Posted on March 1, 2012 in Cosmetic Surgery, Plastic Surgeon
Could a visit to Feel Beautiful help increase your pay?
Cosmetic surgery is not just a confidence booster; it may also help boost your paycheck. How successful you become is mostly up to you but it also depends on how others perceive you. In recent years there have been many studies that have shown how looks can impact career advancement.
Daniel Hamermesh, an economist with a PhD from Yale University, ran a study entitled, Beauty in the Labor Market. He found that people with higher than average looks typically receive a minimum of 5% more in pay than less attractive individuals.
Taller men, skinnier women, women who wear makeup, people who smile often, and individuals who take care of their appearance make more financially than the latter. Some may call it superficial, while others call it ‘playing the game.’ Dr. Laverson can enhance one’s physical beauty with minor and major cosmetic procedures. When you look good, you feel good. When you feel good, you portray confidence, and when you portray confidence you often times get rewarded.
Let Dr. Laverson help improve your confidence so that you, too, can get rewarded. Call us at (760) 753-6464 and schedule a complimentary consultation today!
Posted on February 24, 2012 in Fillers
Dr. Steve Laverson demonstrates how hyaluronic acid can be applied to enhance volume in the lips. This treatment is completely safe and typically can lasts for about 6 months, and is completely reversible.
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Plastic surgeons’ web domains are peppered with some truly amazing “before and after” photos of successful outcomes, feelbeautiful.com included.
However, consumers should understand that although most results were achieved after one procedure, some required two or more operations. Subsequent procedures usually involve some sort of correction for an imperfect feature after the first surgery.
Human tissues are soft and elastic. Cosmetic surgical sculpture rearranges, augments, or reduces sizes and shapes. Healing occurs over time, and the nature and amount of scarring and settling cannot always be predicted. The human body is dynamic. We move and stretch body parts in ways that cannot always be factored in when planning and performing cosmetic surgery. The materials we work with such as implants and sutures are imperfect, and subject to failure or extrusion. Interactions between these materials and surrounding structures develop over time. Add to this uncertainty the individual variability among us, and it’s obvious the precise outcome in any given situation can be visualized in advance, but doesn’t always materialize as expected.
For surgeons, finely tuned judgment, experience, and caution are important to consistently deliver the most beautiful and trouble free results. For patients, approach your cosmetic procedure with an understanding that more than a single session of surgery may be required to achieve a result you’re pleased with. In Dr. Laverson’s practice, revisions are most often minor office procedures to improve the result or correct a bothersome issue. Sometimes however, a return to the surgery center is necessary. Major medical complications are rare, but also a possibility.
The best preparation is to become educated about the procedure you are considering. Understand what types of revisions may be necessary and how much additional cost and recovery time is usually involved. Choose a surgeon who will partner with you in an effort to achieve the best result in case a secondary adjustment is indicated.
Posted on February 23, 2012 in Latest News
We are 100% committed to providing our current and prospective patients with great communication in various forms. For that reason, we have set up a multitude of media spectrums available to the public. Here is a current list of our media outlets:
- Our Blog (you’re on it now) includes stories, articles, and trends in cosmetic surgery.
- Our YouTube Channel showing testimonials, and informational plastic surgery videos.
- Our Facebook Page where you can become a fan!
- Our Twitter Page
It is important to be able to communicate with everyone and for that reason we have adapted to these various forms of media outlets. Each resource offers a different approach to getting questions answered, learning about current specials, and the ability to stay up-to-date with what is going on in cosmetic medicine. If you know of any other venues that we should use to get the word out about plastic surgery, please let us know!
Posted on February 22, 2012 in Uncategorized
Wow, MY plastic surgeon doesn’t use stitches, he uses a new glue!
Tissue adhesives have been around for years. One of the most commonly used is the Johnson and Johnson product DERMABOND, a polymer that adheres to skin for a week or so during the period of early healing. While DERMABOND is an alternative to superficial stitches, it is not necessarily better than stitches for a variety of reasons. First of all, deep stitches are still required to remove tension from the closure and align skin properly. DERMABOND is quicker to apply than detailed insertion of numerous superficial stitches, so it definitely saves time. If you’re interested in a quicker procedure, this may be an advantage. DERMABOND is more expensive than sutures, but for precision tissue alignment, it is not as good as sutures, which facilitate unsurpassed accuracy. Provided the superficial sutures are quickly absorbed or removed within a week or so of placement, suturing a wound closed is still the GOLD STANDARD for quality
