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Facial Surgery: Tops Cosmetic Procedures in 2012
 According to
CNN,
For the first time in six years, the number of people enhancing their
breasts
and plumping their
buttocks is declining. The number of people opting for
lift,
injections and laser for faces is growing.
2012 saw a record number of people undergoing
cosmetic procedures, with more than 14.6 million procedures performed in
total, an increase of 5% over the year before.
Breast
augmentation remained the number one cosmetic surgery, a position it's held
since the FDA ended the silicone gel implant moratorium in 2006. However, in
2012, the number of women undergoing this procedure declined 7% from the year
before, with just over 286,000 breast enhancements performed.
In 2012, the number of people undergoing injection of
facial
wrinkle-fillers such as Restylane and Juvederm increased 5% to nearly 2 million.
The current buzzword in
plastic surgery is "laser." Last year, nearly 2.2 million laser or IPL
(Intense Pulse Light) treatments were performed, up 6%. Last year, face lifts
were up 6%, eyelid lifts up 4% and cheek implants up 6%. Overall, this could be
the beginning of an upcoming surge in facial anti-aging surgeries, as more and
more people discover that the temporary benefits of injectables and minimally
invasive procedures can hold off the years only so long.
Facial Enhancement: Options Available
Injectable facial implants, also known as
wrinkle fillers,
dermal fillers or facial soft tissue fillers, are medical device implants
approved for medical use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to fill in
facial wrinkles in order to create a smoother appearance. The material used
include: collagen, Hyaluronic acid, calcium hydroxylapatite, Poly-L-lactic
acid (PLLA) and Polymethylmethacrylate beads (PMMA microspheres). The
absorbable (temporary) injectable
Wrinkle Fillers are FDA approved for the correction of moderate to severe
facial wrinkles and skin folds, such as nasolabial folds. Nasolabial folds are
the wrinkles on
the sides of your mouth that extend towards the nose. They are commonly referred
to as "smile lines" or "marionette lines."
This therapy is based on high-intensity pulses of light that penetrate the
skin. There are several different machines that emit different wavelengths of
IPL to penetrate different distances into the skin. IPLs use flashlamps,
computer-controlled power supplies, and bandpass filters to generate light
pulses of prescribed duration, intensity, and spectral distribution. The light
energy is converted to heat energy to treat skin conditions such as
age spots,
sun-damaged skin, cutaneous lesions (such as
warts,
scars, and striae), benign pigmented epidermal lesions (such as
freckles
and melasma), and vascular lesions (such as spider veins). It�s also commonly
used to reduce undesired hair growth.
IPL can diminish or remove:
- Age spots
- Liver spots
- Fine lines and wrinkles
- Facial flushing
- Redness
- Broken capillaries
- Telangiectasias (purple or blue veins on the face, also called spider
veins)
- Hemangiomas (red, purple, or blue birthmarks formed by blood vessels)
- Freckles
- Minor sun damage
- Port wine stains
- Tattoos
- Varicose veins
- Flat Birthmarks
- Hypopigmentation (pale spots)
- Unwanted hair
- Large pores
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 When the face begins to "fall down", it's time for a
face lift.
In this classical procedure, the surgeon makes a cut starting from the
hair-bearing area above the ear, continues downward (in front of the ear),
turning round to go under the earlobe, and up again behind the ear to end in the
delicate, hair-bearing area behind the ear. He then undermines the skin of the
face and neck, lifts it from the under-surface, pulls and stretches it upward
and back, and cuts away the excess. Liposuction may be done to remove any excess
of underlying fat; and a couple of stitches are put into the deeper structures
to tighten them. The platysma muscle in the neck is trimmed and tightened to
provide firmer support for the surface skin. The trimmed skin is finally sutured
in place. The scars are largely hidden in hair-bearing skin or behind the ear.
The scar in front of the ear is successfully hidden by a suitable
hairstyle in women: it is not so easily dealt with in men, though growing
sideburns may help.
Eyelid surgery has recently become popular and helps improve the appearance
of the upper eyelids, lower eyelids, or both. It gives a rejuvenated appearance
to the surrounding area of your eyes, making you look more rested and alert. An
eyelid lift is needed for those who have excessive eyelid drooping that
interferes with vision.
Cheek
augmentation is a plastic surgery procedure to introduce silicone implants
to help regain a plump, youthful look. Typically, an incision is made either
below the lower lash line or on the inside of the mouth through which a cheek
implant is inserted. To create a high cheekbone, the implant is inserted into
the upper cheek. To help fill out or plump a sunken face, the implants are
inserted into the mid-cheek region.
These are few top facial surgeries women opted for 1n 2012. While the risks
of plastic surgery do vary from one procedure to another, certain risks are
common to all surgery, and some of the risks are grave. Only you can decide if
it's worth it for you. Educate yourself.
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Dated 20 February 2013
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