Gone are the days of “Go Big or Go Home” when it comes to breast implants. Today, more women than ever are approaching breast augmentation with a want for a more subdued, subtle change. Modern women wear many hats. Most of us desire a breast that can be dressed up or down depending on the …
Everyone has a different level of comfort when it comes to transparency. The decision to have elective cosmetic surgery rarely happens easily. It’s hard enough to make the call for a consultation; let alone being naked in front of the surgeon for the body examination. After you become comfortable with your decision to have surgery, …
A successful surgical journey is more than just choosing a great doctor. Of course, a board certified cosmetic surgeon is a must, but that’s just the first step. Your surgeon should educate you about your surgical options, share quality photos of their work, set realistic expectations and put your mind at ease before scheduling. The …
As Patient Counselors, Carrie and I have listened to many tummy tuck patients at our plastic surgery center serving patients in Denver and Golden, CO. We have talked with these patients before surgery and after recovery, led patients to push through their fears, and have even recovered from tummy tuck (abdominoplasty) procedures first hand. We …
When the lower portion of your face starts to age, the effects seem to build on each other. A jowly look at your jaw starts to erase the strong, sharp facial lines that are the hallmarks of youth. Your neck begins to show the first signs of sagging skin, reminding you of the look of …
Never have we been more vigilant about our looks than we are today. Most of us strive to stay active and healthy as long as possible, and we want our appearance to be in synch with our hard work. Media attention on baby boomers weathering the passing years contributes and prompts us into all kinds …
For a relatively small area of the face, the chin can bear more than its share of the effects of the passing years. "Marionette lines" are one of those effects, one with a name that's as unappealing as it is descriptive. Who wants to have deep vertical chin lines that make them look like a …
Few facial features are viewed more subjectively than dimples, especially chin dimples. In fact, if you spend a few minutes browsing the internet, you'll run across innumerable websites where fans rave on and on about chin dimples. Whose dimple is the biggest? Which celebrity's "butt chin" is the sexiest? You can rant, you can vote, …
Do you stop yourself from smiling and laughing? Do you avoid whistling, sneezing, and other facial movement? Do you take an umbrella or parasol with you whenever you leave the house? Do you wear a baseball cap or ski mask with your outfit every day-winter, summer, spring and fall? No? Then you probably have fine …
Unless Mother Nature graced you with plump "baby cheeks" that stayed with you and sculpted your face even as you matured, your prominent nasolabial folds have appeared more recently courtesy of the passing years. These creases, which run diagonally from the corners of your nose to the corners of your mouth, are some of the …