Breast reduction is a very common plastic surgical procedure and patients are extremely happy.  After years of carrying excessive weight around, feeling self conscious in almost everything and never being able to wear a sundress, having a breast reduction really can change your life.  Even though patients are happy, the scars can sometimes be less then ideal. 

Now we can offer a short scar breast reduction for patients who are candidates.  This gives often better results, perkier breasts, without the large incision under the breast.  This incision is usually the one that bothers the patients the most.  I really feel that for many patients this is a better choice then the traditional anchor scar incision.

We try to look young. We exercise, diet, eat healthy foods, color our hair if need to, buy makeup and all kinds of creams, buy skin care products, and if need to lift our breasts, faces, eyelids, foreheads, upper arms, thighs, abdomen, buttocks and mons pubis. However, we forget that our very bottoms, the place where our children come from, suffer the most changes of all. First of all being so dependent, gravity causes our muscular sling as well as our skin to sag in the perineal area more than anywhere else.  We constantly run around with filling our bladder and then emptying, so constantly undergoing weight bearing and then loss.  We empty our bowels hopefully daily again causing strain and pushing.  We carry full intestines for a while before emptying. Of course if we suffer from constipating or the opposite, an irritable bowel, imagine the number of times our musculature has to contract and relax.  The pushing and tenesmus alone cause great distention and dilitation.  Then try again thinking about delivery of babies. The head coming through the vaginal canal. The amount of stretch and distention that creates, never mind the weight that the bottom muscles have to carry during the pregnancy.  Then the muscles get cut more during the episiotomy and not always put together well.  I will stop here as my own bottom is beginning to ache.  So now, with all that going on -don’t you think some enhancement may be necessary?  How about the labia that get elongated, and the vagina that gets stretched and all the tags that are hanging around.  Thing about the varicosities created in your labia majora and do not forget your saggy mons pubis.

take care of your bottom

So if you want to look younger and feel better, you better look at your bottom and consider what rejuvenation that may need before you declare yourself done.

On Dec. 17th an article appeared in the New York Times in Fashion and style section written by Natasha Singer which suggests that this economic situation will stop people from thinking about improving themselves. I do agree that up until now the media was obsessed with cosmetic surgery. There were shows dedicated to it like “Dr. 90210″ and “extreme Makeover”.  Many other shows had episodes about cosmetic surgery as well. Recently the media mainly speaks about the election and our economic problems. Many people have lost jobs and many worry about the kids schools and maintaining their homes. Of course luxury items like plastic surgery will be put on hold. It is not because people no longer want it, or think it is bad, but because they feel they cannot afford it. These are uncertain times. The article mentions that many do not like the botox look. However, many do, and when financial times get better many will return to have their usual treatments. I must note however, that even tho some plastic surgeons report that their case load is down this year, injectables and laser treatments I feel are the same. It is always true that when times are bad, makeup, liquor, and entertainment usually do well. Injectables, fraxel, dermabrasions and other skin treatments are like the makeup. People continue to partake in them. Many who are looking for a new job must look good. Sometimes looking good and upbeat makes the difference between getting a new job or not. Many feel better when they look better. Women, no matter what their finances are want to look pretty. I would not sing doom and gloom for plastic surgery. It will always be there and it will always be desired. Perhaps, some are waiting but they will be back and just like after 9/11, when the time of shock and fear past, the numbers of procedures skyrocketted. I am a plastic surgeon in Manhattan. I have been in this field for 28 years. My clientelle is already established. I started with the grandmothers, then the mothers and now their daughters. I know that my patients at least will continue as their budgests allow to partake in what made them so happy. Confidence, and self esteem are very important, and we do what we can to get it. Whether it is exercise, haircut, makeup, cosmetic procedure, manicure or pedicure, we will do it. We cannot retreat in doom and gloom. We must be positive and believe in a bright future. The article tells us that plastic surgery,just like all luxuries we must wait or postpone buying it but eventually we cannot resist and will come back for more. Our body keeps aging, and one wrinkle is OK but when the next wrinkle comes up, and the breasts sag, and the abdomen bulges, and the thighs expand we will fix it.