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The Current Most Popular Cosmetic Surgeries

Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 by GDSEO

Cosmetic surgeries are increasing in popularity and attainability.  If you are looking for a more confident you, cosmetic surgery could be your answer.  The current most popular cosmetic surgeries vary, but never leave you unsatisfied.  Cosmetic surgery is designed to provide you with the shape, confidence, and look you want and need.

The most popular cosmetic surgery available is breast augmentation.  Giving you a fuller shape, breast augmentation allows you to receive the build you’ve always wanted.

After breast augmentation, the most popular cosmetic surgery is nose reshaping.  A nose job, or rhinoplasty, reshapes the nose, giving you the shape you long for, whether that be to make your nose bigger, more narrow, or have different angles.

This next cosmetic surgery is for those who want to have tighter skin in the face.  Eyelid surgery, or blepharoplasty, corrects drooping eyelids.  If you have bags under your eyes, if you would like man excess skin or fat removed from around your eyes, eyelid surgery is the perfect surgery for you.

Liposuction is the fourth most popular surgery.  When diet and exercise cannot remove that unwanted skin from your abdomen, buttocks, hips, thighs, or upper arms, liposuction can help.  Removing the fat deposits from the desired areas of the body, a vacuum-like device makes sure you are left with tight, smooth skin.

A tummy tuck is a common cosmetic surgery and the fifth most popular procedure.  With the tummy tuck, any stretched out skin is tightened, giving you a tight, firm stomach.  Don’t let your stomach keep you from fun activities.  Get a tummy tuck and show off your tight abdominal.

A facelift, also known as rhytidectomy, is a cosmetic surgery that focuses on repairing the appearance of the face.  Because of various factors, such as fluctuations in weight, smoking, exposure to the sun, and genetics, a face lift can tighten and firm the skin on the face.  Getting a face-lift allows you to have a younger looking appearance, while correcting an damage that has been caused to the skin of the face.

A breast lift is a popular cosmetic surgery, focuses on reducing any saggy appearance to the breasts.  Designed to give women shapelier and firmer breasts, a breast lift can dramatically change the shape of a woman’s breasts, giving them a more aesthetically appealing look.

Surgical Skin Planning is also known as dermabrasion.  This procedure focuses on scarring, usually related to acne, tattoos, rosacea, multiple pigmented birthmarks, sun-damaged, skin, chicken pox, or skin growths.  By removing the epidermis layer of the skin, a smooth appearance is achieved.  A benefit to this procedure is that new tissue grows back to replace the old, giving you soft, smooth skin.

A forehead lift is another popular cosmetic surgery.  Known as browplasty, this procedure is designed to reduce the lines and creases in the forehead.  By rejuvenating the appearance, lines are eliminated, leaving you with firm looking skin.

Cosmetic surgeries are beneficial to those looking for firmer and shapelier skin.

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Dallas Cosmetic Surgeon featured on The 33 TV News discussing No-Scar Breast Augmentation

Monday, January 16th, 2012 by admin
Dr. Clayton Frenzel featured on The CW33 News

Dr. Clayton Frenzel discusses popularity of TUBA breast augmentation on The CW33 News

At his Dallas cosmetic surgery practice, Dr. Clayton Frenzel was recently featured on the CW33 News sharing the secret of a no-scar breast augmentation, otherwise known as trans-umbilical breast augmentation or TUBA.

TUBA Breast Augmentation

TUBA Breast Augmentation aka "belly button" breast augmentation

TUBA, often called the “scarless” or even “belly button” breast augmentation, is an effective method of breast implant placement that’s introduced through the navel, and produces attractive results with scars that are literally invisible.

Forest Park Medical Center surgeon Dr. Clayton Frenzel uses an endoscope to guide the empty saline implants through two tunnels into the chest–when in place the implants are filled with sterile saline to the size and shape the patient wants.

Dr. Clayton Frenzel performing a TUBA procedure.

Dr. Frenzel performing a TUBA procedure

Implanting around the breast or through the armpit can leave visible scars.

Dr. Frenzel said he used to perform the TUBA procedure as many as twenty times a month in California and now it’s growing in popularity here.

“It’s a lot more popular for the younger girls,” Dr. Frenzel said. “The girls between 18 and 25 or 30, once you get in the girls that are 30, 35 or 40 a lot of those patients are choosing silicone for some reason.”

Dr. Frenzel said the procedure takes about an hour with most patients getting back to normal in about a week.

Watch the full story here.

To setup a one-on-one consultation with Dr. Clayton Frenzel for the TUBA procedure, please call the Advanced Cosmetic Surgery office at (817)342-0232 or click here to schedule online.

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Texas Medical Board Considers New Regulation of Injectable Products

Friday, June 10th, 2011 by newseditor

According to WFAA news  in Dallas, the Texas Medical Board is planning to discuss a change in regulations for physicians performing cosmetic procedures like Botox®, Restylane and other injectable treatments.

In Texas, medications like Botox can only be obtained by a qualified physician (with a medical license). Within a doctor’s office however, the treatment can be delegated to and then administered by, anyone.

Because the market for Botox and cosmetic procedures can be very lucrative, there is a strong allure for physicians with inadequate training to begin offering these treatments. Currently there are no regulations pertaining specifically to the training and qualifications of those who administer a cosmetic injection. Such regulations would also apply to treatments like Juvederm, Sculptra, Radiesse and other popular wrinkle reducers.

The medical board will discuss a regulation that would allow only doctors, nurses and physician assistants to administer a controlled substance such as Botox.

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What is Beauty? Unique, Personal, and Attainable

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011 by Newswriter

Misconceptions about the nature of beauty are very common in today’s Hollywood-inspired society, says Dr. Robert Tornambe, a plastic surgeon and author of The Beauty Quotient Formula, in a recent blog post.

Everyone has a different perception of beauty and he considers it part of his job to dispel some of the myths and misconceptions surrounding this elusive ideal.

Although American society usually cites a pretty face, gorgeous eyes, and a nice figure as just a few of the hallmarks of beauty, Tornambe argues that each and every one of us has different ideas about these features. Blonde or brunette? Blue eyes or green eyes? It can be hard for women to find their own beauty in this storm of opinions.

Tornambe rails against the beauty authorities, such as the movie industry, fashion designers, and style experts, who dominate current American notions of beauty:

“The standards and criteria of beauty set by our society have been manipulated and bastardized and are wrong, absurd and unrealistic. Our role models have become 20-something starlets and fashion models whose photographs have been carefully orchestrated, airbrushed, Photoshopped and drastically altered. In person, these people do not look like their photos!”

Women feel inadequate against these fictions, Tornambe says, and so “we must change our perception of beauty and choose realistic role models.” He calls for the recognition of beauty in age and the elevation of older actresses such as Betty White, Helen Mirren, and Penelope Cruz into beauty symbols for today’s disheartened women.

Ultimately, Tornambe says, women must take account of their physical health, psychological health, and personal appearance, and understand these as parts of their personal beauty. Women should seek out and accentuate those parts of themselves that make them beautiful. Cosmetic procedures such as facelifts and breast augmentations can only help in the long term when women are prepared to be beautiful on their own terms.

Interestingly, with a recent trend toward greater specificity in cosmetic surgery for ethnic groups in large cities, it seems that more of the country’s minority women are choosing lines and shapes that suit their unique styles, rather than the cookie-cutter shapes that you can find in Hollywood and magazines. Women are becoming increasingly aware of their unique features and needs, and expressing their own ideals of beauty, instead of trying to assimilate to a mold.

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Study Reviews Risk of Quitting Smoking Before Surgery

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 by Newswriter

A recent study shows that quitting smoking two months before surgery may not affect the risk of post-operative complications.

However, cigarette smoking has been proven to increase the risk of complications across a wide variety of surgical procedures, from lifesaving surgeries to cosmetic procedures like facelifts. “Compared with nonsmokers, smokers who undergo surgery have longer hospital stays, higher risk of readmission, are more likely to be admitted to an intensive care unit, and have an increased risk of in-hospital mortality,” write the British researchers who authored the study.

Surgeons know that surgery is riskier for smokers, but nobody is certain how long it takes for cessation of smoking to translate into postoperative benefits. This latest study challenges the old assumptions that one could quit smoking several weeks before surgery and thereby reduce the associated risks.

The study authors call for further research on the effects of only a few days’ abstinence from smoking, since their analysis did not account for the symptoms of short-term tobacco withdrawal over that short a time.

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A New Year and a New Look with Cosmetic Surgery

Monday, January 10th, 2011 by editor2

winter cosmetic surgery specialsSome women are planning ahead and getting their cosmetic procedures done this winter so they’re ready once summer arrives, a recent article in the Boston Herald reported.

According to the article, there’s a few reason for this trend. Dr. Steven Margolis, a cosmetic surgeon in New England, said some of his patients turn to liposuction in January after a frustrating year of not losing weight, and another surgeon, Dr. Gregory Antoine, said that women come to him in January to get liposuction so that they look good for summertime.

Timing cosmetic procedures early allows for plenty of recovery time before the summer season for procedures such as breast augmentation and liposuction.

Cosmetic surgeons and spa owners also said that they’ve found men are increasingly giving a cosmetic procedure as a gift for their wives or girlfriends who want to start off the New Year with a fresh body or face.

“It’s the same reason health clubs are busy in January. They get up their resolve and they say this is the year they want to do it, and, of course, they want it done right away,” said Cheryl Clarkson, who owns spa centers in the Boston area.

Dr. Frenzel offers an array of cosmetic surgery procedures for those who want to start the New Year with a new look, as well as non-surgical procedures, including Botox, CO2 laser resurfacing and laser vein treatment.

Several cosmetic surgery specials are currently available at Advanced Cosmetic Surgery; view the specials page for more information.

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Aging Facial Bones May Contribute to Aging Appearance

Thursday, January 6th, 2011 by editor2

facial bones changes contribute to facial agingWrinkles and sags, the obvious signs of facial aging, may result in part from age-related changes in facial bones, according to a new study in the January 2011 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery journal.

“What we [plastic surgeons] focus on is the aging of soft tissue – how skin and fat ages,” said Dr. Robert Shaw, a co-author of the study.  “Those aren’t the only structures in your face. Bones provide scaffolding and your muscles, fats and skin drape over bones.  If you tighten skin, but the scaffolding has deteriorated it’s not going to bring patients back to a youthful look.”

The researchers analyzed computed tomographic scans of the facial bones for three age groups: young (age 20 to 40); middle-aged (41 to 64); and older (65 and up). Twenty women and 20 men were analyzed in each group.

Measurements revealed differences in the facial bone structure between age groups. The eye socket area became wider and longer in both men and women as they aged, and the bones in the brow, nose, upper jaw and lower jaw shrank.

Wrinkles probably occur from a combination of bones and the skin losing elasticity, according to Dr. Shaw. “The skin aging is a big part of it,” he said.  “It’s not just using creams; it’s taking care of yourself for bone health and skin health.” He suggested keeping up on calcium to maintain bone health.

The researchers believe that by using materials and techniques for skeletal augmentation, plastic and cosmetic surgeons can improve the outcomes of facial rejuvenation. “Skeletal augmentation offers a permanent rejuvenation of the facial skeleton and may be performed in conjunction with soft-tissue redraping,” they wrote.

Dr. Frenzel offers several facial rejuvenation procedures, including face lift, brow lift and cheek augmentation.

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Liposuction & Botox Just Some of the Cosmetic Options for the Neck

Friday, December 31st, 2010 by editor2

neck liftsWhile there are a wide variety of cosmetic treatments for the face — from face lifts to Botox — there have been less options for the neck in the past. But that’s changing, according to a recent article in the New York Times, that finds these days more options do exist to improve the appearance of the neck area.

While traditionally used on the body, liposuction may be an option for necks with too much fat, especially if the person has elastic skin that can bounce back afterward.

For those with neck “bands”, injecting Botox in the neck muscle can make them less conspicuous in a patient with great skin tone, according to Dr. Rod Rohrich, chairman of the plastic surgery department at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. However, like for wrinkles on the face, Botox results last about three to four months and will require upkeep.

For others, a neck lift remains the best and long-lasting option. It may involve one or both of the following procedures:

  • Cervicoplasty to remove excess skin
  • Platysmaplasty to remove or alter neck muscles

According to the Times, surgeons report that men seem to get more isolated neck lifts than women. “Usually with women, they are getting a face- and neck lift,” said Dr. Felmont Eaves, the president of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. “In men, we don’t have exact statistics, but it’s pretty common to see them come in just for the neck.”

“There’s no way a man’s neck, with all that tissue hanging down, can be graceful,” said Dr. Phil Haeck, president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, who has done two neck-only lifts for every three face lifts in his practice this year.

Learn more about neck lifts at Advanced Cosmetic Surgery in Arlington, Texas.

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Predicted Cosmetic Surgery Trends for 2011

Friday, December 24th, 2010 by editor2

2011 cosmetic surgery predictionsCosmetic plastic surgeons from around the country weighed in on upcoming trends in cosmetic surgery, and the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) put together a list of  2011 cosmetic surgery predictions based on the surgeons’ feedback.

Facelifts, injectables, and body contouring are three of the procedures where they are predicting growth.

As the economy improves, the demand for facelift surgery will increase, as those who have been putting off the surgery may be more likely to get it in 2011, according to the society.

Already the most popular non-surgical procedure according to ASAPS’s 2009 statistics, injectables (such as Botox, Juvederm and Restylane) will continue to grow in popularity as they evolve and new products become available on the market.

Body contouring procedures will also be on the rise as more obese people may turn to weight loss surgery given the health dangers of obesity. That will lead to an increase in body contouring cosmetic procedures to tighten and remove excess skin after dramatic weight loss.

The society also predicts that more patients will be seeking “posterior body lifts, buttock lifts and surgical and nonsurgical buttock augmentations to shape and augment their buttocks” thanks in part to celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Beyonce who have made it a “must-have accessory.”

The society sees change ahead in fat reduction techniques. While liposuction will remain the standard in surgical fat reduction, new non-surgical techniques will continue to be developed, including freezing, zapping and lasering fat, as possible alternatives to surgery.

Unfortunately, the society also sees consumers looking for bargains on cosmetic procedures. Procedures, such as “discount injectables” bought overseas and cosmetic procedures performed by untrained practitioners will lead to an increase in cosmetic surgery “horror” stories. Always research your cosmetic surgeon to ensure he or she is well-trained in cosmetic surgery.

Read the full list of predictions at surgery.org.

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Breast Augmentation Study Finds Correlation Between Implant Volume and BMI

Saturday, December 18th, 2010 by editor2

breast augmentation study on patient demographicsA study published recently in the Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery that examined physical characteristics and implant details of women in three cities who underwent breast augmentation found a statistically significant positive correlation of BMI and implant volume for patients in two of the cities. The higher the patient’s BMI, the larger the implant volume used for patients in Loma Linda, California and Temple, Texas; the third location, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, also had this trend, but it was not statistically significant.

“Implications from this correlation found in our study include possibly improving implant volume predictions preoperatively, leading to improved efficiency, outcomes and reduced reoperation rates,” the authors wrote. They also said that the patients’ BMI could potentially provide an additional data point on which to make operative planning decisions.

The researchers looked at 100 breast augmentation cases in three cities in order to gather demographics of these patients, which they said was lacking from other research. Breast augmentation surgery has been on the increase in the past decade — according to statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, there has been a 45% increase in women seeking breast augmentation since 2000.

The study looked at 100 consecutive breast augmentation cases at each location; they were retrospectively reviewed, and data was gathered on height, weight, body mass index (BMI), age, the number of children the patient had and implant volume.

The three geographic group medians were significantly different for weight, BMI and implant volume. BMI was lowest in the Canadian city and highest in Temple, Tex. Temple patients had the smallest average implant size, significantly lower than the other two cities.

The study also looked at the data for all 300 patients as one group. On average, the breast augmentation patients studied were 34 years old, 5’ 4” tall and 128 pounds.

Dr Frenzel specializes in breast augmentation surgery, offering the traditional surgery, TUBA breast augmentation, and breast augmentation revision surgery.

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