subject: The Breast Augmentation And Other Frequent Requests [print this page] The appeal of the cosmetic aspect of the plastic surgery field will never die down for one very important reason: it helps men and women who want to change something about their appearance to pick, purchase and embrace their new bodies. As long as men and women want to enhance, shrink, tighten and tone parts of their bodies, the industry will thrive. It has been thriving in two areas in particular over the past decade, and with an aging and decisive public to please, plastic surgeons have been answering more questions about Botox and breast augmentation than any other procedures offered within this highly skilled industry.
When it comes to breast augmentation, many women look to their breasts as their womanliness, their body shape equalizer, and a large component of their sexual appeal. So whether her breasts developed very little naturally or they simply do not satisfy the patient, a woman may seek out the advent of enhancement with the use of silicon, saline or "gummy bear" gel implants. And along the journey to making that final decision between go or no, she tries out water bras and creams of empty promises. She also consults a practicing plastic surgeon that specializes in breast enhancement. She asks about sizes, volume, her symmetry, her areolas, whether she should have a lift at her age and whether she should wait to have her children first because she wants to be able to breast feed easily. And the surgeon tells her that the volume depends on how it can balance the two breasts based on how large she can tastefully (for smaller implants) or safely (for larger implants) go. She learns that she can have a lift and/or areola revision if the implants are not going to create the volume and lift she seeks. And the surgeon can inform her that most women can breast feed with implants; it really depends on the incision and whether any lasting damage has occurred to the ducts therein.
But when it comes to Botox, surgeons have learned that men and women see it as the aging process equalizer. If they don't have to be reminded of it on the outside, then they don't feel it on the inside. Although the injections are widely popular with men and women in their 40's and 50's, there are a growing number of patients outside of that range, namely in their 30's and even later 20's who are trying to avoid the signs of aging. And as long as doctors are boasting about the long-term line reduction effects of Botox, it will constantly be rivaling breast augmentation as one of the most popular cosmetic procedures of the past 10 years and, more than likely, of the decade to come.
