There are many cosmetic surgery options
to improve or change your face and body. When you talk to your
surgeon, be open about what you want, but be willing to listen to
their recommendations. They may recommend a different procedure to
achieve a similar result.
Often a less invasive or more isolated procedure will do as well as
a more involved surgery. And in some cases, your doctor may
recommend one of a number of skin care products or non-surgical
cosmetic procedures to treat your problem. Below is a summary of
some of the newer options available.
MAKEUP THAT DOES MORE
You spend precious morning minutes putting it on, and...READ MORE..
KINDER, GENTLER
LIPOSUCTION: MORE LIKE MASSAGE THAN SURGERY
By Jeff Levine.
A new type of liposuction device could
make getting the body-slimming procedure a less weighty matter.
Using a power-assisted cannula, or tube, that moves back and forth
up to 5,000 times a minute, doctors can now suck out the fat while
the patient actually enjoys it.
"[This is] the future of liposuction," William Coleman III, MD, of
New Orleans' Tulane University, told an audience in D.C. this week
for the American Academy of Dermatology's 2001 Annual Meeting. "I
don't think [patients] are comparing it to the pleasure and relaxed
feeling you have during a massage, but I think what they're saying
to us is, it's not... READ MORE..
COSMETIC PROCEDURES AND
LIPOPLASTY
By Lynne Konstantin.
Some people have stubborn areas of fat
cells that will not shrink no matter how much they diet or exercise.
The common areas for these fat pockets include the chin, neck, hips,
abdomen, thighs, buttocks, and even calves and ankles.
A newer technique called ultrasonic-assisted lipoplasty (UAL) may
help you address that unwanted fat. UAL is an enhancement to the
currently used tumescent liposuction method. To keep your new shape
and new weight after this lipoplasty, you will need to follow a
proper diet and exercise plan... READ MORE..
GET STARTED WITH A
WEIGHT LOSS PLAN NOW
By Paige Waehner.
Despite the way it feels, losing weight
isn't a mysterious process. It's a simple matter of burning more
calories than you eat. But, if it were really that simple, none of
us would have a weight problem, would we? Weight loss can be such a
struggle that we start thinking we have to do something drastic to
see results -- diets, pills or those weird fitness gadgets on
infomercials that promise instant success. The true secret to weight
loss is this: Make small changes each and every day and you'll
slowly (but surely) lose those extra pounds. The key is to forget
about instant results and settle in for the long run.
RULES OF WEIGHT
LOSS
To lose one pound of fat, you must burn approximately 3500 calories
over and above what you already burn doing daily activities. That
sounds... READ MORE..
