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Eyelid Surgery a Popular Facial Cosmetic Procedure

By SpaceCoastMedicine.comMarch 3, 2010 0 Comments
BLEPHAROPLASTY may be performed under local anesthesia with intravenous sedation or with general anesthesia. The incisions are designed to be concealed within the natural folds of the eyelids in order to keep the scars as invisible as possible. Excess fat, muscle, and loose skin are removed, with the procedure routinely taking approximately one hour to complete.

The first place one begins to show their age is in their eyes, “the windows of the soul.”

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‘Mommy Makeovers’ Gain Popularity

By SpaceCoastMedicine.comSeptember 30, 2009 0 Comments
A “MOMMY MAKEOVER” surgery usually includes a tummy tuck to help restore a post pregnancy belly to a firmer, flatter stomach, as well as a breast lift and/or augmentation that gives the mommy the full, breasts they lost due to breast feeding.

“Mommy Makeovers” are not new – just the name and popularity are. People are living longer and healthier and we all want to look as good as we feel.

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They’re Back: Silicone Breast Implants Are Here To Stay

By SpaceCoastMedicine.comJuly 4, 2009 0 Comments
IN THE PAST decade, independent studies have examined whether silicone gel-filled breast implants are associated with connective tissue disease or cancer. The studies, including a report by the Institute of Medicine, have concluded there is no convincing evidence that breast implants are associated with either of these diseases.

THAT’S RIGHT! Silicone filled breast implants are back. The question is did they ever really leave us? In order to answer that question we first need to look at the implant’s history. In 1961, two surgeons from Houston, Texas, working with the Dow Corning Corporation, developed the first silicone breast prosthesis.

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Eyelid Surgery Has Come of Age

By SpaceCoastMedicine.comJune 20, 2009 0 Comments
EYELID SURGERY (Blepharoplasty) is usually considered by men and women over age 35 and is usually an outpatient surgery with preparations and procedure encompassing one to three hours.

FOR SOME PEOPLE, the eyes are the first feature to reveal age: drooping upper lids, puffy bags below the eyes, dark circles under the eyes (often with a depression along the bony border of the lower eyelids), white showing below the iris.

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New Products Reduce Pain of Cosmetic Procedures

By SpaceCoastMedicine.comJune 7, 2009 0 Comments
PROCEDURES such as botox, laser hair removal, and injectable fillers can be painful but now they don’t have to be torture. There has been some significant advances in pain control for the cosmetic surgical patient and it is disheartening that some men and women who are interested in these and similar procedures may be too afraid of the pain to try them.

PLUCKING, tweezing, binding, and sucking it in are all things that women complain of on a daily basis.

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