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One of the latest procedures to aid in weight loss and weight control, Lap-Band ® by Orange County based Allergan, has seen great success in its patients. Many people who underwent this procedure lost up to half of their excess weight and have found a new outlook on life.

However, like most procedures of this kind, the Lap-Band surgery is marketed at those who are 18 years of age and older. Physicians may perform the surgery on patients who are younger, but according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), they cannot advertise it to those younger than the age of 18. Now, Orange County based Allergan is petitioning to have the age limit changed to 14.

The reason for this is the growing rate of obesity in teenagers, which can be hazardous to their health and increase their chances of illnesses and diseases. According to a recent article, Allergan argues that teenagers who have undergone the procedure and lost significant amounts of weight have led a more enjoyable lifestyle. In order to gain approval from the FDA, the Lap-Band procedure is currently performing a study that is expected to run through 2012. At that point, the FDA will determine if this surgery can be targeted towards teenagers.

Based in Santa Ana, body contouring surgeon Michael A. Jazayeri, M.D. can be of great assistance to those who have undergone the weight loss procedure. Many of those who have lost a significant amount of weight are oftentimes left with loose, excess skin, requiring additional procedures like tummy tuck surgery and/or liposuction. The tummy tuck procedure trims hanging skin in the abdomen, while liposuction can remove stubborn fat deposits throughout the body.

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Men and women who undergo cosmetic plastic surgery procedures not only achieve a better contoured appearance, but may also gain a more positive outlook on life.

Oftentimes, pregnancy, major weight fluctuations, and aging can cause the appearance of a bulging belly, and for many people, no matter how much they exercise, it cannot be remedied. Therefore, to correct this unpleasant feature, many individuals undergo tummy tuck surgery in order to rid themselves of loose, sagging skin in the stomach area, remove excess fat, and tighten the abdominal muscles.

Other benefits of tummy tuck surgery is an increase in confidence; men and women often find that they feel more confident in certain fashions and participate in more social events after undergoing this procedure. In addition, now that patients have achieved their ideal outcome, they usually lead a healthier and more active lifestyle. Doing so helps them maintain their new contour and enjoy long-lasting results.

In addition, because each person has a unique anatomy and desired outcome, the tummy tuck procedure can be customized to meet his/her goals. For this reason, it is best to consult with a qualified cosmetic plastic surgeon such as Denver tummy tuck specialist Dr. Dominic C. Foti. He is a board certified plastic surgery who offers plastic surgery in the Pueblo, Denver and Colorado Springs area of Colorado

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Men and women who are planning on having a baby may want to consider getting in better physical shape before becoming pregnant. While it is beneficial for one to avoid becoming obese, it also being reported that those who are overweight are having difficulties conceiving a child. Woman who are successful and carry excess weight may be at risk of complications during the pregnancy. In addition, men who are obese have stated that they have such problems as low sperm count, low quality sperm, and erectile dysfunction.

Women who are overweight and do not slim down prior to pregnancy are at a greater risk for gestational diabetes and high blood pressure. They can also pass on “diabesity” to the baby, which is a term used to describe the association between diabetes and obesity. Therefore, if natural means of weight loss are not producing adequate results, it may be time to consult with a surgeon. Bariatric surgery can help patients slim down and start a healthy lifestyle; following weight loss, stubborn pockets of fat can be removed with liposuction surgery. In addition, stretched-out abdominal muscles can be tightened and excess, hanging skin in the stomach area can be removed with tummy tuck surgery.

If you are in search of a qualified surgeon in the New York City area, Alesia P. Saboeiro, M.D. is an experienced professional you may want to consider. She can help patients reach their aesthetic goals with liposuction and/or tummy tuck surgery.

Tags: Bariatric Surgery, Diabesity, Liposuction Surgery, pregnancy, Tummy Tuck Surgery, Weight Loss

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When men and women lose a massive amount of weight, they are almost always left with excess skin around the abdomen. In most cases, no amount of additional training or toning can eliminate this unsightly fold of skin.

This can be extremely frustrating, particularly after surmounting the achievement of 50, 75, or 100 pounds of weight loss. One increasingly popular solution to removing that excess skin is a tummy tuck.

San Diego plastic surgeon Dr. Stuart Kincaid has performed numerous tummy tuck (“abdominoplasty”) operations and mini-tummy tucks for patients who have lost a massive amount of weight and want to look as great as they feel. But one question that often arises is whether it’s best to get a tummy tuck before or after the patient’s ideal weight has been reached. Many men and women set certain goals for themselves and come very close to meeting them. However, the last 15 to 30 pounds are often the most difficult to shed. Because many doctors recommend that patients reach a stable weight before having a tummy tuck in order to avoid the need for touch-up operations, these patients end up delaying the reward of a smoother, tighter stomach while they continue to work towards those last few pounds.

On the other hand, some doctors suggest that patients go ahead with the operation, especially if they’ve reached a plateau in their weight loss regimen. Those last couple of pounds can be removed via liposuction at the same time as the tummy tuck operation. Or, as is more common, the patient feels so reinvigorated after their tummy tuck that they resume their exercise routine with renewed confidence, which helps them meet their weight loss goals.

If you are within 15 to 30 pounds of your weight loss goals, you may wish to speak with a board certified plastic surgeon in order to explore your options. Depending on your circumstance, additional weight loss after your tummy tuck may not require a follow-up surgery. Talking to a plastic surgeon face to face will help you understand how a tummy tuck can play a role in your weight loss goals.

Tags: Abdominoplasty, Liposuction, Mini-Tummy Tuck, Plastic Surgeon, Weight Loss

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The number of men and women receiving cosmetic treatments is leveling off as the interest among both groups remain high. That is what the latest report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) shows. According to their numbers, there were 12.5 million cosmetic procedures performed in 2009 – a one percent decrease from the previous year. This is a slight departure from the steady rise in plastic surgery that we’ve seen in the last decade, with total cosmetic procedures increasing 69 percent since 2000.

This drop in plastic surgery procedures does not necessarily signal a shift in attitudes about cosmetic work, according to the ASPS. Rather, this decrease is likely due to many Americans still reeling from the effects of the economic recession. There is evidence supporting this perspective in the report as well. Although overall cosmetic procedures saw a decrease last year, the amount of cosmetic minimally-invasive procedures actually increased by one percent. Such procedures are typically less costly, non-surgical and require little to no time off of work for the patient. Furthermore, in a survey where individuals were asked whether they would get cosmetic work if money were not an object – 69 percent of the respondents from the RealSelf community said “yes.”

The dilemma is clear: Americans want plastic surgery but are having trouble affording it. Recognizing this, many plastic surgeons are helping to close the gap by offering discounts, financing and other options that make cosmetic procedures more affordable. At the office of Dr. Amy Bandy, a board certified plastic surgeon in Newport Beach, tummy tucks, breast augmentations and other cosmetic procedures may be financed through Care Credit for approved patients. At this point, patients may be able to spread the costs of plastic surgery across several months, oftentimes without incurring extra costs. Dr. Bandy is a reputable doctor among Newport Beach plastic surgeons who are making their services more affordable.

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Individuals who wish to achieve a slender, better-contoured abdomen may not be able to do so with regular exercise and a healthy diet. In today’s world, men and women who wish to shrink their waistline often opt to undergo a cosmetic plastic surgery procedure. Two of the most common body altering surgeries include liposuction and tummy tuck surgery. Designed to remove stubborn pockets of fat and eliminate excess skin, these procedures can provide dramatic results when performed together.

Although many patients have experienced satisfying results when undergoing liposuction (“lipoplasty”) and tummy tuck (“abdominoplasty”), there are potential risks associated with both of these procedures. With a tummy tuck, there is a long scar spanning across the lower abdomen. As for liposuction, the skin does not always retract enough to produce a smooth contour. Therefore, in order to avoid this permanent mark and tighten loose skin, Mokhtar Asaadi, M.D., F.A.C.S. offers a new technique in liposuction called the MAsterTuckSM. Using the VASER ® Lipo System technology, Dr. Asaadi can remove excess fat and provide tightening of skin with only one procedure. This method also reduces the appearance of scarring because incision sites are limited to small openings, and only big enough for the cannula to enter the target area. This procedure may provide the outcome that meets a person’s standards.

New York City tummy tuck specialist, plastic surgeon Dr. Douglas Taranow can explain the difference between liposuction and tummy tuck surgery, and how they can be performed separately or together for optimal results. His skills and experience in cosmetic surgery allow him to enhance patients’ bodies into more aesthetically pleasing shapes. More information can be found by visiting Dr. Taranow’s website.

Tags: Liposuction Surgery, MAsterTuckSM, New York Plastic Surgery, Tummy Tuck Surgery

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Many individuals rule out elective plastic surgery based on assumptions about the exorbitant costs. These presuppositions are often gleaned from sensational headlines about celebrity makeovers that cost more than the annual salary of most Americans. But many patients who take the initiative to schedule a consult with a plastic surgeon are pleasantly surprised to discover that common body contouring procedures—such as liposuction and tummy tucks—are more affordable than they expected.

There are a number of ways that a body contouring procedure can be customized to fit a patient’s individual needs in order to make it affordable. One key variable is location. Orange County liposuction procedures are unlikely to cost the same as they would in New York or Chicago. That’s why it may be important to visit a local doctor for an accurate quote, rather than relying on information from the Internet, particularly because it is so easy to get a geographically relevant quote. Patients living in Orange County can call or visit Ocean Plastic Surgery, which has offices in Los Alamitos and Newport Beach. Tummy tucks, thigh lifts and “Mommy Makeover” patients can receive a complimentary price estimate by e-mailing photos to the clinic before scheduling a face-to-face meeting.

Plastic surgery financing is the other key factor that helps make body contouring affordable for a great number of patients. The inflated cosmetic surgery costs often trumpeted in celebrity gossip magazines are doubly shocking because they are presumably paid in cash. But for many patients, the costs of plastic surgery can be made more bearable by spreading payments across several months. After all, improving your appearance is a long term investment in one of your most valuable assets. Just as a mortgage helps you buy a home and student loans help you get an education, plastic surgery financing can help make the body you’ve always wanted a reality.

These are just two of the ways that the realities of plastic surgery pricing contrast with unrealistic expectations. The best way to determine if cosmetic surgery fits into your budget is to schedule a consultation with one or more plastic surgeons in your area. Technological advances, financing options, and personalized procedures make plastic surgery more affordable than ever.

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Turn on the television or crack open a magazine and you’ll notice a hot new trend: cougars. From the exploration of dalliances with older women in the series Dawson’s Creek to the more recent ABC sitcom Cougar Town, it seems that pairing a younger guy with an older woman is the next big thing.

So, why the sudden interest in women who have aged as long and gracefully as Anne Bancroft in The Graduate, the circa 1967 film that possibly kicked off the cougar craze? Perhaps it’s because the classics never go out of style – or maybe it’s because today’s thirty-, forty- and fifty-somethings are looking better than ever.

Contributing to the latter theory is a concurrent trend in cosmetic surgery: the ‘Mommy Makeover.” This has been a somewhat quieter phenomenon. That is because unlike the conspicuous and multitudinous Hollywood nose, belly, and boob jobs that plaster the tabloids, Mommy Makeovers aren’t meant to be completely transformative. Instead, it entails a handful of procedures that are meant to correct the changes that childbirth has had on a woman’s body. After a Mommy Makeover, women simply look refreshed and renewed, not plastic and put together. Because they look more like they did before having children, many can’t tell they had work done at all, commenting instead that they simply “look great.”

As described by one patient of Dr. Amy Bandy, a Newport Beach breast augmentation, tummy tuck and liposuction specialist, Mommy Makeovers make women feel as if they have a “new lease on life.” This restored confidence often spurs married, single or newly single mothers to renew their intimacy with their partners or begin a new chapter in their love lives. As a female plastic surgeon, Dr. Bandy sees many patients with concerns specific to post-pregnancy women at her office in Newport Beach. Tummy tucks, labia reconstruction, breast reduction, and breast augmentation operations are all common procedures among mothers who want to feel more confident and sexy.

There hasn’t been any hard data released linking the rising popularity of cougars to the affordability and acceptance of Mommy Makeovers. But given the confidence and youthful appearance that cosmetic surgery lends to mothers, it’s likely that the Mommy
Makeover is playing a big role in older women becoming more adventurous and, of course, more attractive to their young suitors.

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Another story regarding patient safety and the importance of conducting extensive pre-surgical doctor screenings has come out, down under, in New Zealand.

New Zealand Health and Disability Commissioner Ron Paterson has asked their national Medical Council to review a surgeon’s competence after a female patient complained about the services he provided.

The surgeon, known in the commissioner’s report only as “Dr. B” is a general surgeon who had trained in cosmetic surgery and worked at an outpatient cosmetic surgery practice.

In March 2006, the patient had abdominoplasty surgery – a procedure to get rid of the large amount of excess skin on her lower abdomen that was leftover after a previous liposuction treatment.

A couple of months after the surgery the woman developed a hematoma in her lower abdomen and ended up needing more liposuction treatments to remove the excess fluid and then further surgery to eliminate the hematoma.

In a post-surgery consultation with the surgeon in February 2007, the patient expressed dissatisfaction with the results of the tummy tuck surgery to the doctor. The doctor replied, saying that the excess skin was normal and in no way due to hematomas.

Independent advisers to the commissioner discovered that the surgeon did not provide appropriate standards of care which could be expected of a doctor who was a general surgeon who practiced cosmetic surgery exclusively. The commissioner recommended the cosmetic surgeon be referred to the Medical Council for a competency review.

According to Patterson, once the surgeon’s competency review is complete, a copy of the commissioner’s report will be sent to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and be available on the Health and Disability Commissioner website.

Tags: Abdominoplasty, Cosmetic Surgeon, Cosmetic Surgery, Hematoma, Liposuction, Patient Safety, Tummy Tuck

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As medically-supervised weight management grows and changes, so does plastic surgery. Nearly 125 years ago, we saw the advent of the Tummy Tuck, the original body contouring procedure. Some 75 years later, came Liposuction and since then, a whole new crop of body contouring surgeries, such as the panniculectomy, have come and gone.

Today, weight-loss patients and specialists have a new plastic surgery procedure to consider: the Bra-Line Backlift.

The Bra-Line Backlift was developed by Dr. Joseph Hunstad, with the intention of treating excess back skin following massive weight-loss surgeries like gastric bypass. Following massive weight-loss, fatty tissue is suctioned out, using some light liposuction but the Backlift essentially is an upside down tummy tuck, on your back.

Instead of a horizontal incision across the waistline with a tummy tuck, the doctor makes an incision across the upper-middle back (one of the few detractors for men, given the inability to hide the scar with a bra or bathing suit), tightens the muscles and removes excess accumulations of skin.

Dr. Richard D’Amico, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons says that he sees this as more of a “completion procedure”, than anything else. A procedure that might conclude a mommy makeover, for example, as opposed to a primary treatment option.

Tags: Body Contouring, Bra-line Backlift, Liposuction, Panniculectomy, Plastic Surgery, Tummy Tuck

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