Category: Did You Know | facelift

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Muscles of Facial Aging

A facelift, despite being a well known procedure, is frequently misunderstood. The most common misconception is of the actual facial area that is treated. Rather than the whole face, it treats only the lower third of the face, the neck and jowl areas. But the second misconception is what lies under the skin or, more Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Lower Eyelid Bags

Undereye bags are a well recognized facial entity. Everybody has seen lots of people who have them and eventually many people will see them on themselves as they age. For some few people they will have them even when they are quite young before they have any significant aging. Lower eyelid bags in the aging Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Sunlamps and the Risk Of Skin Cancer

While many people enjoy the apparent healthy glow of a good tan, the long-term consequences of looking ‘bronzed’ are far less glorious. Like smoking from many decades ago, most people know it is not good for you but just can not resist doing it. This is particularly true amongst teens and young people who are Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Bradycardia and Risk of Surgery

Elective plastic surgery done for cosmetic gain always take a careful look at the patient’s general health beforehand. With some notable exceptions (morbid obesity, diabetes, smokers) it is fair to say that any person under the age 50 is unlikely to have medical problems that would exclude them from having almost any type of Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know – Framing the Attractive Eyebrow

Eyebrows, particularly for women, play an important part of facial attractiveness. Most think of beautiful eyebrows as their shape and degree of and location of their arch. But recent studies show that eyebrow shape is not the only feature that makes them attractive. Eyebrow projection may be just as important as shape. Eyebrows that have Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Breast Implants and Attractiveness

Breast implants have now been with us for over fifty years and they are likely to be with us for at least another fifty years and longer. Their popularity has never been higher in the U.S. with over 300,000 breast augmentations performed in 2012, making it the number one cosmetic procedure performed. Women who get Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Improvement in Self-Esteem After Surgery

While the media and the internet is filled with plastic surgery ‘problems’ and apparent unfulfilled expectations, what occurs in the typical plastic surgery patient? Like most stories that are newsworthy, a normal happy patient is not very interesting or of much interest. Thus the public’s perception of plastic surgery can become a little skewed. Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Mommy Makeovers and Sex

A woman’s hormones are well known to change as they age. Women over age 40 will have a decrease in such hormones as estrogen and oxytocin while testoterone increases. This can lead to an increase in one’s sex drive. But the post-pregnancy bodies of many women over 40 leave them feeling very self-consicous with loose Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? The Beauty of Upper Lip Length

A lot of attention has been paid to how to create more attractive and sensuous lips. From injectable fillers to lipsticks and lip plumpers, enhancing the lips has much to do with altering the appearance of the pink portion of the lip. (vermilion) But an often overlooked area of the lip is what lies above Read More…

Plastic Surgery’s Did You Know? Rhinoplasty in Iran

While large numbers of cosmetic procedures are performed in the United States, including invasive surgeries, there are some smaller countries that have an unlikely number as well. The Islamic Republic of Iran is known for many things including being the world’s oldest civilization, having large amounts of natural gas and petroleum reserves and being Read More…