As always following a major Hollywood event, the blogosphere and entertainment TV were steaming with Oscar reviews. Nothing and no one was spared. Reviewers eviscerated the stars' dresses, jewelry, hair styles, makeup and acceptance speeches. Plastic surgery – real or suspected – received its share of pans and praise.
Actor Neil Patrick Harris joked about Hollywood's love affair with plastic surgery, proclaiming the Oscar audience and Botox the perfect couple. In Hollywood, where youthful looks and body shape seem to be synonymous with success, plastic surgery is viewed by many as a normal adjunct to personal grooming. But the excesses to which some stars have chosen to take cosmetic surgery and the sometimes disastrous results of ill-considered or poorly executed procedures have made for some fairly catty comments from celebrity watchers.
Best actress Oscar winner Sandra Bullock garnered both positive and negative comments on her appearance. Fabulous in a body-hugging gold gown, Sandra, now in her mid 40s, has joked about using liposuction to keep her trim figure. But some entertainment writers questioned her use of Botox, calling Sandra's Oscar-winning smile "wooden." Of course, the thing to remember about Hollywood gossip-mongers is that most of the time they're just guessing. Only a few celebrities like cosmetic surgery fans Melanie Griffin, Joan Rivers and Heidi Montag are outspoken about embracing the benefits of cosmetic surgery. Most celebrities prefer to keep their fans guessing, Does she or doesn't she?
Expertly performed cosmetic surgery should leave you looking fabulous and your friends guessing. A highly experienced Cleveland plastic surgeon can discuss your personal body image goals and recommend cosmetic surgery procedures that will best allow you to achieve your goals with fabulous results.
The Internet can provide a wealth of useful information, but it can also be the source of much misinformation. A recent Internet search for plastic surgery brought up more entertainment and celebrity gossip websites than legitimate medical sites. Cleveland plastic surgery patients who rely on such sites are, at best, getting incomplete and impersonal plastic surgery advice that does not take into account their specific individual needs or medical history. At worst, some of these websites provide totally inaccurate information that has the potential to be harmful if followed. Board-certified plastic surgeons are concerned that Cleveland women and men considering cosmetic surgery could be making unsafe and unhealthy decisions about their bodies based on erroneous information obtained from such sites.
One such website invites users to "Ask an Expert" their questions about plastic surgery procedures. The site implies that questions will be personally answered by practicing plastic surgeons. All the site visitor need do to pose her question is provide an email address. The website also invites doctors to volunteer to answer patients' questions about plastic surgery. However, in a trial attempt to register as a physician, no medical credentials were requested. In fact, no information was solicited that could be used to verify medical expertise. The only information requested was email registration. One must conclude that although this popular website purports to offer physician advice about plastic surgery, it is no more than a marketing ploy to gather email addresses for the purpose of selling unspecified products. Any claim to offer legitimate plastic surgery advice must be highly suspect.
While the Internet can be a valuable information gathering tool, when seeking plastic surgery information, it is important to utilize only trusted websites from experienced board-certified plastic surgeons like Dr. J. Vicente Poblete.
Women aren't the only ones using cosmetic surgery to achieve the body they’ve always desired. A growing number of men are turning to plastic surgery to beef up their pecs and get the ripped physique that drives women wild! Having a taut, muscular body enhances a man's self confidence. A good looking body makes a man feel comfortable and confident - in the board room and the bedroom. If you look around the gym and find your body wanting, consider cosmetic surgery for men. If Mother Nature has been a little stingy in the muscle department, cosmetic surgery for men can level the playing field, give you the ripped appearance you’ve always wanted and put you back in command!
Many Cleveland men are discovering that liposuction can give them the chest muscle definition they have always desired. Cosmetic surgery by an experienced, board-certified Cleveland plastic surgeon can artfully resculpt a man’s chest area. SmartLipo MPX liposuction can give the appearance of beefed-up pecs, adding completely natural-looking definition to pectoral muscles while improving shape and form. We're not talking Arnold Schwarzenegger excess here; we're talking Hugh Jackman cool.
Combine your liposuction with a mini tummy tuck and you can have impressive six-pack abs to go with those amazing pecs. A skilled Cleveland plastic surgeon like Dr. Poblete can discuss your body image goals with you and suggest cosmetic surgery procedures that can help you achieve them. Depending on body type and expectations, some body sculpting can even be done without surgery. Minimally invasive, laser guided SmartLipo MPX and Botox filler injections can do marvelous things to shave away the years and restore your face and body to the virile, hard-driving machine it once was.
Even if you're seeking a non-surgical solution to a skin care issue, your Cleveland cosmetic surgeon can be one of the best places to turn for advice and treatment. Cosmetic surgeons and their expert staffs are uniquely qualified to peer below the surface of the skin and seek out innovative solutions to certain problematic skin issues. Plastic surgeons delve daily into the intricate relationship between skin and muscle structure. Specialized medical training has given board certified plastic surgeons an intimate understanding of how skin is formed, how it reacts to aging and other elements, and how it can best be rejuvenated and protected.
Whether you choose surgical or non-surgical cosmetic modalities to rejuvenate your appearance, quality skin care is an important element in rejuvenating your appearance. Board-certified plastic surgeons offer several excellent physician-prescribed skin health programs, including Obagi® Skin Health Program, Vivité®, the Kinerase® Pro+ Therapy line, Prevage™ MD, and Colorscience®.
The natural aging process, past sun exposure and environmental elements can take a toll on your skin, creating changes that you find unattractive and would prefer to reverse. A quality skin health program can help to rebalance and rejuvenate skin, balancing uneven skin tones and erasing dark spots and fine lines that mar the appearance of your skin. Whether or not it is accompanied by facial rejuvenation surgery, a quality skin health system will revitalize the skin itself and improve your satisfaction with your appearance.
One of the most requested Cleveland plastic surgery procedures, tummy tucks, or abdominoplasty, surgically remove loose skin, fat deposits and stretch marks in the abdominal area. Multiple pregnancies, substantial weight loss or genetics can stretch skin, muscles and tissue past its ability to "snap back," giving your stomach a "paunchy" appearance or leaving unsightly folds of loose skin hanging from the stomach area. Even dedicated dieting and exercise can fail to restore elasticity. A tummy tuck can restore your body's balance and shape.
Accentuate Within Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery Center in Avon Lake, Ohio offers three types of tummy tucks: full tummy tuck, mini tummy tuck and lipo tummy tuck which combines liposuction with a mini tuck. In all three, an incision is made above the pubic area from hip to hip. While the mini tuck incision is shorter, the incision will leave a permanent scar that will fade over time. Skilled plastic surgeons like Dr. Poblete are able to position the incision so that it will be hidden by most underwear and bathing suits.
In performing tummy tucks, the abdominal skin is pulled up and the vertical abdominal muscles are stitched together and tightened. In a full tuck, a second incision is made around the belly button allowing the skin to be lifted higher and a larger expanse of muscle to be repaired. A mini tuck requires only a single incision, leaving the belly button intact. A lipo mini tuck includes liposuction of excess fat from the stomach area to improve body profile.
Skin is laid back over the abdomen, sutured and excess skin removed. Depending on the procedure selected, surgery generally lasts 2 to 5 hours, and patients will experience some pain and bruising. Patients are usually able to return to work in 1 week and resume normal activities in about 3 weeks.
The corporate world has always been dog-eat-dog, but the disastrous economy has made the corporate ladder an even more vicious environment than usual. Layoffs, downsizing, bankruptcies and mergers have ratcheted up the level of competition for space on the corporate food chain. As in nature, the weak fall behind and are trampled in the crush of young bloods thirsting to climb to the next rung.
Maintaining an appearance of energy and confident command has never been so important. The sags and wrinkles that were considered "character" in less competitive business climates have become a distinct liability today. Sagging jowls, crow's feet, deeply furrowed brows, drooping eye lids and turkey necks give businessmen and women a tired, fatigued appearance. Instead of looking wise and experienced, too much sagging skin can make you look old and tired. Instead of looking ready to command and meet the challenges of the next decade, you look ready to retire.
Cleveland cosmetic surgery can rejuvenate your appearance and help position businessmen and women for corporate success. There are a number of both surgical and non-surgical facial rejuvenation options to revitalize your appearance, such as Botox and Juvederm. According to the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery 2008 statistics, non-surgical cosmetic procedures outnumbered surgical procedures, 8 to 1.
An experienced board-certified plastic surgeon will carefully listen to your goals and fully discuss your options to help you achieve the youthful, commanding appearance you need to succeed in the corporate world.
Male breast reduction is one of the fastest growing cosmetic surgery procedures. Stomachs aren't the only things that droop after significant weight loss. Just as many Cleveland men and women have discovered the value of a tummy tuck to remove excess skin and tighten the abdomen after weight loss, men are now turning to breast reduction surgery to bring their pectorals into line with their new buff shape.
Male breast reduction plastic surgery has increased 80% over the past two years. Television shows like The Biggest Loser have focused national attention on the need to change our diet and exercise habits. The show has been a wake-up call for the 25% of American adults who struggle with obesity and has encouraged many men and women to increase their activity levels and pursue a healthier lifestyle. What The Biggest Loser doesn't show, however, are the unattractive results of significant weight loss. Skin over-stretched for years by fat deposits gradually loses elasticity. Remove the fat and the skin can no longer "snap back" to its former shape. It hangs in unattractive loose folds from chests, stomachs and butts.
While a testament to the hard-earned accomplishment of major weight loss, residual flabby skin detracts from the svelte new image you've worked so hard to create. Having lost the excess weight, it can be demoralizing to find that your new body fails to conform to the hard-body image you've been working toward. After all, you worked hard to achieve buff, not flabby!
SmartLipo MPX also offers a significant advantage in taking care of areas such as the chest, flanks and abdomen because of the combination of "fat melting and skin tightening". Cosmetic surgery performed by a board-certified Cleveland plastic surgeon can reshape your body so that your physical form matches your mental image. No more embarrassment when you take your shirt off at the gym or beach. Just as tummy tucks and liposuction can give men the washboard abs they worked for, breast reduction surgery can create the buff pecs you crave!
Understandably, most women have lots of questions when they first consider cosmetic surgery. Like many Cleveland women, you may be intrigued by what cosmetic surgery can do for you but concerned about how procedures are performed and the pain factor. There's no better way to find out about cosmetic surgery than seeing what it's all about. To help answer our patients' questions about Cleveland plastic surgery, Accentuate Within Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery Center in Avon Lake, Ohio recently introduced a new Smartlipo surgery video on our website home page.
Our new Smartlipo video shows Cleveland board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. J. Vicente Poblete performing SmartLipo MPX body sculpting on a patient in our Cleveland cosmetic surgery center.
The video shows preparation, injection of local anesthesia, and use of SmartLipo MPX techniques and equipment to remove unwanted fatty tissue. We hope that watching our new video will answer patients' questions about cosmetic surgery and help prepare them for their own cosmetic surgery procedure.
In the video you can observe Dr. Poblete's careful attention to professional detail and his constant concern for his patient's comfort. Listen as he talks the patient through the procedure, making certain that she understands what is happening. At one point Dr. Poblete asks the patient to rate her pain from 1 to 10. She answers that she is experiencing only mild discomfort which she rates as a 4. Throughout the procedure, Dr. Poblete is concerned about his patient's comfort.
The video shows the highly sterile, professional environment in which cosmetic surgery is performed. Women who may be embarrassed about exposing their bodies during cosmetic surgery can see that the patient's body is carefully draped and discretely covered at all times. The doctor is able to access the procedure site without causing any embarrassment or discomfort to his patient.
At Accentuate Within Cosmetic & Plastic Surgery Center we strive to give our patients complete information about the cosmetic surgery procedures we perform. We hope that our patients will find our new video helpful.
Last season, plastic surgeons Sean and Christian struggled to keep their fictional exclusive south Florida cosmetic surgery practice above water. The economy had FX's popular drama Nip/Tuck doing more Botox injections and fewer face lifts. While financial stress made for good drama, it may have made viewers assume that plastic surgery belongs only to the rich and famous. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Plenty of everyday Cleveland women – those of us who don't expect to walk down a red carpet anytime in the future -- have discovered the advantages of cosmetic surgery. And it's probably not as expensive as you think. After all, Cleveland is not the beaches of sun streaked South Florida, and prices here are not driven by television chic.
Cleveland plastic surgery centers like Accentuate Within Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery Center in Avon Lake, Ohio, offer a broad range of appearance-enhancing cosmetic options at prices that are more affordable than you probably think.
At Accentuate Within, the two most important aspects of your cosmetic surgery experience should be your comfort with the procedure you have selected and, equally important, your comfort with Dr. Poblete and the center's staff. After those critical items are addressed to your satisfaction, we're able to work out when and where to schedule your cosmetic surgery experience and address cosmetic surgery cost concerns.
During your consultation visit, you will receive an itemized quote detailing the professional fee, surgical fee, anesthesia fee and any other costs related to the specific cosmetic surgery procedure you have selected. The goal at Accentuate Within is to keep plastic surgery costs affordable for our Cleveland patients. Affordable finance options are available and estimates can be provided. Don't let money be a stumbling block to creating the youthful, attractive appearance you desire. Affordable Cleveland cosmetic surgery is available at Accentuate Within.
Starting to get those laugh lines and crow’s feet that you hoped you would never see on your face? How about losing the youthful, hydrated skin that you had in your 20’s?
As we age, our skin changes. Over time, the natural volume of youthful skin begins to diminish as wrinkles and folds form. But, with Juvederm injectable gel, you don't have to just sit back and let it happen!
Juvederm delivers smooth and natural looking results for men and women --- without surgery.
Juvederm is a smooth consistency gel made of hyaluronic acid – a naturally occurring substance in your skin that helps to add volume and hydration. The injectable gel is gently eased under the skin by your Cleveland area cosmetic surgeon to instantly restore your skin's volume and smooth away facial wrinkles and folds.
So, if you’re tired of looking in the mirror and seeing your parents in your reflection – give Juvederm a try. Your Board-Certified plastic surgeon will help you choose a customized plan to reach your goals with Juvederm, or a combination of facial rejuvenation products for the best results --- for you.