Friday, January 30, 2009

Exercise Stops the Need for Plastic Surgery and Injections

Almost every day there is an article written and published about the industry of beauty; the topics vary but you can be assured that Botox and fillers via injections, surgery and procedures will be discussed ad nauseam. These invasive, perilous undertakings entice those who want to look younger and these brave souls don't mind putting their health at risk as they alter their appearance time and again with the latest and greatest cosmetic procedure.

An unfortunate by-product of plastic cosmetic surgery is suicide. That's right, for whatever reason, men and women who are disappointed with the results are increasingly becoming suicidal. Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) is real and its meaning can be summed up in just one sentence ? This is a mental disorder suffered by both men and women that causes an extremely critical self analysis of one's physique with less than satisfactory results from plastic surgery or other modalities of physical enhancement. Imagine, having procedure after procedure and still seeing an ugly duckling in the mirror.

Chasing after the Fountain of Youth has been an on-going odyssey for centuries and even though drug companies would like you to believe that toxins and the like will help you look younger, at the end of the day, you will still be the age you are only with a body filled with chemicals that can have an adverse effect on your good health. This risk of dependency affects more than just physical health, now we must consider mental health!

Chemicals, toxins, cadaver based fillers, surgery, feather lifts, Thermage, lasers and more are temporary and risky procedures that keep you looking older. Yes, older! These fixes do nothing but prop up your aging face, producing short lived self confidence because when these gimmicks wear off, you must repeat and repeat the procedures to maintain the desired semblance of prettiness and youthfulness.

Does anyone who regularly shoots up think about the consequences ten years from now? It's a well known fact that when you paralyze a portion of the face, the face contorts to accommodate the affected muscles and these contortions lead to more wrinkles. What about the fillers that plump up nasal labial folds? How much can the body endure from repeated uses of sterilized cadaver and bovine materials?

And what about cutting into the face of a perfectly healthy body to stop the slide of muscles and skin? Consider this: If you see that your butt is sliding into the top of your thigh or that your underarm is jiggling, would surgery be your first line of defense? Heavens no! Most likely you would begin an exercise regimen to tone up your body; surgery probably wouldn't enter your mind.

Doctors and drug companies advertise. They heavily advertise so that you will begin to believe their message, their hype. They want you to believe that this injection, this procedure, this medication will make you look and feel younger and healthier. When you think about the long-term expense and risk, do these options seem sound? How many procedures and injections will be required over a twenty span? Will you eventually stop them and then just look old? That's doubtful because studies show that people who have one procedure will likely eye the menu and book another. It's likened to a gerbil on his wheel ? imperfections can create the desire for more and more treatments that just might interfere with your life. After all, surgery is risky, even deadly!

I admire Alex Kuczynski, author of Beauty Junkies, who believes a very sad fate has tainted the feminine ideal, declaring that the culture of "better" has corrupted the perception of what is beautiful and even acceptable. In other words, the ads would have you believe that you need to be fixed. Ms Kuczynski nor I want you to end up look like an aging porn star from chasing after injections and surgery.

Enough already! Let's move on to a positive space ? a space where everyone can return the look of youthfulness to their face without any risk, pain or spending their children's inheritance.

External beauty like inner beauty takes work; yes, it's easy to just allow someone to administer beauty enhancements but did you know there is an alternative to the usual suspects of improvement? One that will definitely help you look younger and it doesn't involve surgery or injections ? it's facial exercise that uses isometric contractions and resistance that when employed for just a few weeks will create a younger looking face by strengthening and toning hidden facial muscles that support our skin.

Bottom line: Aging isn't what it used to be. Defy it! Exercise your face!

Cynthia Rowland is widely recognized as an expert in all natural facial fitness with over thirty years experience in health & beauty related fields. She has appeared on The View, Fit TV, HGTV and other popular shows. This author, speaker and television personality is leading the crusade to keep men and women looking vibrantly younger through natural techniques without spending their children?s inheritance.

Cynthia Rowland

?I Save Faces?
http://www.cynthiarowland.com

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Factors That Can Cause A Face Lift Surgery

It is said age brings deep creases on your face. The effect of gravity, exposure to sun and daily life stress are some added factors for the jawline to grow slack and jowly resulting in folds and fat deposit around the neck area.

There is no explanation required to make someone understand the importance of a beautiful, glowing, energetic and young face looks. We all want to have this throughout our lives. However desires are there to come and aging cannot be controlled or stopped. So there are factors like these surgeries that rejuvenate our face appearance.

To have a face lift surgery performed successfully there has to be some more life in your face like the elasticity of your face, structure of the bones needs to be strong and well defined during the time you consider yourself for a face life surgery. With these favorable factors there, a face lift surgery can be successfully performed on age group up to even seventies and eighties. When a facelift is performed by a qualified plastic surgeon, complications are infrequent and usually minor. Still, individuals vary greatly in their anatomy, their physical reactions, and their healing abilities, and the outcome is never completely predictable.

Facelifts are very individualized procedures. In your initial consultation the surgeon will evaluate your face, including the skin and underlying bone, and discuss your goals for the surgery.

Such articles are good to read and understand more about the subject, however decisions like a face life surgery needs more understanding and some solid references. After all its all about your face.

Resources:
Face-Life Cosmetic Surgery
Liposuction Surgery India
Cosmetic Surgery India

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Friday, March 7, 2008

Facelift, Rhytidectomy, Face Lift: Cosmetic Plastic Surgery Philippines

Facelift/Rhytidectomy

Rhytidectomy or commonly known as Facelift can reduce and address the sagging skin, deep cheek folds, and jowls at the lower part of the jaw of the face and neck, making these areas more youthful in appearance. We Plastic surgeons usually divide the face into 3 general parts, the upper, mid and the lower 3rd. Aging affects these areas of the face in different way. At the upper third, there is the transverse line of the forehead and the glabellar frown line. Middle 3rd you would note the deepening of the Nasolabial folds, sagging of the cheek skin and hallowing of the suborbital area. And at the lower third there are the jowls, marionette lines and the platismal bands at the neck-mandible area. Due to aging and other multifactorial cause, the support structure and skin of the face loosen.

Face lift or mini face lift surgery is a procedure that would resuspend or reposition the soft tissue of the face to obtain a youthful appearance. The scars from the incision lines are mostly hidden within the hairline or within normal lines of the face and neck, making it inconspicuous once it matures. This is usually performed, either under local or general anesthesia depending on the extent of the face lift procedure and usually requires a short hospital stay for patient undergoing a full face lift. The patient will experience some temporary skin discoloration, swelling and a certain amount of tightness or numbness in the face and ears that usually resolve after 7 to 10 days. Healing takes time and is gradual, so be patient and expect several weeks or months for optimal results.

Cosmetic procedure either surgical or non surgical are very cheap and affordable in the Philippines when compared to other western countries like the United State (USA), United Kingdom and Canada. Because of this a lot of prospective clients that are very much interested in physical enhancement could avail the services of certified and fully trained Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon at a much lower cost. Since physical enhancement is your prime objective. Cost or Price should not be your main consideration, but your Surgeon?s qualification, training and experience should be your priority. Give time and effort in knowing your Surgeon.

Patient safety and quality results is our priority. Take the opportunity to discuss all your options with our certified Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon for free. With a very affordable cosmetic surgery procedure packages, while having your vacation in the Philippines. Any cosmetic plastic procedure could be a worthwhile and extraordinary experience for both the patient and surgeon, if this is done in the light of surgical standards in term of safety. In order for you to attain the best results for the procedure you are interested without compromising your safety and health, we advice you to bring up all your concerns to a Certified Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon with proper qualification and training in the field of Cosmetic/Aesthetic Surgery.

As simple and easy as it may seem (according to your Plastic Surgeons), there are very important things that one has to keep in mind before plunging into that pool of youth and beauty. Everybody wants to have that extra boost of self esteem and confidence and achieve that timeless beauty through the best possible post operative results with the least of complication.

Plastic Surgeons are appropriately and completely termed Plastic Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeons?, however they are now increasingly and popularly being called Plastic Cosmetic Surgeons. The surgeon can not call himself a plastic surgeon unless he can do both aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. Since the very root of almost all cosmetic/aesthetic procedures can be traced from early reconstructive procedure. Thus a surgeon whose main interest is aesthetic plastic surgery, must also have a firm foundation on the reconstructive surgery, to better grasp the basic principle and application of cosmetic/aesthetic plastic surgery. Reconstructive plastic surgery is a prerequisite in training for all plastic surgeons. So plastic surgeons are both an aesthetic/cosmetic surgeon and reconstructive surgeon. At present, there are just a relatively limited number of certified Plastic Surgeon that one can go to. However, the so called run of the mill cosmetic surgeons without adequate formal training and experience abound and are alarmingly increasing.

There are no short cuts to being one (Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon). It takes 6 to 8 years to transform a doctor after medical school into a Certified Plastic Surgeon (or 16 to 18 years to include Premed Course, Medicine Proper, Medical Internship, General Surgery Residency and Plastic Surgery Residency). It is through these years of formal training that Plastic Surgeons are able to acquire and equip themselves of the knowledge and skills that is required in his private practice. Such as knowing all possible options for a patient inquiring for a cosmetic procedure, being able to predict end result and being able to evaluate if patients are good candidate for the cosmetic procedure they want. And most importantly knowing the complications for any cosmetic and reconstructive procedure and being able to address if any complication arises. For more information you may visit http://www.philippinecosmetic.com or email us at peregrinovii@yahoo.com

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Dr Peregrino R Lorenzo VII
Plastic Cosmetic and Reconstructive Surgeon
Certified and fully trained Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon, with 6 years of formal training in the field of Aesthetic, Reconstructive and Burn Plastic Surgery.

Dr P Lorenzo is the author of http://www.philippinecosmetic.com, a free guide to affordable cosmetic plastic procedures, choosing the right surgeon and safety tips in cosmetic plastic surgery.

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Facelift Costs - The Secret of Reducing The Cost By 70% instantly!

Many people would love to have a facelift ( Rhytidectomy) but cannot afford the cost of around $10 - 15,000, however informed patients are getting face lift costs reduced to as little $3,000!

How are they doing it? The answer is quite simple they..

They take advantage of medical tourism to reduce face lift costs. Medical tourism is simply where patients seek cheaper treatment abroad, in comparison to their country of residence.

Many Americans and Europeans are flocking to India, the leader in the medical tourism industry, to reduce face lift costs and the expense of a huge variety of other cosmetic surgery treatments such as:

Liposuction, tummy tucks, eyelid surgery and many more all at up to 70% less than in the US or Europe.

World class treatments

Not only do they get reduced costs patients get treatments on par with any in the world, the chance to enjoy a holiday and have money left over!

No wonder the Indian medical tourism industry is worth billions of dollars and is growing at 30% per annum.

If you think about it reducing face lift costs abroad makes total sense:

It's a quick, simple operation and patients can leave hospital then relax in beautiful surroundings and take in the sites, wildlife and spectacular scenery.

Facelifts are quick and simple operations

Rhytidectomy or a face lift, is an operation to smooth out wrinkles and lift sagging skin on a face which is showing signs of aging.

The face lift is achieved by lifting the skin off the face and removing the excess and tightening the facial muscles to produce a smoother, firmer appearance to the skin.

Then the skin stitched back together within the hairline or behind the ears, so that the incisions are hidden.

There are several types of face lift including a full face lift, to others which lift only the brow, lower face or neck on an individual basis.

It can take several months for the scarring to disappear completely, but this can be reduced by other surgical techniques such as endoscopic surgery and Minimal Access Cranial Suspension (MACS)

Hospital stay is usually 1 to 2 nights as an inpatient.

Cosmetic surgery costs in Europe and the US remain expensive and this is a niche that India is exploiting.

India enjoys a firm reputation as a medical tourist destination with great facilities and the expertise of Indian doctors, which is acknowledged worldwide.

So, if you have never thought of reducing your face lift costs in this way and combining your operation with a trip to the beautiful beaches of Goa, or the Taj Mahal, then you should!

Not only will enjoy low face lift costs, you will have enough to pay for your holiday and have some money left ove

For more on medical tourism

Including details on how to reduce face lift costs as well as savings on a wide variety of medical treatments via medical tourism packages to India contact:

http://www.meddetour.com

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