• Choosing the right plastic surgeon?

    We must be clear that plastic surgery as a specialty, involves five years of preparation and studies, two of which at least correspond to general surgery, which must be crusade as a prerequisite of this specialty, and three years correspond to plastic surgery reconstructive and cosmetic.

    Having clarified this point, we consider of vital importance, we can say that to make the right selection of your surgeon you have to make sure you have made your expertise in a place accredited by the Society of Plastic Surgery in your country completing the five years it required.

  • What is the appropriate age for each plastic surgery?

    The old one has determines the type of plastic surgery that can be performed and results of success. Let's say that each age group has its "plastic surgery" queen. For example in cosmetic surgery breast that looks great: breast augmentation is better especially when you are young, and mastopexy or lift is the same in women with children or when the breast is more decline with age.

     

    There are many types of surgeries, so let's review the most common and the 'ideal' ages.

  • What requirements must I meet to undergo a cosmetic surgery?

    The ideal patient for cosmetic surgery should know exactly what you want, be aware of your image, knowing what you do not like and what you intended. The future patient must understand very well the expectations of change.

     

    As with any surgery, the procedure is contraindicated when we present pictures of high blood pressure, uncontrolled diabetes, heart, lung, kidney problems and liver disease. Also, the need for anticoagulant medication and certain psychiatric pathologies, discourage possible intervention.

  • You can perform more than one surgery at the same time?

    Yes, as long as the operating time is not very long , the person has no serious illness, and the chances of bleeding and complications are minimal.

  • What risks you can have cosmetic surgery?

    Cosmetic surgery, like any other surgery, has inherent risks (allergies, tissue infections, bleeding, etc.). However, there is evidence that the rate of general complications is extremely low because normally require less deep anesthesia and usually takes place in healthy patients.

     

    Each year, millions of people undergo cosmetic operations without problems, because the results outweigh the potential risks.

  • How often lasts the recovery period?

    The time it takes to recover from cosmetic surgery depends on the intervention performed and the person in whom it is performed. Most patients require the help of a relative during the first two days after surgery, but in most cases and interventions patients feel comfortable enough to come out after 3-7 days have elapsed.

  • What if I do a liposuction, but still plan to have children?

    Liposuction is the process in which we remove the fat from some localized in the body, in order to mold or give a more elegant and beautiful way and thus have better body areas, and is suitable perfectly for those patients with mild deposits moderate fat and those who still want more children.

  • How long should I wait after having my son?

    It is prudent to expect to finish the postpartum period, which runs from 6-8 weeks postpartum for the body to return to pre-gestational and hormonally stable condition . In certain procedures you need to wait until the end of the stage of lactation.

  • What are the non-surgical options to rejuvenate the face?

    Aesthetic medicine offers several options to rejuvenate the skin of the face that does not involve surgery: filling facial wrinkles, facial mesotherapy and exotoxin A (Botox, Dysport) are some of the treatments that give excellent results. Unlike cosmetic surgery, these treatments do not require recovery time and results are typically noticed after a short time. On the other hand, they are generally not as durable as the results achieved with surgery.

  • The non-surgical wrinkle treatments are dangerous?

    No, if you are in good hands. The effect of botulinum toxin is the slowing of muscle action infiltrating muscle, thus preventing its contraction and thus wrinkles in the area for.

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