Watch New York plastic surgeon Dr. Elliot Heller explain how calf implants can add contours to your legs if your calves are too straight or narrow for your figure. Using two implants instead of just one in each leg will achieve a more natural look for your results.
Would you like to know more about calf implants? Call Allure Plastic Surgery today at (212) 661-2563 to arrange your consultation with an experienced New York plastic surgeon. We welcome patients throughout New York City, Manhattan, and Long Island.
A new study conducted by researchers at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, the University of Illinois’ Division of Plastic Surgery, and the Lehigh Valley (Pa.) Health Network set out to determine the risk of varying liposuction volume with different patient levels of body mass index (BMI).
What the researchers found is that higher BMI can lead to safer higher volume liposuction procedures for patients. According to one of the study’s co-authors John Y. S. Kim, M.D., of the Feinberg School of Medicine, “BMI plays a role in outcomes of liposuction volumes, and higher-BMI patients may be able to tolerate more liposuction than lower-BMI patients.”
He also said that one of the most important findings of the study was that “liposuction in the hands of properly trained surgeons is an exceedingly safe procedure with low morbidity.”
The study emphasizes the importance of choosing highly qualified and experienced surgeons to perform liposuction.
At Allure Plastic Surgery in New York, our plastic surgeons have years of experience in offering our patients safe and effective procedures.
Are you ready to learn how liposuction can enhance your figure? Call Allure Plastic Surgery today at (212) 661-2563 to arrange your consultation with an experienced New York plastic surgeon.
It is no secret that celebrity trends influence our everyday idea of beauty. With social media, TV, and advertising, we are bombarded with images of celebrities and the lavish and enviable way they live their lives. It is only natural to want to mimic the beautiful faces and forms we see reflected in our entertainment.
The trends we see in the movies and beauty magazines get reflected in the popularity of the plastic surgery procedures of the time. Over the last 30 years, we have seen beauty ideals and the plastic surgery trends that support them change as differing body types come in to and out of vogue.
1980s – Voluptuous Athleticism
Big hair, a big bosom, and legs that stretched on for miles were the mark of a trendsetter in the 1980s. The 80s saw the rise of the supermodel. These Amazonian types were tall, leggy women representing the American ideal of feminine allure.
Some of the most popular models and actresses of the time exemplified this new body type:
Elle MacPherson
Naomi Campbell
Linda Evangelista
Kathleen Turner
The 1980s were also a time for fitness. Jogging and aerobics were the lead of a new fitness craze. Women’s bodies were celebrated for being tall, athletic, slim, and still buxom rather than the waif-like, slim figures of the 60s and 70s.
Plastic surgery also began to gain popularity as surgeons and advocates expanded public awareness. More information was available to consumers, who could now make fully informed decisions about using plastic surgery to help them achieve their beauty goals.
Celebrities like Cher and Dolly Parton demonstrated that there was no shame in altering your appearance to look your best. Even Tori Spelling, at the age of sixteen, had her nose reshaped. The most popular plastic surgery procedures of the 1980s included:
Just as crimped hair and lip liner five shades darker than your lipstick have faded with the fads of the 90s, so has the “heroin chic” look that typified the starlets of the day.
Models and Hollywood stars’ bodies were too thin to be athletic like their predecessors from the 80s. Small waistlines coupled with petite androgynous body types ruled the day with stars like:
Kate Moss
Winona Ryder
Calista Flockhart
Plastic surgery continued to grow in the 90s however. During the 90s, plastic surgeons performed nearly 1 million cosmetic procedures, cementing plastic surgery’s place in shaping the bodies of our pop culture icons. The most popular plastic surgery procedures of the era included:
Although the FDA restricted the use of silicone implants, millions of women still opted to enhance their figure with saline implants. Stars like Melanie Griffith and Pamela Anderson proved that a full figure was still sexy despite the dominant waif-like look of the era, which helped propel a more healthy ideal for women’s bodies in the next decade.
2000s – Fit and Shapely
The turn of the century saw the end of “heroin chic” and the return of fit, firm, and tan. Visible abs and strong arms were in and airbrushed tans helped show off healthy looking body contours without subjecting women to dangerous UV rays for tanning.
Hollywood actresses started hiring personal trainers to achieve the flat stomachs and rounded bottoms that met the current beauty standard set by women like:
Giselle Bundchen
Megan Fox
Angelina Jolie
To achieve these new standards, women increasingly turned to plastic surgery procedures to perfect their flaws. Some of the most requested plastic surgery procedures of the 2000s were:
The FDA approved the use of silicone breast implants again in 2006. Many celebrities took the opportunity to enhance their figures with breast augmentation and other procedures. Heidi Montag opted to undergo 10 procedures in one day to achieve the look she wanted. Patricia Heaton underwent several procedures to correct sagging breasts and a stretched tummy, procedures now commonly grouped into a mommy makeover, to reclaim the more youthful look of her body after having four C-sections to give birth to her children.
Today – Curvaceous and Youthful
The trend halfway through this second decade of the century is focused on curves. Artists like Nicki Minaj and J. Lo have released tribute songs (“Anaconda” and “Booty”) to the large round female buttocks that their bodies helped to popularize.
In addition to lifting and refining curves, the aging population of Hollywood is also turning to non-invasive procedures like Botox and dermal fillers to reverse the signs of aging and keep them looking as fresh and youthful as the hottest young stars of today, such as:
Kim Kardashian
Beyonce Knowles
Scarlett Johansson
The most popular plastic surgery procedures of today reflect the changing beauty ideals of our times:
For today’s woman, plastic surgery is all about finding the look that you feel comfortable with. Ariel Winter just underwent a breast reduction, which would have been unthinkable to someone like Pamela Anderson in the 80s and early 90s. But other stars, like Iggy Azalea, are still opting for breast implants to fill out their figures. Over 1 million Botox injections are administered each year in the United States. What everyone can agree on is that looking and feeling your best is the ideal of today.
At Allure Plastic Surgery, we believe you should feel comfortable and confident with your body. Plastic surgery can help you achieve that. We offer a wide variety of surgical and non-surgical options to meet the needs of our patients. Whether you are seeking facial rejuvenation or body contouring, we can help you select the procedure that best suits your needs.
If you are interested in exploring your plastic surgery options, call Allure Plastic Surgery today at (212) 661-2563 to arrange your consultation with an experienced New York plastic surgeon. We welcome patients throughout New York City, Manhattan, and Long Island.
During your consultation, we will discuss your own beauty ideals and which plastic surgery procedures can help you achieve the face and body of your dreams.
In its second annual ranking of wrinkle risk by state, RoC Skincare ranked New York as the most wrinkle-prone state in the nation.
The rankings were based on several factors, some of which may surprise you, such as:
Daily stress levels
Average commute times
Exposure to UV rays, determined by latitude, elevation, and cloud cover
Demographics, including racial and ethnic populations
Extreme high and low temperatures
Incidence of smoking
New York earned its number one ranking for wrinkle risk because of the high stress of its residents, including dissatisfaction with life and lack of emotional support, and the second longest commute times in the nation.
Other ranks were surprising. States with the most sunshine, such as Hawaii, Florida, and California came in at #47, #32, and #36 respectively.
Unhealthy eating and smoking also served as a big factor in wrinkle risk. Three of the states in the top ten earned their ranks for those unhealthy habits: #3 West Virginia, #7 Kentucky, #8 Tennessee.
Living in New York with a high risk for wrinkles, proper skin care and facial rejuvenation procedures can help you keep your skin looking young and fresh for years to come.
Call Allure Plastic Surgery today at (212) 661-2563 to arrange your facial rejuvenation consultation with an experienced New York plastic surgeon.
Most of us spend a lot of time focused on removing fat or keeping it off our bodies with healthy eating and exercise. The idea of adding fat back in can seem appalling. However, what many of our New York patients have discovered is that strategically injecting fat into specific treatment areas can enhance your face and figure in less invasive and natural looking ways. More than 67,000 plastic surgery patients chose fat injections last year.
Liposuction
It all begins with removing fat from regions of the body where it is not wanted. One of the many benefits of opting for fat injections is the ability to take stubborn fat pockets and turn them into the contours you actually desire elsewhere on your body. Liposuction is the most popular plastic surgery procedure. Last year alone, 342,494 patients opted for liposuction procedures.
To harvest fat for injections, we will perform liposuction on a high fat area of your body, such as the abdomen, hips, or thighs. During liposuction, we will remove fat through small cannulas (tubes), specifically designed for the procedure, and collect the fat for processing.
Patients must have a sufficient amount of fat to harvest in order to be a good candidate for a fat injection procedure. If you do not have enough body fat you will want to consider an alternative implant or filler procedure to achieve your enhancement goals.
Once harvested, the fat we remove from your body will be cleansed and prepared for insertion in the target treatment area.
Brazilian Butt Lift
It is no surprise that with celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez filling the covers of magazines, one of our most popular fat injection procedures is the Brazilian butt lift. Buttock augmentations with fat grafting have increased 15% in just the last year, rising to 11,505 procedures in 2014. The Brazilian butt lift allows you to can enhance your figure with larger, rounder buttocks without undergoing a buttock implant procedure, which requires more invasive surgery and more recovery time.
For a Brazilian butt lift, we will harvest fat from your waist and hips to provide the best contouring for your figure. Thinner these regions and adding volume to your buttocks will help you achieve a more hourglass shaped figure. After processing the removed fat, we will make several injections into the buttocks to sculpt the lifted shape you desire.
Any harvested fat that is left over will be frozen and available for follow-up injections in the months following your initial procedure.
Facial Filling
Fat injections can also be used for facial filling. Over time, your face can lose volume due to aging. This increases the look of fine lines and wrinkles and can give your face a hollow look, especially in the cheeks and under the eyes. Fat injections work in a similar way to other synthesized dermal fillers to increase facial volume for a smoother, more youthful appearance. One of the hallmarks of a youthful face is plump, smooth skin.
Depending on your specific facial rejuvenation needs, you may benefit from having fat injected into:
Nasolabial folds
Labiomandibular folds
Cheeks
Lips
Under the eyes
As with the Brazilian butt lift, some fat is saved and frozen for future injections throughout the year to ensure the longevity of your results.
The first facial injection procedure will take approximately one hour. Future injections using the frozen fat from previous harvesting, will only take about five minutes.
Breast Augmentation
Augmenting your breast with fat transfer is much more reliable than it has been in the past. Thanks to improvements in fat preparation techniques, the results of breast augmentation with fat transfer are more predictable and long lasting than they used to be.
Fat transfer is appealing to many women as a breast augmentation option because it is less invasive and requires less recovery time than a breast implant procedure. Although some fat may be reabsorbed by your body, fat transfer can increase your breast size by a full cup.
As with other types of fat injections, the first step is to harvest fat from areas of the body in which it is not wanted, usually your hips, thighs, waist, or abdomen. Once the fat is processed, we carefully inject it into several places in each breast to sculpt the perkier, fuller breasts you want.
Recovery and Follow-Up
With any fat injection procedures, you may experience minor bruising and swelling in the treatment area. You should also expect some discomfort as you recover from liposuction in the area used for harvesting the fat for your injections. Your recovery will vary depending on the area treated.
Brazilian butt lifts will take about a week to ten days.
Facial injections will only take one to two days.
Breast augmentation with fat transfer will take a week to 10 days.
Each patient is unique and will heal at their own rate. Following all of our post-operative instructions will ensure that your recovery is as quick and smooth as possible.
Your body will naturally absorb some of the injected fat used in these procedures, but fat injection procedures will provide you with natural looking and long-lasting results.
Consultation with an Experienced Plastic Surgeon
Although fat transfer procedures are rising in popularity, they are not always appropriate for every patient. Depending on your aesthetic goals, you may opt for a more invasive implant procedure to achieve the fullness and predictability in your results that you want.
The best way to understand your fat transfer options and make the decision about whether it is the right procedure for you is to speak with an experienced plastic surgeon about your goals.
During your consultation, one of our highly qualified plastic surgeons will listen to your desired outcome for your body and review with you the procedures available to help you achieve your goals. We want each patient to be confident in the procedure they have chosen and highly satisfied with the results they have achieved.
Would you like to explore your fat transfer options? Whether you are looking to refresh your facial appearance or add volume to your curves, we can help you select the procedure that best suits your needs. Call Allure Plastic Surgery today at (212) 661-2563 to arrange your consultation with an experienced New York plastic surgeon. We welcome patients throughout New York City, Manhattan, and Long Island.
Manhattan, Long Island, New York City, NY – Many people discuss plastic surgery as though it were an interchangeable commodity from patient to patient and from men to women. The truth is that every patient brings his or her unique ideals and body composition to the table.
In general terms, men bring different physical aspects to surgery, such as fat deposition and hormonal influences. However, the biggest difference when it comes to men and women and plastic surgery is the approach that each takes to their procedures.
Functional. While women may visit a plastic surgeon’s office often for skin treatments, dermal fillers, and plastic surgery procedures, men tend to have a single perceived flaw in mind that they are interested in correcting.
Focused. Men are usually very focused when it comes to the procedures they are considering. They do a lot of research before reaching a plastic surgeon’s office and arrive oriented toward a single procedure.
Private. Although it is becoming more accepting in our society for men to undergo plastic surgery, men tend to be less vocal with their peers about having work done.
At Allure Plastic Surgery, we understand that men bring different concerns to the consultation and operating room. We are dedicated to providing our patients high quality, specialized care. Call Allure Plastic Surgery today at (212) 661-2563 to arrange your consultation with an experienced New York plastic surgeon.
Manhattan, Long Island, New York City, NY – Countess Vaughn, a former child star and current star of Hollywood Divas has been enjoying a much slimmer, toner appearance since undergoing liposuction last year.
In a recent interview with International Business Times, Vaughn opened up about maintaining her weight after the procedure. “I just want to be a role model for plus women and let them know that you’re beautiful also, and that there’s not one type of beauty. There [are] all different sorts of flavors, shapes and sizes, and you can enjoy all of them.”
Since her liposuction procedure, Vaughn has eliminated breads and soda from her diet. She also tries to stay active. The actress admitted that it’s a lot of hard work since she’s down to a size 8 from an 18. Her body took about a year to fully recover because of some health issues.
But now that she has embraced a healthier lifestyle, Vaughn has set her sights on joining Dancing With the Stars, something she was afraid to do previously.
To take control of your body contours and change the way you feel about your curves, call Allure Plastic Surgery today at (212) 661-2563 to arrange your body contouring consultation with an experienced New York plastic surgeon.
Breast Feeding After Breast Surgery Is Not a Problem for Many Mothers
Manhattan, Long Island, New York City, NY – There is a pervasive myth that woman cannot breastfeed after undergoing breast surgery, such as breast augmentation or breast reduction.
There are many factors that affect whether a mother can breastfeed her child, such as milk supply and an adequate support system. Prior breast surgery is just one consideration that generally does not stand in the way of experiencing this special bond with your child.
The myth that breast surgery interferes with breastfeeding probably stems from a misunderstanding of how breast surgery procedures are performed. During breast augmentation, breast implants are placed in a way that should avoid interference with milk ducts or mammary glands. While breast reduction does involve the removal of breast tissue, enough glandular tissue remains in most cases to allow for milk production.
Discuss your concerns about breastfeeding with your surgeon prior to surgery. Techniques can be used to ensure that nerves are not severed in the breast and nipple that would inhibit your ability to nurse.
You may also want to consider waiting until after childbearing to have a breast augmentation, lift or reduction, simply because breast tissue will naturally be altered during pregnancy and breastfeeding and can alter your results.
To discuss your breast surgery options and the proper timing for your procedure, call Allure Plastic Surgery today at (212) 661-2563 to arrange your free consultation with an experienced New York plastic surgeon.
Manhattan, Long Island, New York City, NY – Kids can be cruel, and there is often nothing we can do to protect our children from it. However, if the source of the teasing is due to oddly sized ears, cosmetic surgery can be the answer.
Six-year-old Gage Berger was being mercilessly teased by children at school who told him he looked like an elf and had weird ears. Gage’s mother Kallie Berger told Inside Edition that “he just gets really down on himself and he thinks, ‘I’m not good enough.’”
Fearing that Gage’s self-esteem would be permanently damaged from a completely correctable cosmetic issue, Gage’s parents chose to take him to a plastic surgeon for an ear reshaping operation.
In general, plastic surgery is not recommended for anyone under the age of 18, but otoplasty, ear reshaping surgery, is more common in children. Over 9,000 ear reshaping surgeries were performed last year for children across the United States. Six years old is the youngest a child should normally undergo otoplasty because by age six, the ears have reached their adult size.
Many adults also choose otoplasty later in life after enduring a childhood of bullying and many years of feeling self-conscious about their appearance.
Are you concerned about the appearance of your child’s ears? Call Allure Plastic Surgery today at (212) 661-2563 to arrange your free consultation with an experienced New York plastic surgeon.
Manhattan, Long Island, New York City, NY – Between 2000 and 2014, men’s use of Botox injections has skyrocketed 337 percent. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, more than 400,000 men elected to receive Botox injections last year, and more than 90,000 men opted for dermal fillers.
Although men have always taken advantage of the enhancements that both surgical and non-surgical plastic surgery procedures provide, it seems that now men feel comfortable being open and accepting about their facial rejuvenation procedures.
Recently, celebrities like Simon Cowell and reality star Todd Crisley, of Chrisley Knows Best, have opened up about getting the age-defying injections. Simon Cowell recently told Glamour magazine, “To me, Botox is no more unusual than toothpaste. It works, you do it once a year.”
More and more men are choosing non-invasive procedures because they create natural-looking, youthful results with no downtime required. The procedures fit conveniently into men’s busy lives.
Are you looking for a simple and convenient way to rejuvenate your facial appearance without undergoing a surgical procedure? Botox or dermal fillers may be the right solution for you. Call Allure Plastic Surgery today at (212) 661-2563 to arrange your free consultation with an experienced New York plastic surgeon.
