To look like this at 43yo you must take good care of your body. Good nutrition, exercise and great skin care is of utmost importance. Of course at times Plastic Surgery must be done to achieve such a wonderful body. Not everyone is lucky to have that metabolism or that physique. However, for those who have hefty hips and thighs and would like that leaner look, liposuction is an option. Those who would like to have shapely and sexy breasts there are procedures that can accomplish that too.  Breast implants increase size, breast lift allows the breasts to look perky and if one is over endowed a breast reduction will lift and downsize to a more attractive and proportional size. Those that have children and are unable to reduce their tummy skin or tighten their tummy muscles even with vigorous physical activity, help is also available. A tummytuck can reduce skin and/or tighten muscle to create a sixpack. Liposuction alone can reduce fat from the abdominal area if the skin and muscle are in good shape. The mons pubis can be lifted through a small suprapubic incision and that may improve sex life as well. The neck and face and eyes are youthful till about 40 when depending on your skin, bone structure, weight fluctuations and genetics jowls begin to form as well as folds and bags around the eyes. Eyelidplasty and a facelift are great options for those who feel that they look older than they feel. Of course rhinoplasty enhances the shape of a nose and otoplasty makes your ears sexy and sensuous. These are just suggestions for some of the surgical procedures. However, options which are not surgical are also available and popular. Fraxel and other laser treatments tighten the skin and get rid of skin blemishes and irregularities. Dermabrasions, microdermabrasions and chemical peels are helpful. Great skin care regimen is the mainstay of great complexion. In our office I leave that to Anita our Nurse Practicioner who is a genius when it comes to skin treatments and cosmetic enhancements with the right stuff. Fillers are great in combination of various small implants like chin and cheek implants or alloderm to nasolabial folds. Do not forget botox however, the greatest thing for frown lines and other furrows created by muscle movements. Injected in right quantities in the right spots makes you younger looking and fresh. Too bad it does not last forever, but then neither do we. Even though not suggested in the picture, ladies -do not forget vaginal and labial surgery for those who feel loose and droopy. Help is simple, effective and it works. Libidos arise! So if you are interested in looking good, call us for a consultation and tell us what it is that you would like, what your budget is and we can then taylor treatment to achieving what you would like improve and what you would like to have.

Very often patients come in for consultation for breast augmentation. However, they are not sure what size will suit them. Many stuff socks in the bra to see what it will look like. Some wear very heavily padded bras to see how they like the size. Some ask the women they know and whose size they like. Some listen to me and some cannot make up their mind. My advice is always that the size of your breast is important on many levels. First it has to fit your body. It cannot be so big that it will make you look fat with a short waist line or cheap as if the only thing you have going for you is your breasts. One must also consider the exercise schedule that you like to keep. If you are an exercise fanatic then big breasts will stand in your way and it will be hard to do pushups or play tennis, ride a horse or even run. If you do not exercise then that is not a consideration. One must also consider that with age these large breasts may sag requiring a lift which in turn results in scars. If you have a job where you must look business like that is you are a lawyer or work for a large firm in a very senior position your breasts may announce that you are not that smart and only got there because of your sexiness. It probably is not true but those thoughts will circulate and you must know how thick your skin is and what is your tolerance level to ignore or tolerate those inuendos. With very large breasts, forget getting into chanel suits or other high couture dresses. In summary there are many considerations you must consider. If all fails you can try out the scarfs below.

Many women do plastic surgery. The question one must ask is whether they do it to please themselves or the significant other. Will you put in implants if your preset partner likes big breasts and will you take them out if your next partner likes small breasts. The most important thing, I have learned, is that plastic surgery should be a gift to you. You must feel great about yourself and how you look. If you like yourself then most likely the partner you love will love you for who you are how you look and will share same values. If you always do things for others then they will never value you as you do not value yourself. Body image is very important and very personal. It is what helps us have confidence and pursue our career and goals and relationships. Our body image should be good as then we are happy. If our body image is not good we must improve it if there is a reason why it is not good.  We should strive to look like what WE like and not what someone else tells us to look like. If we compromise we loose ourselves. It is fun to be individualistic and look as best as we can for ourselves alone.

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I am down here in Florida and the weather is beautiful. Many young women with great bodies are on the beach. Many have had breast augmentations and most probably liposuction judging from the discreet small incision marks on their legs. However, to most they look great. Breast augmentation if done with saline implants can be totally scarless. The implants can be put in through the axilla or armpit leaving a small mark in the already present creases. These breast augmentations look natural and feel natural. It is easy to read mammograms and biopsies can be done without worrying that a sac containing silicone will be ruptured. Even if they do rupture it is only water and one can remove the implant through the armpit and place a new one into the already present pocket. One should consider breast augmentation with saline implants. Even tho they are not mentioned much in the magazines they are I feel superior to silicone. Less scar, mammography is easier and biopsy can be done without the same concern. If they leak they can be easily removed. If silicone leaks it is a much larger procedure to fix it. So call our office and find out more about saline breast augmentations.

I am very happy to report that after many years of practicing plastic surgery in NYC, my daughter Dr. Kari Colen has joined me in practice. She is newly graduated from New York University Medical Center and is familiar with all that is new in Cosmetic Surgery. We do many procedures and have many happy patients. Some have rhinoplasties, some facelifts and some breast surgery and tummytucks. Liposuction is very popular still as are brazilian buttock lifts and mons pubis lifts. We are even very busy with cosmetic labia and vaginal surgery and many from the east come for hymen reconstruction. We enjoy our work and we especially enjoy having Anita our nurse practicioner who is an expert in dermatologic fillers, botox and fraxel laser treatments. She loves all the good products that make your skin look great and you seem never to age. It is a good feeling when your skin and your body stay young just as your soul. In any case looking forward to seeing you for a little bit of “be good to myself” session in our office. Have a good christmas and happy new year.