How we look affects the way we feel about ourselves and how other people perceive us. Savvy business people know that packaging themselves effectively is just as important to their success as packaging their product. Recognizing that as they age they need more than diet and exercise to stay in shape and look good, many professionals are adding cosmetic surgery to their normal personal grooming routines.
A growing number of men and women are making regular quarterly or semi-annual appointments with board-certified plastic surgeons to provide the little nips, tucks, injections and rejuvenating skin treatments that will keep them looking attractive and youthfully energetic. They've come to consider regular visits to their cosmetic surgeon a key addition to their personal grooming routine. Just as important as their gym membership and nutrition consultations, for competitive professionals, cosmetic surgery has become a key component to keeping their competitive edge in the workplace.
Maintaining a pleasing appearance boosts self-confidence which signals confidence to clients, making professionals more effective on the job -- and after hours. With singles waiting longer to marry, the U.S. divorce rate climbing and people living and working longer, many professional women and men today are doing the dating scene. There's nothing like knowing you look fabulous to boost your confidence when you're trying to make a favorable impression on someone.
Many cosmetic treatments offered by Cleveland plastic surgery centers are fast, painless and less expensive than surgery. You don't have to spend a lot of money or take time away from work to improve your appearance. Specialized rejuvenating skin care treatments and wrinkle-reducers like Botox and fillers improve skin condition and minimize age-defining wrinkles and facial lines. You return to work the next day looking refreshed and vivacious.
Cosmetic surgery is so accepted these days that many people talk openly with their friends, family and coworkers about their experience. Today you're more likely to get interested questions than the shocked exclamations your mother might have had to endure. And it's quite likely that you'll discover your friends have already undergone their own cosmetic surgery procedure. But there are many women – and men – who consider cosmetic surgery a very private affair. They want people to notice their new appearance but don't want to advertise how it happened.
Many cosmetic surgery procedures can be performed under local anesthesia. Recovery is fast and patients are back at work the next day with no one the wiser. More extensive plastic surgery can leave minor bruising or puffiness and may take several days or a bit longer before the patient's appearance returns to normal. The skill of the doctor and the type of cosmetic surgery procedure performed affect recovery time. As healing progresses, residual bruising or redness can be easily covered with concealing makeup.
But what do you tell your friends and coworkers if you want to keep your procedure private? Here's how other Cleveland cosmetic surgery patients have handled the issue:
- Some patients take vacation time, telling coworkers they're going to relax at a spa. Rather than going home, they check into a nearby hotel and enjoy a week of pampered luxury while recovering.
- Sinus surgery is an often used excuse. Actresses Jennifer Aniston and Cameron Diaz both attributed their nose jobs to surgery to correct a deviated septum.
- People sometimes credit a new exercise regime or new makeup or skin cream with their new look.
- Many people attribute recovery on an injury.
And when people exclaim about how fabulous you look after healing, all you need to say is "thank you."
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.
One picture is worth a thousand words goes the ancient Chinese proverb. At Cleveland cosmetic and plastic surgery center Accentuate Within our caring staff understands the concerns women have when they decide to change their appearance. Customized body contouring, breast enhancement, a face lift or reshaping of the nose or any cosmetic surgery procedure is both a practical and an emotional decision for most women.
Even when the positive changes that are about to occur in their lives are eagerly anticipated, most women choosing Cleveland cosmetic surgery feel a little anxious about plastic surgery. Led by expert board-certified Cleveland plastic surgeon Dr. Vicente Poblete, the experienced staff at Accentuate Within's Avon Lake, Ohio cosmetic and plastic surgery center takes plenty of time to talk with patients about their expectations and goals for cosmetic surgery.
A customized program is designed to meet each patient's individual goals. Dr. Poblete and our staff educate patients about Cleveland cosmetic surgery procedures so that they can make well informed choices about their face and body.
On the Accentuate Within website you'll find a Patient Gallery showing before and after photos of common cosmetic surgery procedures. Read firsthand accounts chronicling the experiences of other Cleveland cosmetic surgery patients in the online Patient Diaries. The Accentuate Within staff can also arrange for you to talk to another plastic surgery patient who has already undergone the procedure you are contemplating. There's nothing more revealing or comforting than talking to another woman who has successfully experienced the same cosmetic surgery procedure. At Cleveland cosmetic surgery center Accentuate Within, we understand how helpful it can be to talk to woman-to-woman with another patient about her actual surgery, her recovery experience and how the cosmetic surgery procedure has positively changed her life.
As one happy patient noted – "DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR BODY!"
Choosing the right plastic surgeon can dramatically affect your patient experience and satisfaction with the results of the procedure. Critically important are the credentials, training and experience of the cosmetic surgeon you choose.
Ask these questions of your surgeon:
- Are you certified by American Board of Plastic Surgery? Board certification ensures that your plastic surgeon has successfully completed required education at an accredited medical school and a minimum 5-year surgical residency with at least 2 years devoted to plastic surgery. Board certification also requires that the board-certified plastic surgeon pass comprehensive oral and written exams.
- Are you a member of American Society of Plastic Surgeons? Founded in 1931, ASPS is the largest international plastic surgery specialty organization. Its mission is to advance quality care to plastic surgery patients by encouraging high standards of training, ethics, practice and research. Membership ensures patients that their plastic surgeon has met the strict requirements of the organization, is board certified and adheres to the highest standards of surgical practice and patient care.
- Are you a member of American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery? Founded in 1967, ASAPS is an elite organization of board-certified plastic surgeons whose mission is to advance the science, art and safe practice of cosmetic plastic surgery. Only one-quarter of board-certified plastic surgeons meet the rigorous educational, experience and superlative professional standards required for membership.
- What is your training and experience in plastic surgery? A plastic surgeon who meets the highest professional standards will be board certified by both his state and the American Board of Plastic Surgery. In addition to achieving his Doctor of Medicine from an accredited medical school, your plastic surgeon should have a minimum of 5 years of surgical training in an accredited medical residency program with at least 2 years exclusively devoted to plastic surgery.
- Beware of "Board-Certified." There are a lot of practitioners who will say they are "board-certified." More important is – "Board-certified in what?" Would you feel safe entrusting your body to someone who is "board-certified in emergency medicine," or "board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology" – to name a few? Would you let your plastic surgeon deliver your baby?
When you look in the mirror, what do you see? Isn't it interesting that how we feel we look on the outside so greatly impacts how we feel about ourselves on the inside? And how we feel about ourselves affects our ability to compete and succeed in the work place and on the social scene. It is the most basic element of self-esteem and the root of self-confidence. Interestingly, it has nothing to do with classic physical beauty, at least not society’s or someone else's definition of beauty. It is a matter of our self perception. If we are comfortable with what we see in the mirror, if we feel we look attractive, that our features are pleasing, we feel beautiful and self-confident.
As any woman knows, this belief in our own natural beauty can be a tenuous thing. If a bad hair day can send our spirits plummeting, imagine how devastating it can be to look in the mirror day after day and see yourself as flawed. No human is without small imperfections. Even cover models who are renowned for their beauty confess to feelings of inadequacy about one feature or another. Focusing too closely on our flaws appears to be a universal experience of the human condition. Age only exacerbates the problem, magnifying those tiny imperfections that bother us, chipping away daily at our sense of self. No one escapes. Gravity eventually takes its toll.
Who hasn't indulged in the "if only" game? If only my nose was smaller. If only my breasts were perkier. If only my tummy wasn't so flabby. If only my chin was firmer. Those "if onlies" prevent us from feeling good about ourselves and fully embracing life. Cosmetic surgery and customized body contouring allow you to turn those “if onlies” into wonderful realities. Accentuate Within enhances your natural beauty and allows you to be the woman you want to be.
You can usually recognize a mom by her body shape. Even after spending hours at the gym, a mom's body is distinctive. There's a slight paunch to the stomach and a little droop to the breasts. Belly skin stretched to the breaking point by a growing baby and breasts swollen to bursting during nursing just don't snap back to pre-baby tautness after your baby is born. The sleek body you had before pregnancy – the one that looked great in a tiny bikini – is a wistful memory. Of course you love your baby, but you want your before baby body back.
Accentuate Within offers a special Mommy Makeover program designed to restore your pre-baby body shape and self-confidence in your appearance. With an individually tailored Mommy Makeover you can feel young and sexy again and be proud of the way you look.
Cosmetic surgery can get rid of the loose belly skin, sagging breasts, stretch marks and fatty hip deposits related to pregnancy and the weight fluctuations most women experience while pregnant. After all, you wanted a baby, not a "mature" figure. It's only natural to want your old body back after pregnancy. Many new moms become depressed or embarrassed about their appearance and lose confidence in themselves when exercise doesn't tighten up loose, over-stretched skin. They no longer feel young and vibrant – and sexy? Please! Only with the lights out!
The cosmetic surgery experts at Accentuate Within can help new moms develop a comprehensive program to address and correct the unwanted and often unexpected body changes that follow pregnancy. Breast enhancements, tummy tucks, buttock lifting and liposuction, including the latest SmartLipo MPX technology, are among the options available to help restore your body and your self-confidence to its pre-baby level. Some women choose a single procedure; others benefit from multiple procedures performed in stages. Depending on your personal goals and expectations, the caring staff at Accentuate Within will design a personal Mommy Makeover to meet your individual needs.
Quality of care is what distinguishes Accentuate Within from other Cleveland cosmetic and plastic surgery centers. Led by board-certified plastic and cosmetic surgeon Dr. J. Vicente Poblete, the caring and dedicated staff at Accentuate Within's Avon Lake, Ohio surgery center strives to create a superior experience for each of our patients. From initial contact through surgery, post-operative treatment and follow-up visits, Dr. Poblete and his staff are solicitous of our patients’ concerns and feelings and dedicated to helping each patient enhance her natural beauty and achieve her beauty goals.
Properly performed cosmetic surgery requires complex and precise procedures that will affect the life of the patient for years to come. Successful cosmetic surgery does much more than improve a woman’s appearance. Expertly performed cosmetic surgery enhances the way a woman feels about herself, increases her awareness of her personal beauty and adds to her self confidence. Unfortunately, many of the physicians now offering cosmetic surgery procedures lack the extended formal surgical training that ensures dependably successful results. Their training, often limited to weekend courses, and specialties are in other medical areas. They have been lured to cosmetic surgery by its growing popularity but lack the medical credentials of board certified plastic surgeons like Dr. Poblete.
As a board certified plastic surgeon Dr. Poblete has completed lengthy and rigorous medical training specifically in the field of cosmetic and plastic surgery. In addition to completing a three to five year general surgery residency, board certified plastic surgeons must complete an additional two to three years of specialized training in the specific field of plastic surgery. Dr. Poblete brings to his patients expert surgical technique, long experience in cosmetic and plastic surgery and, most importantly, mature surgical judgment.
Before choosing your cosmetic surgeon, read what our satisfied patients have to say about the exceptional quality of care Dr. Poblete and his staff provide at Accentuate Within.
Family pictures. From the time the clan gathers for Thanksgiving dinner until long after the New Year, the holidays seem to be a non-stop marathon of posed family groupings and camera flashes. Busy, far-flung families that don't often have the opportunity to gather take advantage of the holidays to return to Cleveland. It’s a time to renew old family ties and exclaim over how the children have grown. Naturally, everyone wants to remember the good times. Taking pictures of the family generations gathered at grandma's Cleveland homestead is a big part of the holiday tradition. Those treasured holiday photos of our family help keep memories alive until next year. Are your 'fave pictures' the ones where you're hiding in the back? or the ones you aren't even in?
Everyone likes to mug for the camera when they think they look good. But when we don't feel we look our best, we'd much rather avoid the spotlight. Who wants a lasting memory of themselves with droopy basset hound eyelids or a wrinkly chicken neck or a nose they hate? These aren't the memories we want captured on film to be remembered forever by our family or ourselves. Cleveland cosmetic surgery performed by Dr. Vicente Poblete at the Accentuate Within Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery Center in Avon Lake, Ohio can "make you look good on the outside to match the inner beauty within you."
Cosmetic surgery can recontour your facial features so that you like the way you look. Eyelid surgery can make tired, droopy eyelids bright and clear again. A neck lift by a board-certified cosmetic surgeon like Cleveland's Dr. Poblete can smooth away the years. Plastic surgery can reshape noses, restoring a pleasing balance to the face. A brow lift can remove those dreadful worry lines while removing years from your appearance. Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Poblete can restore your confidence in your appearance. After cosmetic surgery at Accentuate Within, you'll be ready to smile for the cameras.