| Today's cosmetic surgery seeks more than a good | | | | wrinkles, correct hollows, and enhance structures such |
| result. It also seeks to produce the result without | | | | as cheekbones, jaw lines, and lips. Often, several |
| leaving telltale tracts behind. This article will describe | | | | sessions are needed to achieve the final result. The |
| some of the ways I and other modern plastic | | | | great attraction is that the material comes from your |
| surgeons accomplish that dual goal. I will discuss both | | | | own body so that allergic reactions are impossible, the |
| facial and body contour procedures.The most | | | | material (your own fat) is free, and the process uses |
| significant innovation in facial rejuvenation in the past | | | | needle injection so that surgical scars are avoided. |
| several years has been the adaptation of endoscopic | | | | Alternatively, there are permanent grafts that are well |
| techniques. An endoscope is a surgical tool that | | | | tolerated by the body that can also be implanted |
| incorporates a miniature video camera. It provides | | | | without leaving noticeable marks behind. I have had |
| surgeons access to deeper layers with visualization of | | | | particularly good success in lip enhancement using one |
| essential anatomy through minimal incisions. For | | | | of these, made from a Gore-Tex material. A newer, |
| example, the old forehead lift operation required a long | | | | softer version has now been released which studies |
| incision across the top of the head from ear to ear. In | | | | show works even better.Breast augmentation has |
| my opinion, that operation has been made obsolete. I | | | | reemerged as one of the most popular cosmetic |
| can do the endoscopic assisted forehead lift through | | | | surgery procedures. An important decision is the |
| small incisions, all hidden within the hair and provide the | | | | location of the incision. I prefer to avoid a scar on the |
| same benefits of forehead and brow area | | | | chest, for obvious reasons. My preference is the |
| rejuvenation, all without removal of any scalp and | | | | axillary incision, and I place the implant under the large |
| therefore no hair loss. Not even your hairdresser need | | | | pectoral muscle to obscure the upper margin of the |
| know.The middle-third of the face is that part of the | | | | implant. The final scar, which is high in the armpit, usually |
| anterior cheek area below the eyes and above the | | | | fades to a fine white line mimicking a natural skin fold. |
| lips. I perform mid-face lifts by combining the | | | | Other surgeons use the umbilical approach that also |
| endoscopic forehead lift described above with an | | | | leaves the breast unscarred.Recent statistics released |
| incision under the lip. I can then lift all layers together, | | | | by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Inc., |
| and support them in place. The result is a more | | | | once again shows that liposuction is the most |
| harmonious rejuvenation, including reduction in circles | | | | commonly performed cosmetic surgery in the United |
| under the eyes, all without a single visible scar on the | | | | States. One of the big attractions of liposuction from |
| face.Other areas of the face can also be improved | | | | the very beginning has been the possibility of dramatic |
| without leaving any sign that you have had surgery, | | | | results and very small incisions that can be hidden |
| other than the fact that you look better. Lower eyelid | | | | within natural body creases, and covered by even the |
| fat bags can be removed from the inner, backside of | | | | skimpiest clothing. This remains so today. Technology |
| the eyelid, leaving no scars. Jowl fat can be removed | | | | has improved and results are even better without |
| from inside the mouth. Cheek implants, which can have | | | | sacrificing the possibility of no detectable scars.The |
| the effect of enhancing and balancing facial features | | | | plastic surgery profession has always, with good |
| as well as producing a more youthful look, are | | | | reason, prided itself on its attention to detail and on |
| generally inserted through incisions under the lip inside | | | | minimizing scars. Our traditional, more extensive |
| the mouth. Double chins and poorly defined necklines | | | | procedures, including major facelifts and tummy tucks, |
| can be recontoured with very small liposuction | | | | achieve these goals and are still the best choice in |
| instruments passed through tiny incisions behind the | | | | many cases. The newer techniques I have described |
| earlobes and in the crease under the chin. Even neck | | | | above build on that tradition. We truly can achieve |
| muscle tightening can be done with only a slightly | | | | great results in a stealthy fashion.For more information |
| longer incision under the chin. The same approach is | | | | and to contact me please visit my websites and |
| used for chin enhancement, using implants that I | | | | Metzner combines his special surgical skills, artistic |
| custom design to your particular need.Another | | | | insight and good communication abilities to achieve a |
| approach to facial contouring and rejuvenation is fat | | | | very |
| injection. Fat is harvested from your own body stores | | | | natural appearance for his patients. |
| (like it or not, an almost inexhaustible resource), and | | | | Dr. |
| prepared for reinjection. It is then used to fill in lines and | | | | |