Cosmetic Surgery
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Plumping Up Your Lips With Injectable Fillers – Which One?
The most common method for lip augmentation is with injectable fillers. While other more surgical options exist such as lifts and implants, making the lip bigger by injections are quick, easy to do, and have instantaneous results. (notice that I did not say painless!) While five years ago, only two injectable filler options existed (collagen [...]
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Natural Breast Augmentation – Stem Cells and Fat Transfer Instead of Implants
Have you heard of the new breast implants that don’t use silicone or saline? In fact there are no implants at all. Your fat is the best replacement for the implant! Moving fat from your undesired areas into the breast sounds perfect. But how does it work, what can patients expect, and is it safe? [...]
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How to Hide Your Breast Augmentation Surgery
Occasionally I get this request, especially from professional women or women who work in an office setting. Breast augmentation, although certainly not totally visible in normal public life, may be noticeable after surgery. Right after surgery as well, you may be quite swollen, and even if you feel ready to work, your overall breast size [...]
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7 Ways to Avoid Capsular Contracture in Breast Augmentation
Capsular Contracture is a plastic surgery term for excessive scar tissue formation around the breast implant. The cause is not completely known, although excessive bleeding after surgery and possible bacterial contamination seem to be the leading causes. Although this is not a common complication, it can occur. There are several ways to avoid it, and [...]
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How Big Are the Scars After Liposuction?
Pretty darn small! The incisions are about as long as this line- ____ Liposuction is done with several different technologies. The bottom line is that the cannulae, or the small thin instruments that liposuction requires, require very small incisions, usually about 3-5 millimeters in length. Generally, plastic surgeons hide the surgical incisions by putting them [...]
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Popular Cosmetic Dentistry Procedures
Are you looking to improve your appearance? When many of us think of cosmetic improvements, traditional cosmetic surgery procedures, like breast enlargements, facelifts, and liposuction, often come to mind. With that said, those are not the only types of cosmetic surgical procedures you can undergo. If you are looking to improve your smile, namely by [...]
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What is the Procedure For a Liquid Facelift?
A liquid facelift is a non-medical term that several non-plastic surgeons have been talking about recently. Essentially, it seems that if you can inject various areas of the face to fill in lines and wrinkles, plump up certain areas that are thinned out, and then do a facial resurfacing procedure, then you can do a [...]
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How Large Should Your Breast Augmentation Be?
There are many important things to be concerned about with breast implants, but the most crucial one seems to be breast implant volume. This determines the final cup size of your breast augmentation. Other factors that contribute to your final cusp size result includes how much breast tissue you already have, how much loose skin [...]