Beauty Articles

Beauty | By Dave Stringham @ Thursday, 8th July 2010 @ 12:29 AM

Breast augmentation is a surgical procedure that uses implants to refine the shape and size of the breasts. Recently, the FDA has lifted the restriction on the use of silicone implants allowing patients the choice between silicone and saline breast augmentation. There is no specific operation that will work for every combination of variables; you will be best served by a doctor who will offer you several approaches and will work with you to decide what is best for you. Breast augmentation... more...

Beauty | By Dave Stringham @ Thursday, 8th July 2010 @ 12:23 AM

Laser treatment is an FDA approved non-invasive approach to permanent reduction of facial and body hair. Long term studies in the U.S. and Europe have shown the technology to be effective and safe when done by experienced professionals. It is a convenient way to remove unwanted hair without shaving, waxing, or electrolysis. Women most often treat the lip and chin, under arms, bikini line, and legs. Men usually treat the back, shoulders, and upper arms. Many cosmetic surgeons use the Gentlase Plu... more...

Beauty | By Dave Stringham @ Thursday, 8th July 2010 @ 12:16 AM

A brow lift (a.k.a. a forehead lift, upper face lift) is a procedure utilized to correct a drooping brow and to restore a more youthful look. Laughing, crying, smiling and frowning are common facial expressions that involve the use of the forehead. Because your forehead is always moving, this eventually takes its toll on your skin. Together with aging, the result is eventually drooping eyebrows, forehead lines, and those ubiquitous frown lines. A sagging brow crowds the eyes and makes it ... more...

Beauty | By Dave Stringham @ Thursday, 8th July 2010 @ 12:16 AM

Breast augmentation is a cosmetic surgical procedure that uses silicone or saline implants to refine the shape and size of the breasts. Recently, the FDA has lifted the restriction on the use of silicone implants allowing patients the choice between silicone and saline breast augmentation. Breast augmentation and other breast surgeries has seen a dramatic increase in popularity over the past three years, a testimony to the high satisfaction rate that most women give to the results of their breas... more...

Beauty | By Dave Stringham @ Thursday, 8th July 2010 @ 12:13 AM

Otoplasty is a plastic surgery procedure to reshape or "pin back" the ears. In the years after World War II, when GI haircuts were popular, "ear pinning" was the most common cosmetic surgical procedure. Protruding ears, which tend to run in families, are best fixed at an early age around age five or six, before starting to school. Patients of all ages can be corrected, although with increasing age the cartilage gets stiffer and more difficult to reform. The incision... more...

Beauty | By Christian Heftel @ Wednesday, 7th July 2010 @ 10:42 PM

Liposuction is the most risky cosmetic procedure preformed around the world today. The statistics for how many patients have been killed are alarming to many health professionals. Blood clots are the riskiest part of the surgery. Blood clots are the side effects that have led to the most deaths. The statistics show that 19 out of every 100,000 patients have died from complications resulting from this type of surgery. These statistics are a little alarming for an elective surgery tha... more...

Beauty | By Christian Heftel @ Wednesday, 7th July 2010 @ 10:19 PM

A liposuction surgeon should always abide by the highest ethical standards. This is very important for the safety of the patient. Cosmetic surgery is a very expensive and profitable business. It takes a good surgeon with a lot of integrity to look past the money a patient might spend in order to decide whether the patient is really a good candidate for the surgery. The surgeon should be completely honest with a patient even if it especially if it means loosing their business. If t... more...

Beauty | By Christian Heftel @ Wednesday, 7th July 2010 @ 10:19 PM

Most patients will see results immediately following liposuction surgery. Up to 10 pounds of fat can be removed from the body. This usually results in a more noticeable body shape change. The procedure should make a noticeable improvement for the patient though the full results will not appear for many months. The procedure should not result in dramatic alterations of the patients overall weight or appearance. In most cases the initial results may seem minimal. This is a normal proce... more...

Beauty | By Christian Heftel @ Wednesday, 7th July 2010 @ 10:11 PM

Often when a new liposuction technique is introduced to the public there is a period of concentrated excitement. This excitement is brought on by the media and surgeons and behind it is an overwhelming promise to create easier and better results. The truth is that it takes surgeons time to know the true pros and cons of a particular procedure. The cycle is the same for each new technique that is developed. Over time the new development makes the surgical extraction of fatty tissue sa... more...

Beauty | By Christian Heftel @ Wednesday, 7th July 2010 @ 10:11 PM

There are two popular types of liposuction that potential patients can choose from: standard liposuction or laser liposuction. Laser liposuction is a less invasive procedure compared to the standard surgical procedures. They are both used to remove unwanted fat from the human body. The traditional procedures tools are used to first loosen and then suck the fatty cells out of the body. The loosening process can be very traumatic and difficult on the body. The pressure used is also dif... more...

Beauty | By Christian Heftel @ Wednesday, 7th July 2010 @ 10:10 PM

There are instances where stomach liposuction and a tummy tuck may be used in the same surgery. This is usually the case when there is a need to make sure the right results are attained. This again depends on the age and overall health of the skin of a patient. In the end, however, liposuction and tummy tuck are too different procedures. How they are preformed, the trauma to the body, and the recovery times are quite different according to a variety of factors. Liposuctio... more...

Beauty | By Christian Heftel @ Wednesday, 7th July 2010 @ 10:09 PM

Scars can be kind of exciting. People like to compare them and swap stories of injuries and adventures. Surgical scars are not always desirable, though, and most people would prefer not to have them. This is especially true for people who have had liposuction. Luckily, modern techniques usually prevent any long-term scarring, and most people like it that way. It's funny, but people tend to be proud of their scars. A lot of scars come with great stories of misfortune, accident, o... more...

Beauty | By Christian Heftel @ Wednesday, 7th July 2010 @ 10:08 PM

It is very important that potential patients realize that liposuction is a surgical procedure. Unfortunately, many potential patients tend to view it as merely a quick and convenient way to rid the body of fat. There are a number of complications that can occur in any surgical procedure and liposuction is no exception. It is hard to regulate all of the possible complications because every individual body may react differently. A few examples of the difficulties that may occur are ext... more...

Beauty | By Christian Heftel @ Wednesday, 7th July 2010 @ 10:08 PM

Everyone struggles with weight loss. It is difficult to stick to a diet and find the time and motivation to effectively exercise. The weight-loss industry offers a confusing plethora of tricks and aids that may or may not really help. And everyone has a different body type that won't respond to what works for other people. Finally, even for those people who succeed in living a health-oriented life and maintaining an ideal weight, there are usually a few extra pounds that diet and exerci... more...

Beauty | By Jim Tirtolinomo @ Wednesday, 7th July 2010 @ 10:04 PM

The entertainment industry is one that famously (or notoriously) privileges youth and beauty. This seems to be especially the case these days, particularly if one looks at the artists who are dominating today's pop charts: people like Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, and Tokio Hotel. Therefore, it is no surprise that many stars have decided to take measures to look younger. Nicole Kidman, for instance, is one high-profile actress who appears to have res... more...

Beauty | By Christian Heftel @ Wednesday, 7th July 2010 @ 10:04 PM

Liposuction requires the same precautions as any other surgical procedure. The patient should have a full understanding of the procedure. They should know what occurs in order to extract fat from the body. A thorough explanation of what to expect during and after the procedure is important for any surgery. Have a good relationship with the surgeon. Know the surgeons experience and records. One should feel comfortable asking lots of questions. A good surgeon is the best insurance t... more...

Beauty | By Christian Heftel @ Wednesday, 7th July 2010 @ 10:03 PM

A good surgeon is concerned about their patient's health first. With an elective surgery the surgeon has the responsibility to inform the patient about all the possible risks. They make it clear that there are necessary habits needed after the surgery is completed to insure a successful recovery and maintenance of the results. A good surgeon creates a healthy relationship with their patients. This is the best way to help insure the safety of the procedure. The best results are ... more...

Beauty | By Christian Heftel @ Wednesday, 7th July 2010 @ 10:00 PM

As popular culture has made its mark on society with its perfect body images liposuction has become a popular procedure among men in recent years. Women still create about eighty nine percent of the market. This means that many practices and surgeons understand the female body better because they have had more time to work and perfect the practice. However, surgeons are beginning to understand the male body sculpting surgery as more and more male patients come to them for surgery. As ... more...

Beauty | By Christian Heftel @ Wednesday, 7th July 2010 @ 9:59 PM

Liposuction is a popular body-contouring procedure that shapes the body by suctioning away unwanted fat until the area is a more desirable shape. When people think of unwanted fat, the most common body area they think of is the abdomen. Thus it is no surprise that this is the most commonly treated area in the field of liposuction. There are many different factors that are considered when liposuction is performed on the abdomen that are not issues when the procedure is performed on oth... more...

Beauty | By Christian Heftel @ Wednesday, 7th July 2010 @ 9:59 PM

Liposuction involves making short incisions in a person's skin and inserting a tube called a cannula into the cavity. Once the tube has successfully sucked broken fat cells from the area, it is removed. The incisions are treated differently by various surgeons. Some use stitching to close each incision, but others leave them open to drain. Learn the pros and cons of these methods for healing. For better or worse, true liposuction requires opening the skin to remove the fat. Alth... more...