Youth and Cosmetic Surgery
In recent years, the general public has become increasingly concerned with public persona, appearance, and personal image. A person’s public face is now easily accessible through social media and networking sights like Facebook, MySpace or the more recent business professional site LinkedIN. This ability for increased personal visibility, has caused an increase among those who seek facial plastic surgery. With a simple procedure, a person can dramatically change the ‘face’ they present to others. In a world where it is statistically shown that attractive people are more successful, it comes as no surprise that more and more people are seeking cosmetic facial surgery.
Appearance plays an important role in a person’s professional and social life. Given the importance of appearance in today’s culture, many people are turning to plastic facial surgery. With new technology doctors can make the slightest changes to one’s facial features making a person feel more youthful or attractive in a natural way.
There is an abundance of facial surgery procedures a patient can choose, although face lift and nose jobs tend to be the most common. Face lifts, like a brow or forehead lift involves reducing wrinkles and gives a more youthful appearance. In a brow lift the puffiness and heaviness around a patient’s eyes is removed and helps to make a patient look more youthful and rested. Recovery time is minimal and outcomes are overwhelmingly successful.
A forehead lift produces the same effect as an eyebrow lift; it helps a patient to look more rested, and youthful and usually involves a laser technique to erase wrinkles and lines. A face lift is the most difficult procedure of the three and involves a slightly longer procedure time as well as a longer recovery time. Recovery is is usually two weeks rather than a few days. In this surgery extra skin is removed and the face is tightened and any incisions made are hidden by a patients hairline or ears.
Nose surgery, also known as a nose job, is a common facial surgery that appeals to both men and women. Unlike facial lifts, nose surgery is not restricted by age or a desire to look more youthful. Nose surgery can be done to help those with breathing and sleep problems, but more commonly is done for aesthetic reasons. A good nose job can dramatically or subtly change someone’s face and make them look increasingly attractive. Surprisingly, nose surgery is a standard and non- complex procedure that takes only one to two hours with a recovery time of approximately two weeks.
Patients seeking facial surgery often have concerns and questions about various facial surgery procedures. At the Emory Facial Center a patient’s needs come first, and making the patient feel comfortable is a top priority. Unlike other plastic surgery facilities, doctors at the Emory Facial Center concentrate specifically on surgical and non-surgical facial procedures.