-nips-and-tucks-132863.html
Nichkhun & Yoona
The most attractive pairing ever. Haters to the left.
Duration : 0:4:6
http://www.soshifanclub.com/forums credit : LG CYONPLASTIC SURGERY
I hate the fact that people discriminate others by their appearance.
This caused those victims to go under plastic surgery.
Mainly thanks to hollywood media effect.
Lots of people also commit suicide due to psychological depression caused indirectly
by pressures.
There are also biased opinions in many nations.
Chinese people think Koreans&Japanese are addicted to plastic surgeries.
Korean people think Chinese,Japanese are addicted to plastic surgeries
Japanese people think Chinese&Koreans are addicted to plastic surgeries.. etc
Does not matter where they live
It doesn’t matter how they look
Try to look into their inner beauty
Appearance is just molecular composition translations of genetic molecules
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Medical Negligence Claims Advice UK Cometic Surgery and Dental Negligence Compensation Claims
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Plastic Surgery of the Chin Bone with Dr. Barry Eppley
Cutting and moving the chin bone is an alternative surgery to a traditional chin implant for chin deficiencies. Known as osteoplastic genioplasty or chin osteotomies, moving the bone has the advantage of being able to correct both horizontal and vertical chin dimensions. Dr. Barry Eppley, board-certified plastic surgeon of Indianapolis, demonstrates a case of chin osteotomy for a very small chin.
Duration : 0:2:35
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Tags: barry, chin, correction, dr., eppley, genioplasty, indianapolis, osteotomy, surgery | 
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Woman DIY Plastic Surgery With Liquid Silicone!!!!!!!
Charlotte NC - Most women would be mortified to show their face looking like this. But one 54-year-old mother of three is showing her picture to try to prevent others from making the same mistake she did. She doesn’t want to reveal her name, but says she bought a $10 bottle of liquid silicone off the internet and injected it into her lips and cheeks. She wanted to look younger and save a few bucks.
“This poor woman has probably disfigured herself for life.” Dr. Victor Ferrari is a double board certified plastic surgeon in Charlotte. He’s seen his share of patients who’ve taken their appearance into their own hands.
“The one man convinced the other that this was a safe practice. He injected silicone bathtub caulk into this first guys face.”
His horror stories don’t stop there. “I have a woman next week that I’m doing reconstructive breast surgery on who had liquid silicone injected for a couple hundred dollars trying to get breast enhancement who now has two rock hard breasts that we have to try to reconstruct and make them look like normal breasts again.”
And if that doesn’t make you think twice, Ferrari says “I had a woman from Las Vegas that went to Mexico and had mineral oil injected into her ankles to make her ankles bigger. And as the reaction came up her leg, I ended up having to take all the skin off her legs and skin graft her leg from the hip down to the ankle.
The woman sharing her pictures with the world will undergo multiple surgeries since liquid silicone can’t just be “sucked out.” Her “cost saving measure” will end up costing her up to five times the amount just to fix it.
“That’s the reason you pay good money for it because you need an expert who’s doing it,” says Ferrari.
Duration : 0:2:12
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Tags: diy, injected, Liquid, plastic, silicone, surgery, with |
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The Laserlyte Lift™ - The First True Non-Surgical Face Lift
Nearly everyone over 30 years old sees wrinkles, loose skin and other signs of facial aging staring back at them in the mirror. Many would like to have a fresher younger looking face but no one wants to have plastic surgery. In recent years technological advances such as Botox®, Restylane®, Radiesse®, and new Lasers, IPL and skin tightening machines like Thermage®, Titan®, LuxIR®, and Aluma®, have improved the plastic surgeons ability to rejuvenate the face non-surgically, but none have been able to deliver the often promised “non-surgical face-lift.” The best results have achieved about a 30 % tightening of the facial skin. Dramatic results have been achieved in “wrinkle removal” when proper techniques have been applied, but true lifting or tightening of the facial skin has been modest at best
The new LaserLyte Lift™ promises to achieve a much more significant rejuvenation and lifting of the face with a new non-surgical multi-modality technique three phase procedure which not only tightens the facial skin but also removes wrinkles and other aging changes on the surface of the skin—all achieved non-surgically with minimal or no down time.
This new non-surgical high tech procedure is based on the theory that all of the skin layers must be treated and rejuvenated to accomplish true facial rejuvenation and is based on the principles of the 6-step facial rejuvenation program® outlined in my book “Save Your Face-The Revolutionary 6-Step Facial Rejuvenation Program.
The important changes in the facial skin which lead to an aged appearance occur predominantly in 3 layers-the epidermis or outer layer that you see in the mirror, and two deeper layers-the superficial and the deep dermis—the pink part of your skin you see when you scrape your knee.
As we age, the sun’s UV rays, and other age related factors damage all 3 layers of the skin. We see these changes in the form of wrinkles, brown spots and dry skin-changes in the Epidermis or outer layer. However the major changes causing wrinkles and sagging skin is damage to the 2 deeper layers of the dermis.
The result of aging changes in both layers of the dermis is the loss of collagen. Collagen plumps the skin and gives the skin its tone and elasticity. When we lose collagen from the dermis the skin loses volume and becomes wrinkled-the same way a plum turns into a prune when it loses water after drying. In addition when we lose collagen we lose elasticity, the skin does not snap back when we pull on it and release it, and the skin sags.
The key to non-surgical facial rejuvenation or a non-surgical face-lift is to remove the superficial aging changes form the superficial epidermis and restore new collagen and thus volume and elasticity to both the superficial and deep layers of the dermis
Contemporary non-surgical methods such as laser, IPL, Radiofrequency (Aluma®, Thermage®), and Infrared (LuxIR®, Titan®,) energies are capable of treating the surface of the skin and the deep dermis, but do not treat the middle layer of the dermis and thus cannot achieve complete non-surgical rejuvenation or a non-surgical face-lift.
New technology has finally enabled us to treat the middle skin layer-the upper dermis and stimulate new collagen regeneration in this layer using a 1540 fractionated erbium laser made by Palomar, with minimal or no down time. Thus we are now able to treat all three skin layers affected by aging, removing surface irregularities such as wrinkles, brown spots, and dry skin, and restoring collagen and thus plumping volume and elasticity to the middle and deep skin layers.
Thus we can achieve a true non-surgical facial rejuvenation or non-surgical face-lift for the first time addressing all three layers of the aged skin.
This procedure is called the LaserLyte Lift™ because Laser and other forms of light (lyte) energy are used to treat the three skin layers. The procedure takes time, as it requires multiple treatments scheduled several weeks apart over a time course of several months. However the results are striking-you can see them and believe them—you don’t have to try to convince yourself that they are there as you have with so many “miracle wrinkle cures” you have tried in the past.
The LaserLyte Lift™ involves three treatment protocols or phases.
Phase I begins with the important first 2 steps of the 6-step program®, deep exfoliation and stimulation of new collagen growth near the surface of the skin. This phase removes wrinkles, brown spots and restores the skins shiny glow. This is the LaserLyte Peel® achieved with the Lumenis Active Fx laser. This peel is performed with a topical skin anesthetic, takes 25 minutes, and leaves you pink for 4-5 days. Some people only need one peel others may need 2 or 3.These peels are scheduled 6-8 weeks apart.
Phase II-which is painless and involves no down time begins about 4weeks after your first LaserLyte Peel and is the start of your skin tightening regimen through stimulation of new collagen growth in the deep dermal layer by the application of Infrared or other energy which penetrates through the epidermis and superficial dermis to the deep dermis, to restore collagen and elasticity and tighten the facial skin. Treatments are spaced 4 weeks apart and at least 4 sessions are required.
The start of Phase III, mid dermal collagen stimulation, which involves no pain and minimal pinkness for a few hours only, using the 1540 or similar effective wavelength starts at a variable timetable depending on how many LaserLyte Peels you need. If you only need one peel Phase 3 can begin as early as 2-3 months and be alternated with Phase 2 at 2-week intervals. If you need 3 LaserLyte Peels then Phase 3 will not begin until 5-6 months.
While the LaserLyte Lift™ takes time it is the only method of facial rejuvenation to actively treat all three layers of the skin and thus the only method to achieve effective facial rejuvenation non-surgically. In fact, the LaserLyte Lift™ achieves more thorough facial rejuvenation than a surgical face-lift. A surgical face-lift only tightens the skin, after a surgical face-lift you have tight “old” skin. The LaserLyte Lift™ renews and rejuvenates all three skin layers, thus when you are finished your face truly looks younger, and remember, you are avoiding surgery and its dangers and discomfort. More importantly you are achieving true facial rejuvenation with wrinkle removal and new collagen, which plumps and tightens your skin to a truly youthful appearance.
As technology advances we undoubtedly will be able to achieve results is less time. However at present the LaserLyte Lift is the only method for rejuvenation of all three skin layers and it takes several months to achieve a good result.
For some people with very severe aging plastic surgery will be the best option, either in the form of a face-lift or laser resurfacing or both.
But for the vast majority of my patients who I see daily in my practice the LaserLyte Lift™ is an excellent way to achieve true facial rejuvenation without surgery a real “non-surgical” face-lift, with results you can see. No face cream, diet, laser, IPL, or other technology alone can achieve as good a result.
If you start before you have severe aging changes you will likely never need to have a face-lift.
Brooke Seckel
http://www.articlesbase.com/careers-articles/the-laserlyte-lift-the-first-true-nonsurgical-face-lift-55987.html
Natural Face Lift – Restylane for Nautural Youthful Skin Instantly
Restylane is a natural facelift treatment that has been used by millions of women worldwide to get a more youthful appearance.
Restylane is a great alternative to Botox or plastic surgery is natural and safe. Let’s look at why Restylane is becoming more popular than ever.
The Treatment
Restylane is a gel made from hyaluronic acid (HA)
This water acting substance is present in everyone’s skin already and the treatment simply boosts the moisturizing affect.
So, it’s natural and safe and this is hugely appealing to most women.
When injected into the skin it is known as SubQ and moisturises the skin from the inside
It is used to soften lines and wrinkles and is injected into any areas that need improvement.
It can be used on the skin but is also frequently injected into the lip areas as well to plump them up, in this form is known as Restylane Lipp.
Finally it can be used on the cheekbones, where it is called SUBQ.
It is a very flexible treatment and adds volume to the face to soften lines, wrinkles or stress an area i.e plumping up the lips.
How long does it last?
This all depends on each individual.
How much is injected, how much that area of the face moves and the person’s genetic makeup.
For example, a cheek treatment will tend to last a year or more, mouth lines around six months and the lips may be just a few months.
In addition to the above we are all unique and we all break down hyaluronic acid at different rates so every case is different.
Why use it?
Unlike Botox and other treatments, it is totally natural with no side effects.
It simply boosts the amount of hyaluronic acid in the skin.
Because its natural you look natural (this cannot be said for botox or many facelifts) you can roll back the years, look beautiful and not worry that you will suffer in anyway from side effects.
Just like treatments like Mestotherapy the attraction of Restylane is it allows you to look younger in a totally natural way.
Ok it doesn’t last for ever but regular treatments will keep you looking young and with sessions at around $700.00 its affordable and a great way to look better.
Sacha Tarkovsky
http://www.articlesbase.com/women’s-issues-articles/natural-face-lift-restylane-for-nautural-youthful-skin-instantly-77517.html
Lee Min Ho & Yoona @ Baeksang Arts Awards
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