While getting a good botox treatment can be a great option for many people who are seeking to reduce the look of fine lines and wrinkles, botox has its limits. Botox is considered a fast acting, but short term solution for many of the issues people deal with when trying to get a younger looking face. One of the great things about botox in fact, is that the full effects of botox can be seen within 72 hours of the injection. Another great thing about botox is that it is a super simple operation which is usually done in office and requires no more than one post operational check up. The issue that some people have with botox is that it after 3 months or so, the patient needs to return to the doctor to have a new injection. If you are the kind of person who is looking for a longer term solution; a facelift might be just what the doctor ordered.

What separates a face lift from a botox injection? A face lift is an actual surgical procedure where the doctor makes small cuts in the skin of the face and then tightens the skin back in order to reduce the look of age in the face. On the other hand a botox injection is just a small amount of a toxin that is injected into areas on the face that have wrinkles and lines, the toxin relaxes these areas and therefore lessens the look of the wrinkles.  The facelift is actually pulling that skin back to eliminate the wrinkles and not relax the skin into a smoother look.

While it is true that a facelift requires a longer recovery time, up to 3 months in some cases for full results, a face lift also lasts as long as 4 years. That means that apart from the general post operation checkups, your cosmetic operation will be around for years instead of months. A lot of people feel more comfortable opting for a procedure that has more longevity.

A facelift is also able to correct some aspects of an aging face which botox cannot. For instance, one of the areas that people most complain about is the area of their neck that sags with age. A botox operation could not reduce the appearance of the sagging skin whereas a facelift can greatly tighten the area of skin around the neck, making a person’s neck skin seem tighter and more youthful.  A facelift also tends to be more effective in eliminating lines around the eyes since with some people; the amount of skin that builds up and sags on the corner of the eyes can be too excessive for a simple botox injection to remedy by itself.

In the end you will need to have a talk with your cosmetic surgeon in order to weigh out all the pros and cons of having a facelift, but if repeated botox injections have started to feel like more of a hassle than a help, it may be time to consider a facelift operation.

 

We continue to see an increase in the amount of plastic surgery operations in the United States. This is no big surprise, considering the level of emphasis that is placed on having the perfect body in today’s society. Every time you turn on the TV or watch a movie, you are subjected to thousands of images of the Hollywood’s most sculpted and surgically enhanced bodies. When the leading actress has a body that looks like it was designed in the movies, people start to measure themselves to the same standard, and while we cannot all look like our favorite leading man or woman, we all dream of having a better, more appealing body. Considering that the majority of our nation’s trends come from the city of angels, it is somewhat strange to learn that the United States capitol of cosmetic surgery is not Los Angeles but rather Miami, Florida.

It is the sunshine states largest city and one of the most culturally diverse places in the country, Miami, Florida is a paradise if you like warm weathers, long days at the beach and over 4 thousand restaurants, with food from every corner of the globe. Miami is also a paradise for cosmetic surgery doctors and patients. Last year, Miami ranked number one in cosmetic surgery by population in the country and the number of plastic surgeon who have filled for licenses to work in the Miami area has doubled over the last 4 years. These facts have given way to Miami’s new nick name, “the city of plastic surgery.”

If you take a trip to south beach on a summer afternoon you will see why the city has generated such a reputation, but not only because the bodies that fill the white sand shores and the brightly lighted decks of disco clubs look like they belong to characters in the Barbie collection, but also because the sheer quantity of Plastic surgery offices and signs you see. It seems that on every street corner in Miami there is a doctor’s office which specializes in cosmetic operations. Before you even enter the city of Miami, you start to see huge billboards for breast enhancement and liposuction operations. The city if almost flooded with the wave of plastic surgery operations.

The reason why Miami has become such a hub of action for people seeking physical plastic surgery probably has a lot to do with both the amount of money that can be seen in southern Florida, as well as the beach going culture that marks the city’s reputation so importantly. People spend their free time on the beach, wearing the skimpiest swim suits that money can buy, and they want to look good when they are at it. There are also some very good medical schools in Florida that specialize in cosmetic surgery, which might account for at least part of the huge number of plastic surgeons that are setting up shop in Miami each year. One thing is for sure, it does not look like the cosmetic surgery trend is going to be going to let up any time soon in Miami.

Dr. Zemora

3773 Cherry Creek North Drive, Suite 140

Denver, Colorado 80209

[P] 303.780.7377

 

You look at the common man, the everyday man, who wakes up at 7am and goes to work at his common job, surrounded by the normal life and it is comforting to know the average man is doing his thing in the world. It is good to know that the world just keeps on spinning for people like you and I. When you see a movie star or a big time politician in the paper or on TV, you don’t usually thin k of them as being part of the same world that we all live in but every now and then you are reminded that we all suffer from the same human condition.  This is why when I found out that I needed brain surgery; I was amazed to discover that a lot of famous people have had brain surgery too.

Last year I was suffering from some harsh back pain, so went to see the doctor, thinking I was probably going to need a surgery on my back. As it turns out, after many tests were done, the problem was actually in my brain and I was sent to see a neurosurgeon. It all happened so fast, it was amazing to think back to the moment. After a lot of examines, my doctor told me that I was going to have to have brain surgery. I was shocked at first and I was unable to cope with the fact that a group of doctors were soon going to be inside my head.

My doctor was really amazing and he started to inform me more about brain surgery. The most impacting detail of his discourse was that a lot of famous people had undergone brain surgery.  He started to give me a list of all the people he knew of who had already had the same operation I was facing and it turned my whole perspective on the situation, around on its heels.  I soon started to lose all apprehension on the subject of brain surgery, when I discovered that many of my favorite singers, actors, and politicians had been through the same thing I was then going through.  The paramount moment came when I heard my doctor say that the lead actor in my absolute favorite TV series had the same brain operation done the year before. I started to look at the whole thing in a brand new light. I knew it was dangerous but to think that the same people who light up out movie screens had already done it; well let’s just say that night I slept a little calmer.

The operation was a success and I have never felt better in my life. I gained a lot of personal insight and self-confidence from the whole ordeal and now I just love to tell people who ask about my brain surgery, how a lot of famous people they already know, have had the same surgery before me. It just goes to show that you think you know the world around you but it always has a few more surprises up its sleeves.