Surgery vs. noninvasive anti-aging treatments
Posted Friday, January 08, 2010
As helpful as sunscreen, exfoliation, and medically-based surface treatments are in the fight against aging, it's not realistic to expect noninvasive procedures and products to cure 40 or 50 years' worth of biological and environmental tissue damage.
Viable options include limited-incision facelifts and necklifts, which can reduce visible aging symptoms by about five years. Full facelifts and browlifts can provide more dramatic, longer-lasting results, enhancing one's overall youthfulness. Facial implants may add instant depth. And even rhinoplasty can rejuvenate an entire facial appearance by reshaping the nasal structure.
There's no one answer that can improve the signs of aging for all people, however, so patients and plastic surgeons must discuss the available options that will lead to good outcomes for your specific face and skin.
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- Dr. Richard A. Baxter
- Plastic Surgeon
An art major in college at UCLA, Dr. Richard A. Baxter combines his creative talents with his scientific, medical aptitude to provide refined aesthetic results for his patients. Certified in plastic surgery and in practice for almost two full decades and as a member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, he is always seeking to evolve his techniques and expand his available procedures. He participates in numerous clinical trials and is driven by the challenge of alternative techniques, which allow for more advanced methods and individual creativity. As a surgeon, artist, researcher, presenter and lecturer—and having performed several thousand breast augmentation surgeries throughout his career—Dr. Baxter believes a multiplicity of corresponding talents helps make for more inclusive, guided care.
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- Dr. Byron D. Poindexter
- Plastic Surgeon
At The Austin-Weston Center for Cosmetic Surgery, patients benefit from the opinions and perspectives of three plastic surgeons: Drs. George W. Weston, Robert K. Sigal and Byron D. Poindexter. With half of their procedures devoted to the face and the other to the body—including breast enhancement, abdominoplasty and liposuction—board-certified plastic surgeons Drs. Weston, Sigal and Poindexter extend their services in an exclusive, 11,000-square-foot, freestanding, accredited facility that has aesthetician provisions and five fully equipped operating suites, as well as separate entrances and lobbies for new patients and surgical patients allowing the utmost privacy.
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