What Is Blepharoplasty or Beverly Hills Eyelid Tuck

Blepharoplasty, or Eyelid Lift, or Cosmetic Eyelid Surgery, is one of the top three cosmetic surgery procedures performed in Beverly Hills. Between 1997 and 2002, the number of patients undergoing Blepharoplasty increased by 44 percent because it is so effective.   In 2005 alone, 231,000 patients underwent procedures to tighten drooping skin on their upper eyelids, remove the puffiness, or “bags” below their eyes – or both.  Because the skin of the eyelids is so thin and delicate, the eyelids tend to droop before the rest of the face.  In Beverly Hills Blepharoplasty surpasses facelifts, rhinoplasty (“nose jobs”), and forehead and brow lifts as a commonly performed procedure for “freshening up” a fatigued looking face. 

 

Eyelid Surgery or Blepharoplasty can be both aesthetic, and functional.  Sometimes, eyes are damaged by trauma, infection, inflammation, degeneration or by developmental deficiencies.  Blepharoplasty can help the eye to be functionally normal. It also serves a cosmetic purpose, restoring and rejuvenating the appearance of the eyes for a more youthful and alert appearance.

 

Many men who would not otherwise consider cosmetic surgery do undergo Eyelid Surgery in Los Angeles.  In some cases, they feel it is a necessity to remain competitive in today’s challenging, and increasingly youth-oriented, workplaces.  Also, many people will undergo Eyelid Surgery as a way to freshen their appearance while they delay having a Full Facelift.

Extreme Body Contouring – An Alternative to Bariatric Surgery/ Gastric Bypass

Motherhood is a beautiful thing but sometimes it can have devastating consequences on a women’s body.

This 35 years old mother had gained about 75 lbs and developed hanging abdominal skin after three pregnancies. She was devastated with this dramatic change in her size and form. This young mother wanted to get back her old body! With a combination of Large-volume liposuction and High Tension Abdominoplasty she was able to go from size 26 to 12.

Initially, she had considered Bariatric Surgery (gastric bypass) but felt uneasy about undergoing a major abdominal surgery that could permanently change and restrict the way she would eat and digest food. Therefore, she chose to first undergo Large Volume Liposuction, followed by a High Tension Tummy Tuck, 3 months later. She has since been able to maintain her weight and to look the way she did prior to her pregnancies.

What Causes Eyelids to Age?

Like so many of our features, the eyes are subject to your genetic history.  How many times have you heard someone say that they look into the mirror and “see my mother looking back at me”?  Other factors include sun damage, smoking, stretching from obesity, blinking and rubbing and just plain aging.

Consequently, the excess upper eyelid skin hangs over the normal lid crease and even starts to impinge on the eyelashes. This results in eyes that appear smaller and more tired looking. You might also feel heaviness and drooping in your upper eyelids after reading for a short time.

 

The medical term for the aging of the eyes is called Blepharochalasia which is characterized by excess eyelid skin, lax eyelid muscles, and excessively protruding fat pockets.

 

Blepharoptosis is another term which refers to the abnormal sagging or dropping of the upper eyelids, which gives people the appearance of sleepy eyes. Blepharoptosis is in fact a functional eyelid dysfunction characterized by the inability of the upper eyelids to keep open fully and to lift up when gazing up.

Blepharoplasty is the surgical procedure designed to correct Blepharochalasia, or aging eyelids. It does not correct Blepharoptosis or sagging of the upper eyelids. 

How about the lower eyelids? Usually, by a person’s late thirties or early forties, the thin skin of the eyelids begins to lose its elasticity.  Collagen in the skin decreases, and the thinning of the skin causes the underlying fat to show.  Additionally, the soft tissues of your cheek and of the middle of your face lose tone, and become subject to gravity.  When this happens, imperfections in the lower eyelids become more noticeable, and bulges and bags appear.

 

Unlike the popular belief that lower eyelid bags only develop as a result of aging or sun damage; there are many young people who suffer from baggy lower eyelids or Blepharochalasia. In fact, these people are quick to show photos with the lower eyelid bags that they had as teenagers. This excess bulging of lower eyelid fat in a young person is not caused by aging, but is a congenital deformity commonly known as “herniated orbital fat”- or the hernia-like bulging of the fat out of the eye socket.

Plastic surgery for African-American Women- concept of beauty among Black women

Plastic Surgery among African-American women has come to age. Black women have found new financial independence as they have become the major wage earners of their families. With hard work, sacrifice, and perseverance women of color have advanced themselves in every professional field. Having achieved economic autonomy black women of today have chosen to reward themselves with plastic surgery. It is not uncommon to hear an African American woman tell me that “after years of singlehandedly putting my children through school and college, I now want to do something for myself”. And why not, because she has earned it!

Although the reasons for seeking cosmetic surgery might be more similar among all women, the definition of beauty varies dramatically between African-American and Caucasian women. When it comes to choosing an ideal body shape black women want curves. African-American women seek liposuction not necessarily to get slimmer, but more importantly to become more curvaceous. They feel that keeping fat and fullness in certain areas such as hips and buttocks is sexy. That is why some plastic surgeons are combining liposuction and body contouring with fat augmentation in order to create the perfect figure.

When it comes to breast enhancement surgery African American women don’t necessarily desire very large breasts but more perkiness and youthfulness! Unlike women of Anglo-Saxon or European heritage who usually don’t have large breasts, black women are usually blessed with rather large bosoms. Because of gravity, weight fluctuations, or aging large breasts sag, prompting many black women to choose breast lift surgery (mastopexy) or even breast reduction surgery.

The facial skin of women of color is more resilient against sun and environmental damages. Black women age well and don’t show the same extent of fine wrinkles or sun spots.   Instead, African American women tend to show more dark circles around their eyes, as well as eye bags. Therefore, eyelid surgery or blepharoplasty tends to occur at an earlier age among African-American women.

Ethnic rhinoplasty or nose surgery has evolved recently. African-American women want to refine their nose while keeping their African-American identity. The last thing that a black woman wants is to have a Caucasian nose or one like that of Michael Jackson.  Instead, they prefer a nose that is more balanced with the rest of their face, both in terms of its height and width. This often requires use of nasal implants or cartilage graft in order to augment the nasal bridge.  

All plastic surgeries among black women are conducted with an attention to the healing patterns of their skin. While Keloid scars are not specific to African skin, it is more prevalent among those with darker skin. Both patients and doctors have to be aware of this and understand how to minimize Keloid scarring.

Dr. Sean Younai is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon who is very experienced in ethnic plastic surgery, especially that of large-volume-liposuction, liposculpture, tummy tuck, body lift, buttock lift/ augmentation, breast enhancement surgery, calf augmentation, and arm tuck. He also performs facial plastic surgery procedures such as ethnic rhinoplasty and eyelid surgery.

Techniques of Stretch Mark Removal in Los Angeles

Stretch marks removal in Los Angeles is women’s top priority after pregnancy. Los Angeles women are shocked to have developed ugly stretch marks after pregnancy or with weight gain and loss. In Los Angeles stretch mark removal techniques include different types of lasers and creams. Do these really work?

What causes stretch marks? Stretch marks develop as a result of loss of dermal integrity which occurs after rapid stretching of the skin during pregnancy, growth spurt, or with weight loss and gain. Most of the stretch marks concentrate over the lower abdomen and around the umbilicus. While some believe that stretch marks only occur in darker skin women, I have seen it in all skin types.

Treatment of Stretch marks by Laser in Beverly Hills: Pulsed dye and vascular lasers can be used to treat stretch marks. Newer fractional resurfacing lasers appear to have a favorable effect as well. These lasers help by blending in the color of the stretch marks, while helping to “shrink” them. Some claim that lasers increase collagen production and help heal stretch marks. The fact is none of these laser modalities have been shown in scientific studies to have removed stretch marks. Lasers might alter the appearance of stretch marks but lasers don’t remove stretch marks.

Surgical Treatment of Stretch marks by tummy tuck in Beverly Hills: A tummy tuck removes the majority of the loose skin of the lower abdomen, thus removing the part of the abdominal skin which bears almost all of the stretch marks caused by pregnancy. Tummy tuck in Los Angeles is not designed for only the removal of stretch marks but also to tighten the abdominal wall.

Treatment of stretch marks by creams in Beverly Hills

: Retin-A and chemical peels stimulate collagen production in the skin, which is claimed to help heal stretch marks. Hydroquinone which is a bleaching cream does lighten the appearance of the dark stretch marks but this is only temporary.

Facial Plastic Surgery in Beverly Hills

In Los Angeles and Beverly Hills early facial aging is no longer addressed with a full facelift. Instead, much smaller and less invasive facial procedures are used to lift the face. Your Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon can use facial fat grafting to inject very small amounts of your own body fat (micro-grafting) into the areas of the face that have hollowed and sag as a result of aging. These areas might include the naso-labial folds, eyelid grooves (tear troughs), cheeks, and even the jaw lines. Often time, fat transfer to the face is combined with the newest versions of Eyelid Surgery. Blepharoplasty in Beverly Hills has evolved to minimize the unnatural “hollowed-eye” look and to keep the eyes and face full, natural, and youthful.

To erase the deep naso-labial folds, to fill the hollowing of the central face, and to reverse the sagging of the cheeks, fat transfer alone might not be the ideal choice. Minimal invasive mid-face lift as performed in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles suspends the sagging cheeks and the central face through a thin incision under the lower eyelashes. This facial plastic surgery procedure rejuvenates the face without the distinctive signs of a facelift. The recovery of a mid-facelift or cheek lift is rather quick as compared to a full facelift.

Sagging brows that hood over the eyes makes us look sad and tired. Beverly Hills endoscopic forehead lift elevates the droopy brows and softens forehead wrinkles and frowns via small hidden incisions in the scalp.

 

Can You Breastfeed After Having Had Breast Implants or with Breast Augmentation in Beverly Hills?

Many Los Angeles women who have had breast implants have successfully breast fed their babies. Some Beverly Hills surgeons believe that peri-areolar approach can increase the chance of injury to milk ducts. In my personal experience, I have found peri-areolar approach not to be any different than other incisions with regards to the patient’s ability to breast feed.  Most women who get breast augmentation in Beverly Hills have small breasts. Women with very little breast tissue often produce less milk regardless of if they do or don’t have breast implants.

Breast milk does not contain silicone in women who have silicone implants.

 

 

 

Beverly Hills Buttock Augmentation for Men

Buttock Augmentation in Beverly Hills has become a hot topic not only for women but also for men. Why Los Angeles men are seeking buttock enlargement or Brazilian butt lift? The answer is simple! In the era of sexual revolution and gender equality men have just as much of a right as women do to look their best! Just like the Calvin Klein models, California men want to look good and attractive in jeans. Professional men don’t want to dress like their grandfathers, but more so like Italian models. In pursuit of achieving a model-like body Beverly Hills men workout, exercise, eat healthy, and take their vitamin. Despite this, some find that they are missing buttock fullness. It bothers them that their pants look empty and wrinkled. Buttock augmentation allows men to have shape, fullness, and oomph!

Beverly Hills Buttock Augmentation for Men

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazilian buttock augmentation in Beverly Hills is performed by injecting a person’s own body fat into their buttock or Gluteal muscle. Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon liposuctions the abdomen, flanks, and other areas around the buttock in order to shape it and to harvest fat for fat grafting into the buttocks.

Liposuction for Plus Size Women in Beverly Hills

Plastic Surgery

 

for the Plus Size

 

Women’s opinions and feelings are changing about what is the perfect body shape and figure in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills. As a Plastic Surgeon in Beverly Hills I have noted this cosmetic surgery trend- women now want curvy bodies and not stick figures. At this same time the average men and women are getting larger in cloths and dress sizes. People of plus sizes have different needs in terms of Body Contouring and Plastic Surgery. They want to look their best with a full figure. They want to look sexy and attractive. They want to have smooth curves! Large-Volume-Liposuction in Beverly Hills delivers what plus size women and men of Los Angeles want.

Large Volume Liposuction can drastically reduce dress size by removing unwanted fat from selected body areas, instead of the whole body as experienced with bariatric surgery. Meanwhile, this method of liposuction keeps full other body areas such as the buttocks, breasts, and the face. Among Plus Size women in Los Angeles, there are many that have changed their lifestyle and eating habits in a way not to gain any further weight. Despite their sacrifice they become frustrated with their inability to lose weight in right areas of their body. For example, they wished that they could reduce their thigh size to the portion of their upper body. Some want to only lose weight in their gut without getting thinner legs. These people find large volume liposuction as an effective alternative to Bariatric surgery.

Botox Injections in Beverly Hills- Questions & Answeres

What is BOTOX Cosmetic ^TM?

Botox Cosmetic is a protein derived from Botulism A neurotoxin which when injected into muscles that create wrinkles causes them to relax, thereby lessening the appearance of the frown lines, squint lines or crow’s feet, neck bands, and laugh lines. It is the most popular cosmetic surgery procedure in Beverly Hills.

 

Is BOTOX safe?

BOTOX Cosmetic ^TM is very safe. It has been used since the 1970’s for the treatment of lazy eye muscles. Since the 2000 it has been used on millions of people yearly and in fact is the number one plastic procedure performed in the United States.  Its side effects are local and may include:

§  Slight bruising

§  Short-term headache

§  Tenderness at the injection site

§  Temporary ptosis or drooping of the eyelid or the brows.

 

Does BOTOX Injection hurt? What is the treatment like?

BOTOX injection in Beverly Hills will hurt a bit, just like any small injection or like a small insect bite. There is no down time and you can drive and return to your usual activities immediately.

 

Does BOTOX freeze my face?

No, you wound not lose your facial expressions or get a blank look after BOTOX injection. Your face would just look less tense and more relaxed.

 

How long does it take?

BOTOX injection in Los Angeles takes about 15 minutes. There is no downtime, and you can go back to you routine immediately.

 

When do I see the results of the BOTOX injection?

BOTOX Cosmetic TM takes from two to ten days to take full effect. The required dose varies among people, thus some may need a higher dose to get the desired effect.

 

How long does the beneficial effects of BOTOX Cosmetic ^TM last?

In most people the muscle relaxing and wrinkle fading results of BOTOX lasts 3 to 4 months. The effects may last longer after repeated injections. There are a minority of patients whose body metabolizes BOTOX in a way that the effects are very minimal.