Celebrity Plastic Surgery
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In our last blog, we mentioned that many Chinese communist government officials are now having cosmetic plastic surgery.
Actually, it’s the same in the U.S. and a few other nations!
For instance, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been open about his use of Botox.
Italy’s Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi is well known for cosmetic surgery, including a face lift, hair transplants and now an upcoming date with a rhinoplasty surgeon and a dentist after suffering a broken nose and teeth in an attack.
American politicians are no strangers to the rejuvenation surgery arts.
They include:
- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
When young, the “Gubernator” had a reduction in his massive chin that detracted from his looks. He is also reported to have had cheek implants and, according to the New York Times, and a possible face lift.
- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Madam Secretary, then 59, had a totally smooth forehead while campaigning for president. That’s usually a sign of Botox injections to erase worry lines.
Has had only a fairly successful hair transplants procedure. Even in fuzzy television pictures, viewers can see where the hair plugs have sprouted. He’s also had Botox.
- Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
According to the New York Times, she has benefited from a face and neck lift.
Even more than film stars, politicians need to look younger, vibrant and energetic. So appearance does matter for people in public service. Big time!
After all, the last time the U.S. had an obese president was the 300-pound William Taft in 1912.
The last time American had a bald president was when Dwight Eisenhower left office in 1962……but he had to first win World War II in order to win his two terms.
admin @ January 15, 2010
Plastic Surgery
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Everybody knows one of the prime reasons for having any cosmetic plastic surgery is to increase self confidence; if 
you know you look good, you are more outgoing and warm.
An increasingly second reason is found in the workplace. Nobody wants to look haggard, tired or careworn due to aging features.
And that seems to apply to all peoples, worldwide.
It used to be that the East was strictly Red. China is still plenty Red but also more concerned about having red faces due to their appearances in public.
Hey, any government official courting big-spending capitalists has to promote an image of ability, energy and warmth if he is going to seal the deal!
Thus, many more Chinese communist government officials have been going under the knife for plastic surgery at Beijing’s Union Medical College, according to senior surgeon Chen Huanran who says 500 government workers yearly are having cosmetic plastic surgery to enhance the “strong features” the Chinese public expects of its leaders.
According to Huanran, more officials in the 40 to 60 age bracket are going on television and making other public appearances. The surgeon also says about 20 percent of his own patients are employed by the Chinese government:
Thus, the most popular cosmetic procedures among this group of Comrades are:
- Eyelid lift
- Botox & wrinkle fillers
- Facial reconstruction and rejuvenation.
Because the Chinese government is so heavily involved in rounding up foreign investments, many foreign marketing firms also make gifts of cosmetic surgery to Chinese officials and their wives.
In China, plastic surgery is a $243 billion dollar industry that is growing 20 percent yearly.
Is it any wonder China organized its own beauty contest for plastic surgery patients much like the recent Miss Plastic Hungary contest?
admin @ January 14, 2010
Plastic Surgery
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In our last blog, we said we would tell you more about an exciting new study that reveals how a great smile can save your marriage or relationship.
Now, we don’t intend to steal the thunder of your favorite cosmetic dentist but the area around the mouth can reduce a set of perfect, dazzling teeth to only a so-so smile.
Psychology professor Matthew Hertenstein at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, and three colleagues wondered how a beaming smile affected a person’s personal life. So the doc collared 600 volunteers who had college yearbook pictures available.
The psychologists then ranked the smiles.
Findings? The less people smiled, the more likely they would divorce later on in life.
Professor Hertenstein compared the top ten percent of biggest smilers with the basement dwelling ten percent of smilers. He found that lousy smilers were five times more likely to split the sheets than those with wide grins.
So where do plastic cosmetic surgeons fit into this picture?
It all relates to an area in plastic surgery known as Expression Surgery.
If your mouth area is wrinkled and the corners of your mouth turn down because of facial folds known as Marionette lines, cosmetic surgery has some relief. If your eyelids are baggy and hanging down over your eyes, you will look older and more haggard as well as less friendly. A plastic surgeon can let that smile-enhancing twinkle in your eyes shine through by reducing the bags that form under your eyes.
Start with the lips. As we age, the once lush, plump lips of both men and women tend to slim down considerably. Even in men (check out a 1970-ish picture of Burt Reynolds!) plump lips not only frame a smile but indicate desirability. Many handy products – like Juvederm and Restylane – are available for lip augmentation.
If the skin around the mouth is badly wrinkled, even a megawatt smile will be dimmed. But a chemical peel, a laser peel or dermabrasion, you can make that area much more appealing.
For the Marionette lines, the folds that run from the edges of the mouth down the chin, even more facial fillers than Juvederm and Restylane are now available.
Some plastic surgeons even have procedures to surgically lift downturned edges at the corner of the mouth, enhancing your smile.
Interesting in twinkling eyes? Read more about eyelid surgery.
admin @ December 26, 2009
Plastic Surgery Science
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Plastic surgeons have noted for years that the majority of their patients – up to 85 or 90 percent – are women.
Some have concluded that women are more vain.
But now, scientists in Holland have found a very practice reason why more women than men visit cosmetic plastic surgeons: female facial skin – at least around the mouth — wrinkles more easily.
An article now appearing in the November-December issue of Aesthetic Surgery Journal (AES) a professional magazine for plastic surgeons, describes how a team of cosmetic plastic surgeons in the Netherlands compared skin thickness, wrinkles, muscle attachments and other features around the mouths of 25 male and 25 female cadavers, aged 75 to 93.
Until now, most plastic surgeons have assumed that men wrinkle less because male skin is thicker to support the beard.
But the Dutch researchers wanted to know more specifics so they could develop better cosmetic treatment plans for removing some of the wrinkling around the female mouth.
It was not part of the study but most American plastic surgeons advise their clients to quit smoking because drawing in on cigarettes for many years promotes a certain type of vertical wrinkling on the upper lip known as, well, smoker’s lines.
After analyzing the male and female mouth and lip areas, the researchers found:
- Women have fewer sweat and sebaceous glands
That means women have less lubrication for the skin. (Moisturizers, anybody?)
- Womens’ lip and mouth areas have fewer blood vessels
So fewer nutrients are distributed by bodily fluids; all that speeds the formation of wrinkles.
- Women have a closer attachment of muscle fibers to the skin surrounding the mouth
That means more force is pulling the skin inward, causing yet more wrinkles.
Current cosmetic surgery treatments for patients who want to get rid of facial wrinkles include, not in any order of importance:
- Botox
- Chemical peels
- Dermabrasion and Microdermabrasion
- Injectable facial fillers like Restylane or Juvederm
- Laser resurfacing treatments.
Hint: Some plastic surgeons on RealSelf.com say Botox and Juvederm are good treatments for smoker’s lines.
The Juvederm helps plump out the wrinkles while Botox may make it hard to purse your lips around a cigarette.
Sounds like a great way to quit!
(Next: how smiles can save your marriage!)
admin @ December 19, 2009
Celebrity Plastic Surgery
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Late night T.V. watchers: did you see Sarah Jessica Parker telling David Letterman about her mole removal performed by a plastic surgeon relative?
The Sex and the City star said she just did not care for it any longer, but the situation could have been more dire.
Among the many practical procedures performed by cosmetic plastic surgeons, facial mole removal is one of the tops.
Long considered a “beauty mark”, many classic beauties have sported facial moles, including:
- Scarlett Johansson
- Gwyneth Palthrow
- Julia Roberts
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Marilyn Monroe
Plastic surgeons often use a scalpel to remove moles that are growing, changing colors or have ragged edges. Some perform laser mole removal. Another dangerous mole is one in which one half is different than the other half.
Those dark facial blemishes can turn into skin cancer (also known as melanomas) which can invade other organs. The most troublesome are usually larger than a pencil eraser, experts say.
Celebrities treat their moles differently.
Madonna sported a mole most of her life and then had it removed about two years ago. Top Model Cindy Crawford, however, who admits to having had other cosmetic surgery, prefers to keep her mole as “part of my identity.” (Experts think Cindy’s beauty mark is probably benign.)
For a mole raised above the skin like Sarah’s, the plastic surgeon usually shaves the mole off level with the skin and then cauterizes the stump. (There are actually many types of moles and exactly how to remove them depends on the case.)
Because moles are round (or round-ish), and a circle cannot be stitched, the surgeon must also take some healthy skin – in an eye shape – so the incision can be sutured.
Judging by Sarah’s non-blemished face where the mole was, two things are likely:
- Her surgeon did a highly remarkable job that left no scar
- The mole was removed a year ago and the scar lightened over time into nothing visible
After excision, any mole would also be sent a lab for analysis; if anything suspicious is found, the patient would be sent to her primary doctor for a more thorough checkup.
If the mole indicated additional problems, however, medicos would closely examine the patient’s lymph nodes and then take the case from there.
admin @ December 18, 2009
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