Intraoperative Imaging Blog

Surgeons can reshape the appearance of certain body parts through cosmetic surgery. Some body parts that people want to improve most commonly used surgery include:

* Breast: increase or decrease the size of the breasts or sagging breasts remodeling
* Ears: reduce the size of large ears closer to the head or ears are outstanding
* Eyes: correcting upper eyelid drooping or remove bags under the eyes
* Face: removing facial wrinkles, creases and acne scars
* Hair: fill in areas of baldness with hair own Readmore…

Many teenagers have self-esteem and body issues, and some look to plastic surgery to fix their problems. Plastic surgery, especially cosmetic surgery procedures, can have many risks and complications.

Parents and teenagers should know these risks before teens undergo any type of plastic surgery.

Breast Augmentation Risks

According to an article published in the “Journal of Adolescent Health,” breast implants in adolescents is one of the most popular and controversial plastic surgeries for teens.

Implant companies report most young women have at least one serious complication within the first three years.

These include infection, hematomas and seromas, loss of nipple sensation, hypertrophic scarring and capsular contracture.

Most breast implants last only 10 years, which means teenagers could undergo several surgeries throughout a lifetime. Breast implants are also unpredictable and often break or leak.

This raises the odds of complications. Also, many teenagers do not realize that they may not be able to breastfeed and that implants may interfere with mammograms in later phases of their lives. Readmore…

This procedure is one of the most complex within the group of cosmetic surgery since it is not only the skin but adipose tissue and muscles, and the area inside the belly button to rearrange the new shape of the womb (it should be note that the excess skin is dissected). In addition, the incision is usually quite large to achieve the objective. The results depend on the extent of surgery, the skin tone of the patient, body conformation and their healing process. Most people are satisfied with the results while improving your body image, the figure is usually seen as athletic, firm and free of the annoying “chubby.”

Abdominoplasty is a serious operation, which can only be performed by a qualified professional, specialist in plastic surgery and all the rigor that requires an operation. In general, if taken all security measures and cleanliness and is hands knew all lead to more satisfactory results. But as in any operation, whether cosmetic or not, involve little or a large part of the body, the potential risks such as bleeding, reactions to anesthesia, infection and poor healing. Another complication is hematoma or seroma (accumulation of blood or fluid between the skin and muscle) that require drainage. The smokers have a higher risk of complications and delay healing therefore is advised to stop smoking at least two weeks before surgery.

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