Hicham Mouallem on BeautyZone about breast surgery

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Can plastic surgery really improve your quality of life?

By Hicham

Inbuilt in human nature is our desire for things we can’t always have, whether material or spiritual. Good looks are top of this list.

• How many of us are satisfied with every part of our bodies?
• When you see another glossy magazine full of beautiful people with seemingly perfect features, don’t you crave what they have?
• Who doesn’t want firmer breasts, slimmer thighs, a flat stomach and no wrinkles?

But then you look around at the real world and most of us are not the ideal shape or size. Exercising from morning till night won’t help us to reach that goal. This is when we start to consider plastic surgery.

At one time plastic surgery was an expensive luxury that the majority of us could not afford, but due to the advances of science and technology and demand for these procedures they have become more available and inexpensive.

When contemplating surgery it’s not only the difference on the outside that will have an affect us but also how we feel on the inside. We all have a ‘self image’ of how other people view us, our attractiveness, character and intelligence. Generally those content with their self image invariably are more self-assured, which in turn makes them more confident in work and social situations and more secure in their relationships. People discontented with their looks are more self conscious, reserved and more inclined to avoid social occasions that might bring attention to themselves. The psychological effects of plastic surgery on these types of people can significantly improve how they feel about themselves, improving their sense of worth and leading to a better quality of life.

Surgery can now be performed on just about any part of your body. Some of the most frequent procedures and surgeries today range from acne scar removal and tattoo removal to breast augmentation, rhinoplasty (nose job), face lifts, tummy tucks and liposuction.

Breast augmentation is popular due to the improvement it can give to the size and shape of your breast with natural looking results. Liposuction is carried out by vacuuming fat deposits from under the skin, people tend to ask for this option after unsuccessful attempts exercising and dieting. This procedure gives the body a more sculpted shape and problem areas can be the abdomen, thighs, knees, calves, buttocks, fat arms and neck. The face lift can give your face that bit of stretch needed to make it look smooth and youthful again, removing the slack chin and crow’s feet in one fell swoop. A tummy tuck, or abdominoplasty, is a procedure to remove the extra skin and fat from the lower abdomen area and make the abdominal muscle tighter; this can also be used to remove unsightly stretch marks and scars. Rhinoplasty can improve the shape and size your nose for attractiveness and improve self confidence. Some people also have surgery on the nose to correct impaired breathing from structural abnormality in the nasal passages.

Plastic surgery can do wonders at improving your sex life; if you have a good body image then you will be proud to show it off. Before surgery a person may have a hard time enjoying intercourse for various reasons, childbirth, small breasts, saggy stomach or even swollen mammary glands on men. Surgery can help to renew confidence in your body image and consequently boost your vigor and liveliness in the bedroom.

When contemplating plastic surgery try to ensure you fully understand how the after effects will make you feel. The change you can experience after surgery can be remarkable, it will also be permanent. Whatever motive makes you consider plastic surgery, cosmetic or reconstructive reasons, the result should always be towards a positive self image. The slightest change on the outside can give you a great deal more confidence and turn your life around.

Never think of plastic surgery as the miracle that will vastly improve your life, keep your expectations realistic.

Dual Plane Breast Augmentation

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Improves appearance of breast, increasing its size, with natural-looking results.

Breast Augmentation is done when breasts are small due to loss of volume due to:

• drastic dieting,
• pregnancy,
• breast-feeding,
• aging.

Breast Augmentation with the “Dual Plane Technique” : Implants may be placed directly beneath the mammary gland or in a plane below the pectoralis major muscle.

Submuscular placement of implants was developed in response to problems associated with subglandular placement, specifically, capsular contracture and visibility of the edge of the implant.

Additional benefits attributed to sudmuscular placement include:

• reduced sensory changes in the nipple,
• decreased rates of capsular contracture,
• and ease of interpretation of mammographic studies.

All done with small thin scars that fade as much as possible with in 4 to 6 months.

A support bra must be worn night and day for about a month.

Dual Plane Augmentation

Anatomic Dual Plane Augmentation

Calves implants

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This surgical procedure is a good option for men because it gives the effect of a natural maculature.

It is a procedure that lasts not more than an hour and can be performed under local anesthesia with sedation in day surgery.

The procedure is done under local anesthesia with sedation

This mean going home on the same day

Gynaecomastia

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Remodeling of the male chest, removing the excessive development of the mammary gland.

Unaesthetic swellings on the male chest are not always determined by fat but by anomalous accentuation of mammary gland.

The fat of the male breast is reduced by performing a liposuction.

The excess skin is removed by making a small hidden incision along the lower edge of the areola of the breast.

This surgery can be done under local anesthesia and sedation with one overnight in hospital.

The procedure is done under local anesthesia with sedation

Require one overnight in hospital

Prosthesis implant of the torax

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This surgical procedure is for men who wish to increase the region thoracic simulating a muscle chest strap very emphasized.

Small incisions are made to insert prosthesis under muscle.

It can be performed under general or local anesthesia.

Blepharoplasty

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Surgical procedure based on removing excess of skin and fat from the areas involved to achieve a new stretching of the skin: through an incision in the normal fold of the skin (upper eyelid) and directly under the eyelashes (lower eyelid), the herniated fat is removed and the muscle remodellated.

The incisions are stitched after the extra skin is removed.

Both upper and lower can be performed in one surgical procedure in local anesthesia with sedation in day surgery so that patient can return home on the same day.

The procedure can be done under local anesthesia with sedation

This mean going home on the same day

Blepharoplasty Up and Down

Chin correction

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Surgical procedure to augment, or reduce the protusion of the chin, to obtain a more harmonious profile of the face.

The excessively prominent bone or bone-muscle is eliminated by making an incision on the bottom part of the gum, inside the mouth and removing the extra surface of the bone.

When chin is not very pronounced an implant is inserted, chosen on the basis of the facial features and degree of the defect of the patient.

It is a surgical procedure reversible: if for any reasons the patient changes its mind the implant can be removed.

This procedure can be performed under local anesthesia with one overnight in hospital.

The procedure can be done under local anesthesia

In this case require one overnight in hospital

Otoplasty

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To correct protruding ears commonly called “Dumbo” ears.

The defect of protruding ears may be mono-lateral or bi-lateral and is manifested as a result of a malformation of the ear cartilage, which, by not bending and forming a kind of shell, stays straight and flat.

According to necessity it may be advisable to operate both ears in one surgical procedure.

The surgery may be performed under local anesthesia with sedation.

The surgery involves removing a small ellipsis of the skin on the posterior side of the auricle and the subsequent remodelling and re-positioning of the ear cartilage with some stitches.

Turban like dressing most be worn for one week.

A protective elastic headband is to be worn only at night for one month.

Rhinoplasty

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Is a surgical procedure which aims to improve the aesthetic look of the nose and consequently the face.

Improvement is achieved by reducing and remodelling the cartilaginous and bony skeleton, performed from inside the nostrils, leaving no visible scars.

Modern rhinoplasty is without doubt, less invasive, and can be performed without bleeding and ensuring a rapid return to social life.

This surgical procedure can be done under general or local anesthesia with sedation and one overnight in hospital.

The procedure can be done under local anesthesia with sedation

In this case require one overnight in hospital