Yearning for beauty is inherent
in human nature. Fashion, fitness, Makeup, Jewelry and Photoshop, are all various
means to fulfill a person’s natural desire to be beautiful.
Plastic surgery has played an
important part in creating beautiful faces and correcting flaws of nature. As
Groucho Marx quoted famously,” She got her looks from her father. He is a
plastic surgeon.”
There exist a lot of myths about
plastic surgery. Here are some myth busters and tips for getting the best out
of plastic surgery for your face:
- Consider the face as a whole: Individual features (nose/eyes/lips/chin/cheek/ears/complexion)
collectively add up to the overall look of the face. Improving a single
feature, say a nose, will not bring about the desired change in the face’s
look. Instead opting for change in more than one feature will have the
desired effect. For instance, to achieve a better facial look, a
combination of nose, chin, cheek and forehead would bring about the
desired change.
- Opt for subtle change: Always avoid opting
for drastic changes for they would look not only unnatural but could be damaging as well.
For instance, if your eyelids are beginning to look droopy, go for Eyelid
surgery to reverse the droopy look trend
- Choose temporary procedures and make few
changes at a time. If you’re
happy with the results, you can go for more such procedures knowing well
what better to expect.
- Have realistic expectations: Avoid expecting the impossible. Know
that all those pictures of movie stars you see are taken with special
makeup and then edited with Photoshop to make them look perfect whereas in
reality they are not. For instance, Cheek Surgery can give your cheeks an
improved look compared to earlier cheek appearance thereby giving your complexion
a better glow. Flawless complexion rarely exists in nature.
- Perfect symmetry is neither possible,
nor desirable: No single person has the perfect looks or
perfect character. There always will be some asymmetry which is natural. So, only gross asymmetry is
worth treating. For instance, you may have a pretty good nose, but
ungainly chin. Chin Augmentation can make your chin look better, but not
perfect and in total symmetry with your nose.
- Clarify expectations with your doctor: With plastic surgery and treatments you
can expect improvement but there is no guarantee of a particular result or
perfection. Be wary of anyone who offers guarantees. Whether you go for a
complete Facelift or Nose Surgery (Rhinoplasty) or Lip Surgery, refrain
from over the top expectations for the plastic surgeries can only improve
upon your Face or Nose or Lip only, and not make it completely
perfect.
- Your tissue has limitations: Always realize
that tissue characteristics
are unique to each individual. So, same surgery performed on two different
people may give very different results. Know that Plastic surgery cannot create a
particular face from the catalogue. For instance, if two people with two
different faces undergo Facelift surgery, end result could be both will have
different faces from earlier ones. And one of them could be lucky to get a
better face than the other person, though it may not be exactly as per the catalog
. - Plastic Surgery has limitations: Some things are possible and some things
are not. Listen to your
plastic surgeon and abide by what he/she has to say. Plastic surgery can
only help improve upon your face but cannot make it 100% perfect. If you
have had a ghastly accident disfiguring your face. Facelift, if it’s
possible to be performed, can only restore back your face look to a
certain extent.
- Be prepared to hear a no: Some people are not ready to take a
‘No’ for an answer from the surgeon. They persist and keep going from one
surgeon to another and finally end up with quacks and get cheated. Be
realistic and accept what your surgeon says.
- Risk- benefit ratio: After
considering the risks and benefits - Is the risk low and benefits high enough
to make the procedure worthwhile? Discuss the same with your doctor about what
can go wrong.
- Consider cost-benefit ratio: Is the cost of treatment worth the result? Sometimes the treatment
can be expensive but may give only subtle result. For instance, an ambitious
female may desire a lip like a top good looking female star. Such a thing
is not possible. Not only are such expectations unrealistic but also could
produce only subtle results while proving expensive.
- Do not go for unproven procedures: Latest technology does not necessarily
mean it is safe or proven. Choose treatments that have withstood the test
of time and are performed by skilled surgeons.
- Do not believe everything you read or
hear in media: Media reports can at times be over the top
grossly over estimating the end results from a plastic surgery.
- Choose the right doctor: This is the single most important thing
you need to do. Check the surgeon’s qualification and credentials. Ask for
before and after pictures of similar cases of procedures performed by
him/her.
- Take responsibility of your decision: Always take responsibility for decisions made by you for it is you and you only who ultimately decides and acts upon the same. When you choose the right doctor, be sure to ask a lot of questions and then only make the informed decision about the surgery.
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