Combination Plastic Surgery
The recent buzz about Heidi Montag’s 10 cosmetic procedures in one day may have you wondering about combination plastic surgery. How can a woman have so many things done to her body at a time? What about safety?
Rest assured that few patients, and even fewer plastic surgeons, would elect to go ahead with 10 procedures in the same day. But you can also rest assured that combination plastic surgery is generally very safe—that is, when the goals are less ambitious. Say two or perhaps three procedures performed at once.
Combination procedures were done for many years without much fanfare as patients sought efficiency in cosmetic surgery. The benefits are obvious. First, you can save money. You may not save much on the surgeon’s fee or the cost of devices and equipment, but you will save on anesthesia and on the cost of the surgical facility. The second advantage is recovery time. If you’re looking to tune up your figure with a breast lift and a bit of liposuction, why not deal with just one recovery period instead of two?
Combination surgery has grown in popularity and gained more attention over the last couple of decades. Cosmetic surgeons began to market the “mommy makeover” as an option for women who are finished childbearing and would like to get their figures back. A typical mommy makeover combines breast surgery—breast augmentation, a breast lift or even a breast reduction—with a tummy tuck to tighten up abdominal skin and muscles. Sometimes a little liposuction will also be performed to banish pockets of fat that dieting just can’t seem to reach.
Doctors at Marina Plastic Surgery Associates, in Southern California, devote more time than most researching. One area of interest they’ve focused on is the safety of "mommy makeovers". Tracking two different groups of patients from their practice over a period of several years, the surgeons found that patients undergoing a breast procedure and abdominoplasty at the same time experienced about the same complication rates as patients having just one procedure.
Another California plastic surgeon with experience in combination procedures is Dr. David Kaufman.
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Beverly Hills mommy makeover surgeon Dr. Ivan Thomas is one of the many plastic surgeons who now offer combined procedures to help women to rid themselves of unwanted fat or loose skin that come with age and/or pregnancy. While Heidi Montag's situation was of an extreme case, most women only need one or 2 procedures to get the body countour they are looking for.
February 12, 2010 - 3:28pmdon't feel guilty about wanting to have face lift or breast enlargement or any other cosmetic surgery, just be careful when you chose your surgeon
April 9, 2010 - 6:03pmGood Article....
May 11, 2010 - 11:32pm