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Understanding The Tummy Tuck
January 17th, 2010 | 
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The Tummy Tuck is a Medical Procedure
There are numerous factors which help determine our waist size. For some of us, those days of size 2 jeans and bikinis went out the door when we had children. For other, we have struggled all our life to trim our waistline. Time, age, and environmental factors can rob us of the figure we are more comfortable with and leave us with a very stubborn waistline that won’t seem to firm up no matter what we do.
Some of us choose to remedy the situation with what we consider to be a quick little tummy tuck. Tummy tucks are in fact medical procedures, and while many people are quite happy with the results, patients who understand the mechanics and expectations after the procedure are more likely to fair much better afterward.
All surgery, including cosmetic surgery, comes with its share of risks. Anesthesia does occasionally throw out a few unexpected complications. However, when we weigh the risks against the benefits, most people feel the risks are small enough to accept. Cosmetic surgery will require ample recovery time.
The recovery times for cosmetic surgery various with each procedure. Obviously a tummy tuck will be more initially restricting than a nose job, although most people can return to work within about two to three weeks. People with more physically demanding jobs may require an extra week or two at home.
The tummy tuck is a medical procedure that requires cautious movement in recovery and ample understanding of the restrictions imposed for recovery prior to going through with this particular cosmetic procedure.
The Tummy Tuck
The tummy tuck is a cosmetic procedure that is based on surgically tightening up the abdominal muscles in order to slim down the waistline. You are essentially “tucking” the unwanted body layers underneath itself much the same way we fold clothes. Naturally it’s a little more complicated than that, but you get the idea.
When a cosmetic surgeon begins the tummy tuck process, he makes two incisions. One along the hip bone around the pubic area and the other releases the belly button so it can be reattached in a new position later. The skin is then separated from the torso in order to reveal the muscle underneath. This is where the heart of the tummy tuck occurs. This exposed abdominal muscle is what the surgeon will the stitch into a tighter, reshaped waistline. By tightening up the muscle and actually stitching it in place, new definition to the lower abdomen if formed and the results are typically a smaller waistline.
The description of the tummy tuck may not sound pleasant, but it is important for patients to understand what is happening to their body so they can recover accordingly. Understanding the procedure prepares patients better and they often have shorter recovery time because they don’t try to take on too much too early.
Recovering from the Tummy Tuck
Recovering from any cosmetic procedure can be a timely process. It is still surgery after all. Tummy tucks take a fair amount of recovery time and absolutely a time frame that does not allow the patient to lift or carry. The first few days after surgery are the roughest, and the patient must experience the discomfort of the natural bruising and swelling that occurs when the body is rearranged.
Typically it only takes about five day for the incisions to heal after surgery and the stitches are removed. This does not mean, however, that the patient can then return to anything resembling normal activities. There is still a lot of healing to be done after this type of cosmetic procedure.
The patient will be required to wear a support specifically designed for post tummy tuck recovery time to help the muscles adjust and stay in place, as well as to protect the new waistline from harm while it heals. Most patients report that the support also relieves pain initially as it helps to hold everything in the abdomen in place and relieves stress.
The tummy tuck does leave scars. Most cosmetic procedures will leave minimal scarring, and while the tummy tuck is no different it can take anywhere from nine to twelve months before the scarring has reduced enough to show off the new waistline.
The Benefits of a Tummy Tuck
Tummy tucks are a method of returning a figure, most often, to a pre-child bearing condition. The vast majority of tummy tuck patients are women whose abdomens lost their elasticity due to childbirth. Often the muscles can not regain their original structure which is why simply dieting and exercise may help but won’t work.
We live in a society where overweight and out of shape people often do not receive the same opportunities as healthy looking slender people. For women and men who are trying alternative methods of weight reduction without success, the tummy tuck offers a positive solution.
Just like nose jobs, face lifts, and other cosmetic procedures, tummy tucks are effective tools to bringing about the best physical body possible for any individual wishing to attain a higher level of appearance. There is great debate whether this is an emotionally healthy approach, however a society will not change overnight and criticism can be fierce.
For the most part tummy tucks are a permanent solution to the battle of the waistline. Although bearing more children may result in terminating the effects of the initial tummy tuck at least partially if not all the way.
Important Considerations
Cosmetic procedures are not for everyone. People who are in very poor physical shape may not recover as quickly or thoroughly as those who exercise regularly. People who are sensitive to anesthesia also may want to seriously consider the risk benefit ratio before having any cosmetic procedure attempted.
Cosmetic surgery is a science and an art. The human body is the canvas and it is important to take into consideration that the canvases are not perfect. Cosmetic surgeons can not guarantee results because our bodies are simply never going to be perfect. Often the cosmetic surgeon can significantly enhance our appearance, but they can not fix everything.
Taking your recovery seriously is one way to help ensure that the expected results become the final results. Whether it’s a tummy tuck or a nose job or liposuction, following your surgeon’s post operative instructions is imperative to good results.
Prior to attempting the tummy tuck, you should do your very best to get in good shape with strong abdominal muscles. I know we said that we’re doing this because exercising wasn’t producing the results desired, but at least strengthening your muscles should help not only in shorter recovery periods, but with the over all success of the operation as well.
Talk to your plastic surgeon well in advance about pre operative exercise that can help him do his job better. Tummy tucks take better on firmer muscles than on loose muscles. He should be able to advise you of which exercises will target the specific muscles he believes will assist you in your recovery and success.
While you are firming up, remember your diet. Vegetables and protein can help to prepare your body for the cosmetic procedure, but beware of any vegetable containing high amounts of vitamin K in the two weeks prior to your tummy tuck. Vitamin K is a natural blood thinner and can enhance bleeding during your tummy tuck. Ibuprofen can do this as well.
Preparing your body well for any cosmetic procedure can help your surgeon do a better job and assist your recovery is many ways. After all, you are commencing on the tummy tuck to improve your overall look.
The Final Result
After you have prepared your body, watched your diet, done your exercises, and gone through with the cosmetic procedure it is now time to take special care of yourself. If you can afford it, a few recovery days in a spa or inclusive result can do a world of good toward your final results.
However, perhaps an alternative to an expensive spa if you’re lucky, is an especially attentive significant other to tend to your needs during those first few painful days. The rest will do you well and the care can boost your recovery.
Once you have put in the effort throughout your recovery from your tummy tuck, it won’t be long before you begin to see actual results. The swelling will reduce and give way to a shapelier you within a couple of short weeks. Over time, your body will heal and slowly reveal its new self.
The scarring will eventually subside and you will be left with a flatter, firmer tummy and a sexier body. After all, that was the point of all this wasn’t it? Luckily you will be able to see some results along the way until you are finally recovered from your tummy tuck. If you timed it well, you may even have that brand new shape just as swim suit season comes rolling. Perhaps it’s time to hit the beach.
There are more resources, articles, and helpful information waiting for you. All you have to do to further your education in plastic surgery procedures is point your browser toward lifeplasticsurgery website . Here, you can gather the facts and information you need to help you through every single step of the cosmetic improvement arena.
Bobby Ryatt
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/understanding-the-tummy-tuck-85706.html
[ENG] 091027 KSJ ep4 “Leeteuk-Yoona? Seung Gi-Yoona?’ [2/5]
well. Yoona is the ideal woman of seung gi, leeteuk, nichkhun and Andy shinhwa. What a lucky girl! 
Let’s refrain ourselves from mentioning the show name
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Duration : 0:3:55
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SNSD [소녀시대]- Into The New World MV [HQ]
So Nyuh Shi Dae- new 9 member girl group from SM Entertainment.
This is from its original format. [c] to Smtown.com
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Plastic Surgery Clinic - Ep1 Part1 HQ Subs
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BEAUTY DESIGN OPERATION COSMETIC SURGERY MAKE OVER
The video footage before and after video of my Beauty Design operation. My cosmetic surgery make over performed by Dr Philippe Chout plastic surgeon in London UK. In one single operation: a face lift a rhinoplasty lips reduction, chin and cheeks augmentation with fat transfer. Vidéo et chaîne strictement réservées au public anglosaxon et fortement déconseillée au public français. Forbidden to french public Parental control 18+
Duration : 0:9:11
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Tags: ästhetische chirurgie, beauty design operation, Dr Philippe Chout, extreme makeover, facelift face and neck lift, facelift specialist london, facial plastic surgery, Mister philip chout, mr chout london, rejuvenation cosmetic surgery, relooking extrême, www.doctorchout.com |
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MadTV Dr Phil Plastic Surgery
Funny MadTV skit.
I don’t own the rights to MadTV, just uploading for the fans.
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PLASTIC SURGERY: ASIAN EYELID LECTURE IN HILTON HEAD
http://www.lamfacialplastics.com
Asian eyelid lecture- Dallas facial plastic surgeon, Dr. Sam Lam lectures on the Asian eyelid and focuses on technique as well as a new classification for the aging Asian eyelid which he devised.
Dr. Lam has classified the aging Asian eyelid into three types: the aging Asian eyelid with a natural crease, the aging Asian eyelid without a natural crease, and the aging Asian eyelid that has a previously surgically made crease. Each scenario requires a different approach to attain the best results.
The aging Asian eyelid with a natural crease may be thought of as very similar to a standard Occidental eyelid. However, there is one major distinction. If the extra skin is simply removed from the upper eyelid for the aging Asian eyelid, the crease will oftentimes be made too high, which will appear unnatural. As mentioned, Dr. Lam believes that this higher crease also looks bad on the Caucasian patient but looks exceptionally unnatural in the Asian patient. Accordingly, if Dr. Lam needs to remove some extra skin for the individual with a natural crease, he will almost always perform fat grafting simultaneously to create the natural convexity of a youthful eyelid shape but also to maintain the eyelid crease height. Phrased another way, fat grafting permits maintenance of the eyelid crease height by pushing the eyelid crease back down to a natural height after skin removal alone raises the crease unnaturally.
The aging Asian eyelid that has had a previous surgically created crease can also pose a unique problem. If the crease created in the past was natural, i.e., very little fat removed and a low crease configuration fashioned, then the eyelid can practically be treated the same as an eyelid with a natural pre-existing crease. However, oftentimes, the Asian patient had an aggressive “Westernization” procedure performed many years ago that appeared very unnatural at the time but somehow over time has become increasingly more natural in appearance. The reason for this change is that the loss of fat in the upper eyelid, increase in skin laxity, and brow descent have camouflaged the previously very high crease that was present years ago.
In order to determine whether this is the case, you can simply lift up the eyelid to see where the crease was placed. If the crease appears very deep and high when lifting the eyelid up, most likely the previously made crease is very unnatural. Also, even though the crease has fallen over time, it can still look a bit unnatural because the thickened brow skin that descends downward still does not resemble the thin eyelid skin of a natural, lower crease.
Here is the problem: if the surgeon simply removes upper-eyelid skin without paying attention to the patient’s prior surgery, the result can unmask the previously very high eyelid crease and return the patient to an unnatural result. A browlift can also create the same problem since the elevated brow can expose the former unnatural crease height. A combination of a browlift and upper-eyelid skin removal can be a disaster. Accordingly, there are very few options for such a patient. Fat grafting alone can provide limited but safe rejuvenation of the upper eyelid without causing the problem mentioned above.
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A Modern Approach To Ethnic Rhinoplasty
People of different ethnic groups often come to plastic surgeons seeking to refine the appearance of their noses.
Modern rhinoplasty techniques like those done at Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery stress preservation of ethnic appearance along with overall facial balance. The nose should match the rest of the face. Ethnic rhinoplasty or nose job works to achieve this while providing the improvements and enhancements sought in the nose.
Ethnic groups often tend to have certain characteristics to their noses, both in terms of their outer appearance and of their internal structures. For this reason, it is best to address the noses of various ethnic groups such as African Americans and Hispanics and Asians individually. “Cookie cutter” approaches to rhinoplasty rarely work well, and this is especially the case with non-caucasian nose surgery.
There are many examples of how this individualized approach offers the best outcome in ethnic rhinoplasty. For instance, many people of Asian and African and Latino descent have noses with wide bases and broad tips. They often also have thick skin at the tip of the nose. This can give the tip a rounded or “bulbous” appearance. Non-caucasian noses often also have a bump at the bridge, along with a wide and flat bridge.
Because of these anatomic tendencies, ethnic noses frequently require extensive work on their internal structures to create the desired appearance. This includes using plastic surgery to change the shape of the bone and cartilage inside the nose, while working to create little or no external scarring. Since this internal structural work is extensive, it can have important effects on the function as well as the appearance of the nose. For this reason, the Rodeo Drive Breathe Easy RhinoplastyTM technique — which works to improve both the appearance and the breathing function of the nose - is especially well-suited to providing good results in ethnic rhinoplasty.
Some rhinoplasty and plastic surgery techniques are commonly used for African American, Hispanic, and Asian noses. The flatter noses common in many ethnic people can be addressed by grafting cartilage from elsewhere in the body to shape the skin of the nose’s tip more finely, and provide it with a refined appearance. In some cases, the nostrils are noticeably wide and benefit from direct steps to narrow them during surgery.
Prior to your procedure, you will meet with your plastic surgeon to discuss your goals from rhinoplasty. It is important to have clear ideas of what you want to change about your nose so we can come up with the best plan for your nose surgery.
Lloyd M. Krieger, MD
http://www.articlesbase.com/medicine-articles/a-modern-approach-to-ethnic-rhinoplasty-135453.html
Nasal Attraction
Nasal Attraction
By Jullene Du Toit
South African Dr Pieter Swanepoel is one of the top five nose surgeons in the world. He has pioneered the next great step forward in nose jobs in South Africa.
A kindly aunt of mine once offered me a nose job. “Unfortunately you’ve inherited the Du Toit beak,” she said briskly. “And you know that noses only get longer the older you get. I’ve just come into a bit of money, so if you ever have the urge…”
I spared a wistful thought for my aunt while sitting under twin spotlights, every bump obvious on the computer screen showing my image from a digital camera.
Now, as you can see,” said Dr Pieter Swanepoel, wielding a pen-shaped mouse and special pad, “your nostrils are not symmetrical, and the tip is maybe too pointy. If we just smooth this part here…”
I blinked as the tip of my nose waggled on the computer screen and Dr Swanepoel started doing a virtual resculpting, shortening it, smoothing it and lifting it up ever so lightly at the end. Rather nice, I thought, gazing at the colour print-outs at the end of the session.
The Nose Clinic in Pretoria East is tucked into a sprawling property of indigenous bush, completely private and hidden from the road. It is one of the best in the world, so highly respected that Dr Swanepoel is to present a paper on his method of using local anaesthetic to the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in New York later this year.
He has pioneered the next step forward in rhinoplasty – painless, quick-healing, and much less stressful to the body than going under general anaesthetic.
It’s a technique known as ‘conscious sedation’ or ‘regional sensory nerve blocking’. A special computer linked to a microneedle measures and injects tiny quantities of anaesthetic under the skin – a gentle, painless procedure. You have the op in the morning, are conscious throughout, and in the afternoon someone can take your woozy self home to sleep it off. In ten days or so all the bruising and swelling is gone and you have yourself a beautiful new nose, and chin too, if that’s needed.
Dr Swanepoel is one of seven surgeons worldwide testing the procedure, and is the only one using local anaesthetic for nose and reconstructive surgery.
Then of course, there’s the specially designed American software that allowed him to tweak my nose into something of beauty. It’s only used by one other plastic surgeon in South Africa. All the rest, I’m afraid, are still sketching noses onto photographs and drawings.
Rhinoplasty, according to the good doctor, is the surgery of minutiae of millimetres. Tiny changes make big differences. You change an imperfect nose, and suddenly the face looks different.
“That’s because the human eye always focuses first on imperfections. The nose is the centre focus of the face, the fulcrum, so to speak. You cannot hide it with clothes or hair. Once a defect is rectified, the attention goes to the strongest part of the face, usually the eyes. In fact the Americans have a saying: A good rhinoplasty is seen in the eyes.”
That’s why it fascinates him so much. Dr Swanepoel has super-specialised in this niche, from qualifying as an ear, nose and throat specialist. But within this very narrow specialisation, he does a wide variety of work. Apart from the plastic surgery, he also does reconstruction for those who have had accidents or some kind of trauma, and functional surgery for people with blocked sinuses or deformities. The three can also be combined. “It’s very challenging surgery – demanding, exacting and variable.”
It’s also half art, half technique and technology, says Dr Swanepoel. Like many plastic surgeons, he’s an artist too, and sculpts in clay, sometimes working with it to figure out how he’ll operate on a particular patient.
Plastic surgery is not the cure-all though, and patient and doctor need to know the limits. Michael Jackson’s first nose job was very good, “an excellent result”, says Dr Swanepoel. But Jackson wanted it perfect. “I always say perfection is the enemy of good, and now he’s gone well over the peak of the bell curve. As my uncle used to say, the worst disease a surgeon can suffer from is itchy fingers.”
It was his uncles who inspired him to become a surgeon when Dr Swanepoel was growing up on a farm between the tiny towns of Koster and Ventersdorp. “It seemed like magic to me that they could hear people’s hearts with a stethoscope, and that they could heal people. They’d sometimes throw a white cloth over my parent’s kitchen table, and operate on emergency cases like appendix or even Caesarians. I would hide underneath and peep at what was going on.
“One day, I’ll never forget. They caught me there, and my dad was going to take me out, but his eldest brother who was very stern, looked at me and said: “No, let him stay. Who knows, maybe one day he’ll become a doctor too.”
I darted discreet looks at Dr Swanepoel’s less than beautiful schnozz. Would he ever have his done, I asked. “Well, I know it needs some work,” he mused fingering it. “But there’s no one in this country I’d lie down for. There are maybe two in the States I’d consider, but otherwise no,” he said, eyes twinkling.
Did you know?
- Nose surgery began about 3 000 years ago, in response to the lopping off of noses in battle, or in India, because of infidelity. Surgeons would graft rolld up skin from the forehead onto the gaping wound.
- Noses have 240 anatomical variations.
- Twenty years ago, a nose job would have cost the same as a small house. Now they’ll set you back about R12 000.
- Before an operation, avoid pain pills, curries, chillies and arnica. They all thin the blood and cause excessive bleeding and bruising. Arnica should only be used afterwards.
For more information on The Nose Clinic, visit www.newnose.co.za or call
(012)807-1147
Jullene Du Toit
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/nasal-attraction-97571.html
Facelift - Celebrities Love That
Around Hollywood the popularity of the facelift derives largely from its ability to hide the effects of aging. A celebrity who does not “look” his or her age generally finds that it is easier to fill the needs of a movie director. Loose skin can be tightened and reshaped by plastic surgery. Any unwanted fat on the face can be removed. The transformed face invites a second look from casting directors.
Some peculiarities of the movies aggravate the effects of aging. Some demands placed on actors lead to the development of less than desirable facial characteristics. At one time, almost every movie showed people smoking. Smoking can alter the shape of a face. The effects of smoking can be corrected with a facelift.
While the transformations created by cosmetic surgery can help to further an actor’s chances for career advancement, they can also expose the actor to certain risks. In addition, the recovery from a facelift can not take place overnight. Following the surgery, bandages must remain on the face for five days. Yet even the removal of the bandages does not mean that the actor’s face will meet a director’s expectations.
Facial skin under the surgical bandages will not have the normal skin color. Only after another four to five weeks will the color loss produced by the plastic surgery disappear. During that time, the puffiness in the face will subside. During that same period, an actor who has had cosmetic surgery might wish for a tanned face.
An actor might get pressure from his or her director to hasten, if possible, the rate at which color returns to the once-bandaged face. The actor should resist such pressure. Exposure of a recently-bandaged face to sunlight can delay, rather than hasten, the healing process. The director needs to work with the surgeon, in the same way that the plastic surgeon seeks to help Hollywood directors.
The cosmetic surgeon who works on many celebrities understands the importance of a well-placed scar. A film star does not want a true scar to show-up on the silver screen.
Still a Hollywood film star seldom needs to feel concerned about the fact that a facelift creates a long incision in the area of the hairline.
The surgeon who performs a facelift on a Hollywood star has good reason to place any incision along the hairline. When a surgeon has cut along the hairline, few people will ever note the existence of any resulting scar. In that way, the surgeon can achieve a considerable reduction of the potential risks associated with the acquisition of a facelift.
Of course the surgeon must still remember to cut carefully during the facelift procedure. Neither the actor nor the director looks forward to the need for corrective surgery.
Kevin Dark
http://www.articlesbase.com/health-articles/facelift-celebrities-love-that-130488.html
