Sunday, April 20, 2008

Is Plastic Surgery Right For Your Teen?

With shows like “The Swan” and “MTV I Want a Famous Face”, the reach that cosmetic surgery has over people has grown wider, embracing impressionable minds as young as 12. These teenagers form a growing section of the clientele that plastic surgery attracts. And it’s not only disfigurements like protruding ears, asymmetrical breasts and acne problems that have these youngsters running for a ‘knife- style’ change.

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, noted that procedures like breast augmentation, reduction mammoplasty, rhinoplasty and liposuction too are popular amongst this group. A survey by the ASPS also reported a surge in the figures from 2000 to 2005 from about 306,000 to 333,000.

Parents are advised to evaluate for themselves their progeny’s need for cosmetic surgery, especially if their children are below 18 years of age. Stable emotional maturity on part of the teenager is a trait that the parent has to ensure the child possesses.

Parents as well have to understand the implications of cosmetic surgery at such a young age, and are advised not to allow their child to under-go cosmetic surgeries for the sole purpose of societal and filial acceptance.

However, reconstructive surgeries like nose- reshaping, correction of disfigurements, etc. are good reasons for taking recourse to plastic surgery. Schedule a visit today at the Plastic Surgery Institute of California. Our experienced team of doctors will provide you with an unbiased opinion on your teen’s suitability for availing our services.

Friday, April 18, 2008

You Can Forget About The Brazilian Butt Lift And Boob Job Now:

Bloomberg just reported the newest addition to the list of countries cracking down on unethical and hazy cosmetic surgery standards- Brazil. This move by the Federal Medical Council seeks to dispel relations between Brazil’s plastic surgeons and the lending offices, stating the latter as against medical ethics and exposing patients to serious risks.

This move will critically hamper Brazil’s tourist industry and more importantly the medical tourism sector. Due to the inexpensive plastic surgery rates in this part of the world, Brazil has made itself a haven for cosmetic surgery patients.

Breast augmentations and operations that would usually cost a lot in the U.S. are the prime drawers of medical tourists to this country. The lending offices that proliferated as a supplement to this industry offered patients elaborate and attractive offers and low interest rates.

Plastic surgery practices elsewhere in the world are undergoing a similar transformation. While to an extent the questions raised about standards and ethical issues in plastic surgery are commendable, the repercussions on the average man or woman’s accessibility to cosmetic surgery could be threatened.

It’s a difficult debate and whatever the conclusion, medical boards, patients and cosmetic surgeons will not settle without a fight. In the meanwhile, you can head for your breast enhancement procedure to the Plastic Surgery Institute of California.


Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Breast Implants And Happiness:

Feminine charm and curves are undoubtedly highlighted by the female breasts. The need to have perfect and toned breasts is thus foremost on a score of women’s minds. Sexy lingerie, curvy Hollywood bombshells, evolving fashion trends, music videos with amply endowed PYTs, etc. dog the average woman more than necessary throughout her day. It’s no wonder so many American women opt for breast implants and breast augmentation.

The ASPS confirms breast enhancement surgery as holding the rank of the most popular plastic surgery procedure with 3,47,500 procedures performed last year itself. If such a procedure is shown to result in improved self esteem, confidence, health and personal relationships, then breast implant procedures seem to have earned their popularity well. Patients who have had a mastectomy and suffer from physical deformities are also grateful breast implant patients.

Studies might claim to make a connection between breast implants and rising suicide rates; but the care that plastic surgeons at the Plastic Surgery Institute of California provide, enable you to have a comfortable and pleasant transition from your old body to your newly enhanced one. The post surgery precautions are crucial for a patient’s health and we ensure that follow up care is provided to help you with a smooth healing process.

Puff That Chest With Pride:

There are some men who huff, puff and go through all the required paces, but still face the disappointment of seeing their chests refusing to gain that buffed, hard-muscled look. And then again, there are those who achieve that kind of a chest by simply having a pectoral implant.

If women can enhance their breast size via breast augmentation, than the options available for men are bound to include pectoral implants. The procedure works on the same lines as a breast implant procedure.

An implant made of solid silicone (unlike the softer gel implants used for women) is inserted under the pectoralis muscle in the chest area. The incision is usually hidden in the arm pits. Even if you change your mind, the implants are easily removable with the recovery time for removal being less than what it was for insertion. A reversal of this procedure should be avoided though unless it is for health reasons.

A few important issues have to be considered before having this plastic surgery procedure. The implants will not add definition to your chest muscles. They are only capable of providing volume.

Like all surgeries, a pec implant surgery too involves complications like displacement of the implants, hematoma, seroma, and numbness in the upper arm. Proper consultation and a qualified cosmetic surgeon can go a long way in ensuring your health and safety. Visit the Plastic Surgery Institute of California for more help.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

An iPod, Perfume, Boob Job And A 13 Year-old:

Now this is breaking news! Everybody knows Alicia Douvall for being somebody you wouldn’t want to about (exceptions of the male kind may be made). One-time star of Celebrity Love Island, Alicia’s well known for her less than demure outlook on clothing and partying and her obsessive regard for plastic surgery.

Her daughter is set, it seems, on a career as a lingerie model later in life and she just might succeed given her genes and her mother’s quite persuasive nature! But before she does that, Georgia Douvall wants a breast augmentation for her 13th birthday.

I mean c’mon, your body’s barely hit puberty and is yet working out exactly what your future breast size is going to be and breast implants? Give the kid a game of scrabble I say, it can help her enhance an even more vital part of her body!

After all the efforts being done to curb the need for cosmetic teenage plastic surgery and various other body modifications that may turn out to be harmful in the long run, this certainly comes as something of a shocker.

Alicia could do well to hustle her daughter towards a healthier outlook on her body and keep the breast augmentation for when she’s past the growing stage. At our advanced surgical institute we certainly recommend this.

Visit the Plastic Surgery Institute of California for unbiased help on cosmetic surgery.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Breast Surgery Tales - Augmentation To Improve Sex Life!:

Jodie Marsh feels that she has a better sex life when she feels good about her body. This is one of the main reasons why she went and had a combination of a breast augmentation and a breast lift.

This busty beauty once famously went about having the words ‘REAL’ written across her chest and was a staunch defender of the natural cleavage and un-tampered boobs. So when she changed her 32DD to a 32GG everybody wondered. She exclaims rather airily, “I could meet the perfect man tomorrow and if I do, I’ve now got perfect boobs for him.”

For those in the dark about this crazy woman, Jodie starred in the MTV reality show Jodie Marsh: Who’ll Take Her Up The Aisle? After she got her dream hubby, the relationship predictably fizzled out in front of a million viewing eyes.

Currently Marsh is heavily into a ‘casual’ relationship which she is hoping to spice up with her newly enhanced breasts. Seriously, when ever will reality stars get a grip on reality! All they seem to be doing is lose any sense of it.

Now, if you want a breast augmentation it shouldn’t be because you want to impress your partner or improve your sexual life. Get a breast enhancement because you want it for yourself, to improve the look and feel of your body.

If you are having any doubts about breast surgery, call the advanced surgical institute, the Plastic Surgery Institute of California.

Friday, April 11, 2008

Adding Cleavage Artificially? How About A Breast Enhancement?:

Kate Hudson reasons people say good things about her may be because of her “big, flamboyant, open personality.” With a megawatt smile just like her mother Goldie Hawn, Kate is a natural stunner and part of her appeal lies in her almost non-existent and very un-flamboyant cleavage, a stark contrast to most actresses her age and below who fuss constantly over theirs.

I barely recognized her when the promos for her latest film Fool’s Gold came out as she looks a tad more endowed than she normally is. But no, she did not have a quickie breast augmentation; rather the marketing managers working on the promos did a little breast enhancement work of their own.

Keira Knightley was another actress who looked positively overflowing in her role as Elizabeth Swan in the Pirates... movies but is anything but in real life. She too had a quickie breast enhancement at the hands of the movie’s makeup and art department.

These are Hollywood dazzlers we are talking about however, and for real women there are no round-the-clock makeup departments or digital artists to create the illusion of a naturally buxom bosom. A better option is breast augmentation using breast implants or fat transplants.

Plastic surgeons at the Plastic surgery Institute of California, an advanced surgical institute for cosmetic enhancement can create breasts that not only suit your body, but you can be comfortable with. Step in for a quick examination and a thorough consultation.