The health benefits offered by alternative healing methods like progressive relaxation, meditation, yoga, chiropractic medicine, etc. have multitudes believing in the sensibility that you are as old as you look. Though there are many critics for this branch of medicine, science proper is constantly discovering and finding innovations for methods of prolonging life. Over the counter drugs and the beauty business too have played no mean role in furthering this notion. An individual is not old at 50 anymore, he is ‘ancient’. The ‘new’ old age creeps in on a person at 30 years of age as is believed by an entire generation fed on Hollywood beauties and dazzle. The rise of the gym culture too has people running the treadmill to a healthier body. It’s a race against time, and everyone’s running in it. Where is your place in this race?

You may have joined the health revolution with your body feeling like a million bucks, but does your face match up to your body’s oomph? If you have followed every avenue to a healthier body and lifestyle, chances are you may have already heard of a cosmetic procedure called rhytidectomy. More commonly known as a ‘face lift’, rhytidectomy assures long term benefits which beauty creams and over the counter drugs only aspire to fulfill.

Natural aging of the face occurs due to factors like exposure to extreme weather, stress, hormones, etc. The area between the eyebrows, around the mouth, the corners of the eyes and the neck are main areas which face the brunt of such damaging factors. Rhytidectomy, though not holding a promise to freeze time, offers the hope of slowing time up for you. It removes excess fat, tightens underlying muscles and re-drapes the neck and facial skin.

Procedures like a forehead lift, eyelid surgery and nose reshaping are supplementary procedures which also can be opted for in order to attain a younger look. At the Plastic Surgery Institute, we offer all these procedures besides rhytidectomy. Our consultants in Beverly Hills, Newport Beach, Pasadena, San Diego and Huntington Beach are highly experienced and capable of providing you with answers to all your questions.

For more details, please visit us at: http://www.facesurgeryorangecounty.com



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The health benefits offered by alternative healing methods like progressive relaxation, meditation, yoga, chiropractic medicine, etc. have multitudes believing in the sensibility that you are as old as you look. Though there are many critics for this branch of medicine, science proper is constantly discovering and finding innovations for methods of prolonging life. Over the counter drugs and the beauty business too have played no mean role in furthering this notion. An individual is not old at 50 anymore, he is ‘ancient’. The ‘new’ old age creeps in on a person at 30 years of age as is believed by an entire generation fed on Hollywood beauties and dazzle. The rise of the gym culture too has people running the treadmill to a healthier body. It’s a race against time, and everyone’s running in it. Where is your place in this race?

You may have joined the health revolution with your body feeling like a million bucks, but does your face match up to your body’s oomph? If you have followed every avenue to a healthier body and lifestyle, chances are you may have already heard of a cosmetic procedure called rhytidectomy. More commonly known as a ‘face lift’, rhytidectomy assures long term benefits which beauty creams and over the counter drugs only aspire to fulfill.

Natural aging of the face occurs due to factors like exposure to extreme weather, stress, hormones, etc. The area between the eyebrows, around the mouth, the corners of the eyes and the neck are main areas which face the brunt of such damaging factors. Rhytidectomy, though not holding a promise to freeze time, offers the hope of slowing time up for you. It removes excess fat, tightens underlying muscles and re-drapes the neck and facial skin.

Procedures like a forehead lift, eyelid surgery and nose reshaping are supplementary procedures which also can be opted for in order to attain a younger look. At the Plastic Surgery Institute, we offer all these procedures besides rhytidectomy. Our consultants in Beverly Hills, Newport Beach, Pasadena, San Diego and Huntington Beach are highly experienced and capable of providing you with answers to all your questions.



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Facelift/Rhytidectomy

Rhytidectomy or commonly known as Facelift can reduce and address the sagging skin, deep cheek folds, and jowls at the lower part of the jaw of the face and neck, making these areas more youthful in appearance. We Plastic surgeons usually divide the face into 3 general parts, the upper, mid and the lower 3rd. Aging affects these areas of the face in different way. At the upper third, there is the transverse line of the forehead and the glabellar frown line. Middle 3rd you would note the deepening of the Nasolabial folds, sagging of the cheek skin and hallowing of the suborbital area. And at the lower third there are the jowls, marionette lines and the platismal bands at the neck-mandible area. Due to aging and other multifactorial cause, the support structure and skin of the face loosen.

Face lift or mini face lift surgery is a procedure that would resuspend or reposition the soft tissue of the face to obtain a youthful appearance. The scars from the incision lines are mostly hidden within the hairline or within normal lines of the face and neck, making it inconspicuous once it matures. This is usually performed, either under local or general anesthesia depending on the extent of the face lift procedure and usually requires a short hospital stay for patient undergoing a full face lift. The patient will experience some temporary skin discoloration, swelling and a certain amount of tightness or numbness in the face and ears that usually resolve after 7 to 10 days. Healing takes time and is gradual, so be patient and expect several weeks or months for optimal results.

Cosmetic procedure either surgical or non surgical are very cheap and affordable in the Philippines when compared to other western countries like the United State (USA), United Kingdom and Canada. Because of this a lot of prospective clients that are very much interested in physical enhancement could avail the services of certified and fully trained Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon at a much lower cost. Since physical enhancement is your prime objective. Cost or Price should not be your main consideration, but your Surgeon’s qualification, training and experience should be your priority. Give time and effort in knowing your Surgeon.

Patient safety and quality results is our priority. Take the opportunity to discuss all your options with our certified Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon for free. With a very affordable cosmetic surgery procedure packages, while having your vacation in the Philippines. Any cosmetic plastic procedure could be a worthwhile and extraordinary experience for both the patient and surgeon, if this is done in the light of surgical standards in term of safety. In order for you to attain the best results for the procedure you are interested without compromising your safety and health, we advice you to bring up all your concerns to a Certified Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon with proper qualification and training in the field of Cosmetic/Aesthetic Surgery.

As simple and easy as it may seem (according to your Plastic Surgeons), there are very important things that one has to keep in mind before plunging into that pool of youth and beauty. Everybody wants to have that extra boost of self esteem and confidence and achieve that timeless beauty through the best possible post operative results with the least of complication.

Plastic Surgeons are appropriately and completely termed Plastic Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgeons…, however they are now increasingly and popularly being called Plastic Cosmetic Surgeons. The surgeon can not call himself a plastic surgeon unless he can do both aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. Since the very root of almost all cosmetic/aesthetic procedures can be traced from early reconstructive procedure. Thus a surgeon whose main interest is aesthetic plastic surgery, must also have a firm foundation on the reconstructive surgery, to better grasp the basic principle and application of cosmetic/aesthetic plastic surgery. Reconstructive plastic surgery is a prerequisite in training for all plastic surgeons. So plastic surgeons are both an aesthetic/cosmetic surgeon and reconstructive surgeon. At present, there are just a relatively limited number of certified Plastic Surgeon that one can go to. However, the so called run of the mill cosmetic surgeons without adequate formal training and experience abound and are alarmingly increasing.

There are no short cuts to being one (Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon). It takes 6 to 8 years to transform a doctor after medical school into a Certified Plastic Surgeon (or 16 to 18 years to include Premed Course, Medicine Proper, Medical Internship, General Surgery Residency and Plastic Surgery Residency). It is through these years of formal training that Plastic Surgeons are able to acquire and equip themselves of the knowledge and skills that is required in his private practice. Such as knowing all possible options for a patient inquiring for a cosmetic procedure, being able to predict end result and being able to evaluate if patients are good candidate for the cosmetic procedure they want. And most importantly knowing the complications for any cosmetic and reconstructive procedure and being able to address if any complication arises. For more information you may visit http://www.philippinecosmetic.com or email us at peregrinovii@yahoo.com

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Have you claimed your Genesis site?

How does it feel when you discover the first silver streak peeping out of your hairline? It definitely gives you a feeling which we can well assume is not altogether palatable. The same happens as you discover the first ‘crow’s feet’ under your eyes. These are followed by sagging and lack luster skin, bags under eyes and drooped jaws and many more. These are reasons enough pushing a woman in her mid forties or early fifties on the verge of depression.

But as a twenty first century woman you should have more control on how you look. In fact facelift as a branch of cosmetic surgery can give you the power to decide how long you want to look fresh and youthful.

What is facelift anyway? Facelift is a kind of cosmetic procedure that involves removing excess skin and fat from your face and neck and tightening the remaining tissues and muscles underneath. The result is amazing: a good ten years slashed off from your skin taking you back to the days when you used to be a glamorous lady.

Not only ladies, facelift can benefit the men too by giving them a more youthful skin. In fact, facelift as a procedure is divided into several varieties which are again divided into a number of sub categories. Why these different types and techniques? They have been designed to suit different skin conditions and to meet individual expectations. Some methods are applied only on the upper surface of skin. For more cosmetic enhancement, surgeons often resort to more complicated procedures that involve the tightening of skin or stretching out the fatty tissues.

Here are the brief descriptions of major types of facelift:

Subcutaneous Facelift

This first generation cosmetic procedure involves making of incision around the area of hairline and earlobe. Another incision is made in the chin area to work upon the skin of neck. This is a kind of cosmetic procedure where, the fats deposited under the skin are removed and muscles are tightened. At the end your face receives a slimmer and more toned look.

This type of facelift which happens to be the simplest form of face rejuvenation cosmetic procedure has been popular during the 70’s. But this method was soon replaced by a series of more complex procedures, as the effects of this facelift are only short lived bringing back to your skin the same stretched look within a short time.

In attempts to overcome this problem, some cosmetic surgeons started to pull the tissues very tightly. But it only gave the face a flat look where muscles move scarcely to give the expressions. Also in this case, the chances of side effects are also higher.

SACS lift

Here the dissection takes place just below the layers of fat for a deeper penetration. In recent times this technique of facelift seems to be most popular cosmetic method for skin rejuvenation.

SMAS lift

We have a layer of tissue called the SMAS (superficial musculoaponeurotic system) underneath our skin. The SMAS lift involves tightening of this layer by folding it over itself. Excess fats are also removed. This procedure gets you firmer cheeks and necks and a more defined jaw line.

This technique is however divided in several sub categories like ‘limited SMAS’, ‘extended SMAS’, ‘SMAS plication’, ‘the composite facelift’, which are also described as ’second’, ‘third’ and ‘forth’ generation facelifts.

Subperiosteal Facelift

Subperiosteal or ‘mask’ lift, involves a procedure where tissues attached to the bones are lifted as units. This technique avoids cuts near the areas of your ear.

Multiplanar facelifts

The modern cosmetic surgery combines all the above mentioned procedures to carry out a facelift. These are called the ‘multiplanar facelifts’.

It is the cosmetic surgeon who takes the decision as to what type of facelift suits you most depending on the age, skin type and other medical factors.



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