As we look at our bodies we realize that there is one dreaded thing missing from our closet. That is the corset. All women in years past realized that a flat tummy and uplifted breasts is sexy and desired.  The only way to achieve it then was to wear the corset and have someone tighten it till we could not breathe. Then came Coco Chanel and freed women from the dreaded corset. However, she forgot that not all women remain young childless and skinny. Coco had no children or pregnancies.  So the burning of the corset like burning of the bras was a symbol of freedom however, the beginning of prominent bellies, and saggy breast look.  So now what. Well if you want to continue to be free of the corset, and have the same look then the only thing to do is a breast uplift and a tummytuck.   Stenghthen the core in the gym helps a bit in the tummy department but the only thing that helps in the breast department is walking on your head.  In that case the corset is a better option.   The tummytuck brings the abdominal muscles together like a corset and the surgeon tightens them just like a corset to have the corset look without the corset wearing.  Freedom????or just a different way to stop breathing and holding it in.   We as women will never be FREE of wanting to look sexy. Flat stomach and uplifted breast is our desire and we will not be happy till we achieve it one way or another. So, what will it be for you-tummytuck or corset. Eventually you will choose one.  If you want to know more about those procedures call us to better understand the modern corset.

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.

Recently gastric banding has become the procedure of choice for managing extreme weight loss. Bypass surgery is still done but less frequently. The weight loss that results also leads to extreme redundancy of skin which just hangs in folds. Many must now address this condition. Skin folds besides being unattractive also lead to rashes and discomfort. One cannot fit into clothes properly and wearing a bathing suit may be embarrasing. So one needs to look for a qualified plastic surgeon to do total body skin reduction. This, if involves lots of areas,  should be done in a hospital as the procedure is long and people after extreme weight loss may be more susceptible to certain complications.  They must be monitored properly postop. If one does it region by region, it could be managed in an office setting. For example, breast reduction and or lift. facelift and eyelidplasty, panniculectomy etc. After the skin envelope is reduced the results are great and the patient can then pursue a very normal life. Clothes will fit well and exercise becomes easier. Dermatologic conditions improve as does self confidence.  So if one is interested in that procedure would love to see him/her in our office and explain the procedures and alternatives.

I bet your appliances are younger than you. I wonder why you changed them. I think your car is probably younger than you. What about the paint on your walls or the rugs on the floor. Your computer? furniture, sheets, dishes??? You see, all need maintenance and some are even discarded and new ones brought in. Why? they do not look good any more and they do not work as well as the new ones. Well, we cannot do this to people and ourselves. We cannot throw our old selves out and get new bodies. However, we can REJUVENATE whatever we can. So, we get facelifts, and breastlifts, and breast augmentations for deflated breasts after childbirth and we get tummytucks, we get liposuction, butt lifts, and even labia reduction and vagina tightening.  Why-cause that is as close to new as we can get. If we are not embarrassed to do it to our dishwashers and washing machines and cars why are we embarrassed to do it to ourselves? Why we are not embarrassed to paint our walls yet we wonder if we should dye our gray hair? what is the difference between painting our walls which are old and cracking and painting our hair which are old and gray? We fill cracks in our bathtub edges or wood furniture, what about the cracks we see on our bodies? So get out the facial fillers like juviderm, restylene, fat, radiesse and whatever else you can find and fill out the cracks. You iron your sheets, what about ironing your wrinkles with botox or fraxel lasers. You often fix your old plumbing especially if it is loose. Well tighten up the vagina and loose labia and whatever else has loosened up in your body. 

You see, our body is a machine that runs for 80-90 years if we are lucky. Surely, nothing else runs that long, and at least nothing else runs that long without maintenance and repair. So be kind to your body just like you are kind to your appliances, and cars and other possessions- MAINTAIN it, polish it, and keep it youthful and happy.

New year and new hopes and dreams and expectations. We want to feel as good as we can so we must look as good as we feel. New resolutions–go on a diet and loose 5 lbs. Go to the gym at least three times a week. Yoga for relaxation, deep breathing rather than screaming when we are angry and so on. However, there are certain maintenance activities which we must do to look good. Just like we repaint a kitchen, or redo a bathroom or fix a million other things we own. We do own our bodies and those need fixing and maintenance as well. Soooo-my friends we must maintain our skin with the proper creams. Those who have dry skin must put on more oclusive creams those with oily more drying and those with age spots and shallow wrinkles and irregular texture perhaps the fraxel treatment would be of value. Deep crevices by our lips, or nose should be filled in and the frown lines that make us look very angry could benefit from botox. Our leg spider veins must be looked after, and tx either by laser or by injection. All these tx are well within a budget that over a year could be manageable. Of course never discount the liposuction of those thighs that will not go away no matter what. Never discount the breast lift for those breasts that sag deeper and deeper into a depressed and sorry state. Oh my-am looking in the mirror and now what on earth happened to my stomach. It used to be tight and now it also buldges. Well after 6 mo of sit ups if it aint gone perhaps a tummytuck might be in order.  Many women who are determined and loose over 50 lbs now undergo skin trimming surgery. After the mons pubis is lifted, one looks down and lol!!!!look at those hanging labia. Well, even there is help for these stretched out hanging labia that look like elephant ears. One can reduce them, plump them and make them look virginal. How about that. Even the vaginal introitus can be made tighter and feel much better during sex. Ah yes, sex–what is that. Well, when you feel good you may want to indulge a bit????The lucky thing in all this is that these conditions are fixable. It is not a terminal condition altho life is. Therefore, fix and indulge before those cataracts start coming cause by then it will not matter. Would love to see you in the office to discuss, tummytuck, breast lifts, facial injections and treatments, liposuction or labia reduction or just a chat about it all. 2008-so what; 2009-now what.