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2011 Trends Article
2011 Trends Article
Due to the rise in number of non-invasive and mini-invasive procedures, patients now demand optimal results after less-aggressive, lower-risk, brief-recovery surgeries. Plastic Surgery has evolved in the last decade regarding surgical techniques and development of new technologies. Reduced-scar, liposuction-combined surgeries, represent now less traumatic procedures, delivering better results at a deep and superficial level, remodeling neighboring areas at the same time. On facial surgery, procedures are now combined with synthetic or fatty grafting, botulin toxin application, CO2 or laser resurfacing, elevation of eyebrow tail with barbed sutures, etc. Prosthetic implants have also evolved in their structure, variety size and projections. Moreover, new techniques like intimacy surgery have appeared on scene for both genders. Selection of an optimally capacitated, matriculated surgeon, well trained on evaluating valid combinations of technologies and techniques, will influence on satisfactory outcome with minimal surgical risk.
patients, laser can still be used associated to conventional techniques. Wavelength for laser technology comes now in 980 or 1210 nm on the same equipment, rendering better treatment of adipose tissue with optimal cutaneous retraction. All these procedures can be performed in an ambulatory setting, with 24-48 h. immediate follow-up. There has also been a rise in the use of fat grafting. Facial, gluteal and breast use are excellent examples. The possibility to combine these with growth factors has optimized the results and durability of treatments. In some cases, gluteal fat grafting results are good enough to replace implant placement for the same area. Associating liposuction of neighboring areas like hips and waist to gluteal treatment further enhances patient satisfaction. The term liposculpture describes the procedure that takes place when excess of fatty tissue is removed from an anatomic location to be immediately placed in another, thus sculpturing human shape. On the contrary, on breast surgery, implants are still dominating, but fat grafting is an option to be considered for patients without a familiar history of breast cancer. Precise and adequate indication, allow the face to be treated volumetrically with fat grafts, without incisions, and good results. All of these techniques have been questioned in the last 20 years. Today nobody has doubts about their value as individual treatment choices or enhancing others. Breast implants have improved their design and incorporated more options, allowing further personalized indications. For an example, anatomic implants exist in 9 to 12 different shapes for a given size. The optimization of surgical techniques, their prudential combination and the association to low-invasive or non-invasive procedures, have widely favored esthetic results. Is important to choose a well-trained, matriculated surgeon, which combines knowledge with good criteria, offers valid choices, does not create false expectations, and aims for the lower possible risk treatment.
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