The study found that the anti-aging benefits of rhinoplasty were statistically significant, and, on average, patients looked 1.5 years younger after the procedure, according to Ali Sepehr, MD, and researchers at the University of Toronto.

During the study, 50 people guessed the ages of 53 rhinoplasty patients in before-and-after photos. The patients ranged in age from 15 to 61, and about three-quarters were women.

Patients who had a hump reduced or removed saw the greatest anti-aging effect. Among these patients, the reduction in perceived age was 1.6 years younger after surgery, compared to 1.1 years for patients who did not have a hump prior to surgery. Those with a droopy tip also saw more of the age reduction benefit.

Whether a patient was older or younger at the time of surgery was less of a factor, the researchers reported.

“Older patients tended to enjoy a greater degree of rejuvenation,” they wrote in the study. But the differences between age reduction in older vs. younger patients was not statistically significant.

While rhinoplasty may make you look slightly younger, this is not the reason people choose the procedure. Patients are usually motivated to have nose surgery in order to improve the look of their nose or to improve their breathing.

Dr. Sepehr told Reuters Health, “I wouldn’t say that in terms of the findings of this study, it adds a major reason to go forward with the procedure. It’s just a nice added benefit when somebody’s already going to get the procedure for another purpose.”

Nose surgery can reduce the size of the nose, remove bumps, improve the nasal angle and alleviate breathing problems. To learn more about rhinoplasty, contact Tulsa Surgical Arts.

Sources: MedPage Today, Reuters Health

Botox is one of the best cosmetic surgery procedures, according to a Northwestern University surgeon.

Northwestern University has released a list of what it considers to be the best cosmetic surgery procedures. The list is based on a review of existing research to identify which procedures have proven to be safe and effective.

“Many treatments gaining popularity are novel techniques that use complex devices, such as lasers and ultrasound, but there is sparse research evaluating their long-term effects,” said study author Murad Alam, MD, chief of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “We need more prospective studies comparing different treatments for the same problem head-to-head, so doctors and consumers know what’s best and safest.”

After reviewing 98 studies, Alam concluded that the following cosmetic procedures are among the most effective, proven procedures when performed by a trained, board-certified physician:

1. Injectable botulinum toxins, which include Botox, Dysport and Xeomin, for smoothing wrinkles
2. Liposuction for fat removal
3. Lasers for treating broken blood vessels, port wine stains and rosacea
4. Lasers for removing brown spots and hair

Of ranking Botox and other botulinum toxins first, Alam said, “These have been around for 20 years and during that entire period, when an approved pharmaceutical product in approved doses is used for cosmetic purposes, there have not been any instances of serious reactions.”

As for liposuction, Alam said that tumescent liposuction has shown to be an especially safe liposuction technique. “The main potential complication, excessive bleeding, simply doesn’t occur with that form of liposuction when appropriate rules are followed because the anesthetic used in the procedure prevents bleeding,” he said.

Some procedures are safe, but more studies are needed on their effectiveness, such as low-level laser light for fat removal, according to Alam.

Others, such as fat freezing, work, said Alam, but it will take several more years to determine if the fat removal is permanent.

Patients should be aware that there may be more than one type of procedure to treat a cosmetic concern. That’s why it is so important to have a skilled cosmetic surgeon or dermatologist. “Experienced physicians can help patients select the treatments that are best for them,” Alam concluded.

Dr. Samir Pancholi, a Las Vegas cosmetic surgeon, says that he often performs breast augmentation and breast lift surgery in the same session and liposuction with fat grafting techniques when performing the Brazilian butt lift.

Breast Surgeries

Patients who have lost the shape and fullness of their breasts, including massive weight loss patients and postpartum women, are often good candidates for a combination of a breast lift and breast implants.

The breast lift, also known as mastopexy, results in a more ideal positioning of the nipple and breast, but it does not adequately address the lack of fullness of the breast in those patients, Dr. Pancholi says.

“In order to achieve a more voluptuous-looking breast…I often combine a mastopexy with breast implant surgery. The breasts are not only higher up but also have a fullness to them because of the implant,” he says.

Buttock Enhancements

By combining liposuction with fat grafting techniques when performing a Brazilian butt lift, the rounded shape of the buttocks can become more enhanced.

Dr. Pancholi says he typically performs liposuction to remove fat at the waist and upper and lower back, which causes a slight hollowing of the area and results in an accentuated curve of the buttocks. Then for a more enhanced curving effect, he takes the fat harvested during liposuction and injects it into the buttocks.

Benefits of Combination Procedures

In the past, patients might have had one breast surgery and then had the other six months later, but combining them can have benefits.

“Combining the two makes much more sense in terms of having one surgery, one recovery, reduced cost and achieving the final result without a second surgery,” according to Dr. Pancholi.

There are other areas of the body where surgeons are performing multiple procedures at one time. The New York Times recently reported that a California surgeon has combined eyelid surgery and a brow lift to create an “All-in-One Eye Lid and Brow.”

Shannon, a 23-year-old patient, reported that she felt deformed and said she had “constant discomfort throughout the day.” A urologist suggested labia reduction surgery for Shannon, which was performed by another surgeon. Shannon said she avoided sex and wearing swimsuits before the procedure.

While Shannon said she couldn’t be more happy with the results, some in the medical community say that cosmetic surgery for the vaginal area is misguided and risky.

However, patients, like Shannon, are becoming more open to these procedures.

A 2009 report on less common cosmetic surgery procedures by the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery included vaginal rejuvenation on its list of “fringe” procedures that participants were surveyed about. Over a quarter of respondents were open to trying a less common procedure, such as vaginal rejuvenation.

How is Vaginal Reduction Surgery Performed?

For women with large or irregular labia, which may be the result of genetics, hormones or inflammation, the procedure reduces irregularities of the labia.

The surgery removes excess tissue and then re-contours the skin with absorbable stitches. Patients can expect the incisions to be healed in about two to three weeks. Sexual activity can usually be resumed about six weeks after surgery.

Learn More About Labiaplasty

Watch the segment from The Doctors and learn more about vaginal reduction surgery in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The book, which covers a range of cosmetic procedures from the face, to the breasts and body has been tremendously popular among amazon.com customers and its new digital format will surely add to its traction among the cosmetic surgery community.

Cosmetic Facial Surgery contains a special chapter on rhinoplasty, which gives unique insight on nose surgery from a cosmetic surgeon’s trained perspective. In addition to discussing the unique anatomy of the nose and mid-face, this chapter delves into how a successful rhinoplasty should be performed. At Tulsa Surgical Arts, our goal with your rhinoplasty is shape a nose that fits your existing facial feartures and helps you meet your aesthetic goals.

The digital version of Cosmetic Facial Surgery can be purchased through the Kindle store, while the hardcover version is still widely available. To learn more about cosmetic surgery in Tulsa, please email us or call (918) 392-7900.

Her decision to undergo cosmetic surgery was simple: “I decided I wanted to look more like how I feel,” she explains to Matt Lauer.

She explains that she was not overly concerned with her body image, but just wanted to look like herself.

“I just decided I wanted to buy myself some time,” she explains, admitting that she had plastic surgery on her chin, neck and beneath the eyes.

Fonda is a well known actress, political activist, fitness guru and feminist. Along with Gloria Steinem and Robin Morgan, she founded the Women’s Media Center in 2005, a non-profit organization dedicated to “making women visible and powerful in the media.”

With her brand new fitness video, she’s still enthusiastic about the role of exercise for optimum health, but this time she’s focused on helping baby boomers achieve their goals.

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The Race for the Cure aims to raise funds for breast cancer research, working toward a cure for cancer. The race took place at ONEOK Field this year, its new location. Race participants raised a staggering $450,000 dollars for the cause. All told, the race was able to raise nearly one million dollars this year. These generous donations go not only toward research, but also toward screening for early detection, education programs and treatment for patients.

To find out more about breast surgery at Tulsa Surgical Arts, please email our staff.

Men who have gynecomastia have excess breast tissue. The problem can develop during adolescence or adulthood. Gynecomastia can negatively affect a man’s self-image, harming his quality of life for years.

Male breast reduction is common solution to the problem. A surgeon can remove glandular tissue and fat, sculpting the chest into a more masculine shape.

Research on Male Breast Reduction

The Italian study evaluated 126 cases of gynecomastia during a six-year period. The average patient was a 28 year old male. Most patients had symptoms of gynecomastia on both sides of the chest, while a smaller number (11.9 percent) had the condition on one side.

During procedures, the surgeons employed different techniques as necessary. They frequently performed “adenomammectomy with periareolar inferior or inverted Omega incision,” while another alternative was “circumareolar or vertical scar incision and liposuction.”

The procedures effectively removed the excess glandular tissue and fat from the patient’s chest.

Effectiveness of The Procedure

Before and after their male breast reduction surgery, patients filled out questionnaires for their experiences. They answered questions like:

• Why did you choose to undergo male breast reduction?
• How satisfied are you with your results?
• Has the quality of your life improved after surgery?

According to the study, patients had high satisfacton: “all patients reported an improvement in their quality of life with an average satisfaction score of 8.2 out of 10.” The complication rate was reportedly 17.72 percent.

“We suggest to the patients affected by gynecomastia to undergo surgery always and as soon as possible,” the authors conclude.

Read more about male chest contouring in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Once again, conventional wisdom has been confirmed by a new study, which found that smiling is an effective way to look younger.

Your facial expressions have a tremendous impact on how old you look, according to researchers. On average, smiling people (in pictures) look two years younger than their actual age.

In the study, 2,000 photos documented expressions of anger, fear, disgust, happiness, sadness and neutrality.

Over 150 adults were tasked with evaluating the photos and guessing each subject’s age.

Subjects with neutral facial expressions were guessed with the most accuracy, while faces that showed emotion disrupted their ability to guess accurately.

“Although age estimates can often be based on multiple cues, there are many situations in which a picture of a person’s face is the only information that is immediately available,” researcher Manuel C. Voelkle of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, and colleagues wrote.

For example, pictures of people on social networks like Facebook and LinkedIn may be the only content that is shared. Additional background information could be weak or completely absent.

One thing to note is that researchers said pictures of happy faces may be misleading because smiling or laughing creates temporary wrinkles around the eyes and mouth. Because it’s hard to tell temporary wrinkles from real ones in photos, people give a less accurate age estimate, Voelkle said.

In addition, people tend to find smiling faces more attractive, so they may be judged to be younger than they are.

Another interesting finding was that older female faces were estimated to be over three years younger than older male faces. Voelkle thought this might be because women tend to pay more attention to their appearance than men do.

“My neck bothered me, because I was getting this long sort of fat part of it here I didn’t care for,” says Terry Herrell, a patient of Dr. Randall Weil.

“Extra weight in the neck can make a patient’s face appear heavier than it his,” according to Weil. “In someone that has a fatty neck, the angle is what we like to have a right angle, is obscured,” he explains.

Neck liposuction is performed with an incision below your chin or on each side of the neck. A thin tube called a cannula is inserted through the incisions, which will remove a conservative amount of fat. The surgeon sculpts the lower facial contours to remove fat and create a more youthful, angular appearance.

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