COSMETIC SURGERY ADVISOR

WHAT IS NEW IN COSMETIC SURGERY?

1. Stem cell transplantation has changed rejuvenation cosmetic surgery of face and neck by replacing lifting of face and neck in many patients by non-surgical rejuvenation with surface application of stem cell transplants. LINK to the chapter of the same name. The implantation of stem cell transplants has been the most important treatment for revitalization of body and mind for seven decades.

2. The same procedure is utilized for rejuvenation of skin of hands and of upper chest.

3. Surface application of stem cell transplants onto the walls of surgically created cavity for breast implants can lower the incidence of complications of breast augmentation.

4. On-going research will prove that stem cell transplantation will revolutionize all forms of reconstructive surgery in near future, particularly for patients that are ‘poor risk’ for surgery because they suffer from various chronic diseases .)

Cosmetic surgery is a highly specialized field that is more art than medical science. While a science can be taught, a well-developed artistic sense comes from a lifetime of cultured living. That is why it is not enough that a cosmetic surgeon be trained in the best of schools. He must have this mysterious extra special some­thing that cannot be readily taught. He must have a deep understanding of what beauty is in the first place, and what should and should not be done to achieve it.

Every face is unique. Its problems are unique; its beauty is unique, and that beauty needs to be discovered by cosmetic surgical, or non-surgical, treatments. Many surgeons with inadequate artistic sense destroy not only the balance of the face, they destroy its uniqueness. There is a story about a popular surgeon who presents every rhinoplasty patient he sees with the same nose. It became his trademark, his "signature," so to speak, announcing to the world that not only is this nose not yours, but that it is his. Although having had cosmetic surgery is nothing to hide, why be a walking advertisement for a particular surgeon -unless you're paid for it.

Discovering the real you is what this is really all about; the real you behind those little anatom­ical irrelevancies that distract from the beauty that is already there. Believe that beauty is revealed, not created, and that beauty is yours and yours alone.

The surgeon you select is only as important to you as your body is. Your surgeon should not only meet certain technical credentials, which are easy to prove, he should also have this mysterious other quality. How do you know if your chosen surgeon has it? Talk to him, listen to him, see if he listens to you, see if you can develop that all important rapport. Only if you feel your surgeon knows what is going on inside of you, can he deal with the outside of you. Do not get impressed by the number and design of certificates on the wall of his office.

The rapport between patient and doctor is im­portant for another very surprising reason. It seems to play a mysterious role in the actual healing process. We do know that trust elimi­nates stress, which in turn, for example, elimi­nates excessive bleeding that can lead to pro­longation of recovery time after the surgery.

Competition for jobs, as well as for attention from the opposite sex, is getting more and more brutal. It appears that we have to tap ever deeper into our physical and mental resources and cover up even minor defects and faults in order to survive in the civilized world. The increasing popularity of cosmetic surgery reflects this fact.

The sole purpose of cosmetic surgery is to make you look as good as it is possible for you to look. It cannot accomplish more than that. If you are expecting miracles from surgery, you will be disappointed.

Surgery is indeed not an exact science. Some of the factors involved in pro­ducing the final result, such as the healing process, are not completely within the control of the surgeon, or the patient, so that it is impos­sible to guarantee results. However, the results of facial plastic surgery are more predictable in some patients than others. When we speak about facial plastic surgery, for example, this is determined by factors such as the physical condition of the face, the thickness and quality of the skin, the presence or absence of facial fat, the number and types of wrinkles present, the underlying bone structure, heredity and hormonal influences.