You’ve committed to dieting and exercising, and still your abdomen remains stubbornly distended due to excess fat deposits, stretched muscles, and the effects of aging. If you feel like a failure because no matter what you do, your tummy isn’t shrinking, don’t blame yourself. Genetics, childbirth and past weight fluctuations may have contributed to the excess skin and fat around…
“I still weigh the same as when I was nine months pregnant with my daughter.” Is that familiar? Has it been more than a few months since you’ve given birth, and you feel like you haven’t had the time or ability to lose the baby weight? Do you look at skinny celebrity moms with a mixture of envy and longing?…
You aren’t happy with your current breasts. Perhaps it’s an issue of size, shape, firmness or all of the above. You may feel this way very strongly or you might just be flirting with making a change. One thing’s certain; before you sign up for breast augmentation surgery, there is a lot more you need to know. Breast Implant 101…
‘Hold completely still,’ the matronly woman said, reaching into the pocket of her white coat and withdrawing a hypodermic needle. ‘You’re going to feel a pinch.’ Words you have probably heard quite often, giving blood samples or getting your annual flu shot. Only this isn’t a doctor’s office and the woman in the white coat isn’t a surgeon or a…
We all know the main reason people get a tummy tuck: to look hot in a bathing suit. But as more and more people get tummy tucks to love their bodies better, new evidence is suggesting there may be more to it than looking sexy on the beach. A tummy tuck, much like an apple a day, may actually be…
The debate in your mind about whether to get cosmetic surgery done may rage silently while you’re driving to work, cleaning the house or pounding away on the elliptical machine – should I, or shouldn’t I? The pros and cons of plastic surgery can’t be evaluated properly without accurate information about the procedure in question. Here we provide 6 questions…
Monesa finally got tired of people asking her when she was due about a year after her fifth child was born. “My belly got bigger after each child,” she recalls, “and people were offering me a seat on the subway as if I was still eight months pregnant. It was so embarrassing. I had no time to work out, and…
A rhytidectomy, or better known as a facelift, is a cosmetic surgery procedure that can help in the fight against aging. While it’s a common procedure, there may be many things about it that not everyone is familiar with. In this post we’ll explain to you some of the must-know facts about facelifts. Facelifts Have Come a Long Way The…
If you suffer from any form of the white-coat effect, a common phenomenon that makes people anxious and tongue-tied around doctors, you might be dreading your plastic surgery consultation more than the tummy tuck itself. While it can feel intimidating to bare all, it’s important to focus on the task at hand rather than feeling embarrassed about your flab or…
If you are considering any type of plastic surgery, your health insurance may not cover the costs of the procedure. This is because most insurance policies cover necessary medical procedures but not plastic surgery costs. In recent times, more plastic & cosmetic surgery procedures have become more affordable because plastic surgery financing has become common. For most patients, the plastic…
