Who doesn't want to look good and feel confident? Whether they want to look good in the bedroom, show off a better six-pack at the gym or take charge in the boardroom, more men are embracing cosmetic surgery. Some men come to plastic surgeons seeking a ripped gut or handsome nose like actor Hugh Jackman's, People magazine's 2008 Sexiest Man Alive! In fact, plastic surgeons say tough but romantic Aussie actor Jackman continues to beat out former favorite Brad Pitt as the Hollywood celeb most men want to look like.
But looking like a Hollywood star isn't the reason most men visit a plastic surgeon. Men's bodies age and sag over time just like women's bodies do. Yet in the workplace, a youthful appearance is necessary to stay competitive in today's tough business environment. A youthful appearance makes a man appear more energetic, more vigorous, more competent, more capable of leading a company through tough times. Businessmen are turning to plastic surgery to maintain their competitive edge against up-and-coming junior execs and present the take-charge appearance that inspires confidence both in the board room and with customers and investors. More men are using cosmetic surgery to smooth away facial wrinkles and reshape their bodies to achieve a more youthful, more virile appearance.
Nose reshaping for a more attractive appearance, Botox injections to reduce age-revealing wrinkles, and body contouring are equally popular with men. Men have several options in liposuction techniques to eliminate excess fat and tummy tucks to remove drooping skin after weight loss can give men the confidence-building ripped appearance they need to succeed in the boardroom – and the bedroom.
This was the year you finally did it. After years of dragging around those unattractive excess pounds, you finally made good on your promise to yourself to lose weight and keep it off. Maybe you were inspired by television's The Biggest Loser. Maybe someone make an unkind joke about your "pregnancy." Maybe the wheezing as you climbed the stairs gave you a scare. Maybe you finally listened to your doctor's warnings about heart risk and diabetes. Whatever your motivation for taking better care of yourself, we're sure it wasn't easy and we congratulate you on your accomplishment.
Losing weight is a long, difficult process that requires dedication, commitment, sacrifice and lots of sweat. The goal of a slimmer, trimmer, healthier you, makes it all worthwhile, but sometimes the results can be disappointing. As you've power walked your way around the neighborhood, pedaled away furiously on your stationary bike and sweat to the beat at your local gym, one thing has kept you going. In your mind's eye you have pictured yourself slim, svelte and fabulous. Unfortunately, when you look in the mirror all these months later what you see is flaccid, drooping breasts, wrinkly upper arm "wings," puckery thighs and, worst of all, an ugly saddlebag of stretched belly skin dropping across your lower abdomen. This can't be what you worked so hard to achieve.
What most women and men don't realize is that skin stretched by fat for long periods loses some of its elasticity. Age and rapid weight loss can exacerbate the problem. When you remove the fat that plumped and stretched your skin, the skin may not "snap back" to its former shape. You're left with unsightly folds of skin draping your body. Cosmetic and plastic surgery can remove that excess skin and restore your body shape to give you the attractive appearance you worked so hard to achieve. Cosmetic surgery after significant weight loss has been increasing steadily in Northeast Ohio and the rest of the country, as noted in the Aesthetic Society's latest statistics.