Body Lift- Body Contouring after Massive Weight Loss in Los Angeles March 17, 2009

Although many people in Los Angeles know what a tummy tuck is, most people don’t know what a Body Lift is. Body Lift is a relatively new plastic surgery procedure in Beverly Hills which is used for body contouring of people who have lost massive weight after Bariatric Surgery- Gastric Bypass or Lap Band.

 

In Beverly Hills, Body Lift or Belt Lipectomy is similar to an abdominoplasty in that it also removes excess hanging skin folds of the abdomen. In addition, a Body Lift also removes excess hanging skin of the lower back and helps to lift the sagging buttocks. Beverly Hills Body Lift uses a circumferential torso incision to remove the hanging skin of the mid torso, including that of the abdomen, flanks, and the lower back, and thus lift up the lower body.

 

Body Lift is a complicated procedure that is best performed by a Board Certified Plastic Surgeons who specialize in body contouring after massive weight loss. This Body Contouring procedure needs to be performed in a Surgical Facility which is equipped for the intra-operative and post-operative necessities of a major abdominal surgery.

 

Recovery after a Body Lift takes at least 3 weeks, and during at least the first ten days the patient would need much help. Most patient can return to their routine activities after the third week and start exercising in 4-6 weeks.

 

Dr. Younai is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon with formal training in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, as well as General Surgery at some of the most prestigious university residencies in the United States.  As a cosmetic plastic surgeon he has had ample experience in performing post-bariatric body contouring surgeries including tummy tuck, abdominoplasty, Panniculectomy, belt Lipectomy, repair of ventral hernia, body lift, circumferential Torsoplasty, thigh lift, brachioplasty, upper body lift, breast reduction, and breast lift.

 

At the California Center for Plastic Surgery Dr. Younai will review your treatment options for massive weight loss body contouring, including pros and cons of each procedure, potential risks and complications, recovery course, pre and post operative instructions, and aesthetic outcomes. There are also many before-and-after pictures and high resolution images of body lift and Panniculectomy procedures available in our photo gallery.

 

Dr. Younai receives patients from the Northern as well as the Southern California region. Some of these cities include San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Hollywood, Burbank, Pasadena, Glendale, Valencia, Palmdale, Fresno, Bakersfield, and Oxnard.

 

Dr. Younai performs his surgeries at the Regency Surgery Center which is certified by Medicare, Blue Cross, AAAHC, and AAAASF. This state-of-the-art surgical facility is specially equipped and staffed to care for patients with massive weight loss. This outpatient surgery center is located in Encino, and near Sherman Oaks, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, and Northridge.

Beverly Hills Tummy Tuck after Pregnancy December 10, 2008

In Beverly Hills tummy tuck or abdominoplasty is performed every day by plastic surgeons. The popularity of tummy tuck in Beverly Hills is flamed by the women’s desire to reverse the negative effects of pregnancy on their body.

Effect of Pregnancy on a woman’s abdomen:        The rapid enlargement of the abdomen during pregnancy produces stretch marks on the tummy, hip, and thighs. This process also stretches the abdominal muscles and weakens abdominal wall integrity and tightness. That is why Beverly Hills women cannot regain their original figure despite dieting or exercise.

Beverly Hills tummy tuck technique:                      Beverly Hills abdominoplasty tightens the abdominal muscles, removes the excess hanging skin folds and stretch marks; rejuvenates the belly button; and even at times, tones the upper thighs and buttocks. The High Tension Abdominoplasty™ performed by Los Angeles plastic surgeon Dr. Younai accomplishes all of this, and more. It combines liposuction, tummy tuck, and to some extent body lift, to shape and form a women’s torso to that of an hourglass.

When to undergo a Tummy tuck in Beverly Hills? Many Southern California women who had just delivered are shocked to see the dramatic toll that pregnancy has put on their body. Therefore, they are often very anxious to quickly “fix” their body. Most Beverly Hills plastic surgeons recommend that you delay getting a tummy tuck until at least your weight has reached a plateau. You should also wait until you are done with breast feeding for at least two months. And finally, you should wait until your newborn baby is big enough that can do without your direct attention for at least several days. You do need an adult to help care for you and your baby for at least 10 days.

When can you expect to get back to normal after having had a tummy tuck in Beverly Hills?                       You can do gentle walking in two weeks, and increase your pace to jogging by 4 weeks. Do not lift anything heavier than a bag of groceries for at least three months. You should not do any sit-ups for at least three months but you can have sex in 3 weeks!

To learn more about Tummy tuck after pregnancy in Beverly Hill visit California Center for Plastic Surgery. Here you can also view many before-and-after pictures of tummy tucks and learn about tummy tuck techniques, risks, and expected recovery course.

Stretch mark removal in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles December 8, 2008

Stretch marks removal in Beverly Hills is women’s top priority after pregnancy. Beverly Hills women are shocked to have developed ugly stretch marks after pregnancy or with weight gain and loss. In Beverly Hills stretch mark removal techniques include different types of lasers and creams. Do these really work?   

What causes stretch marks? Stretch marks develop as a result of loss of dermal integrity which occurs after rapid stretching of the skin during pregnancy, growth spurt, or with weight loss and gain. Most of the stretch marks concentrate over the lower abdomen and around the umbilicus. While some believe that stretch marks only occur in darker skin women, I have seen it in all skin types.

Treatment of Stretch marks by Laser in Beverly Hills: Pulsed dye and vascular lasers can be used to treat stretch marks. Newer fractional resurfacing lasers appear to have a favorable effect as well. These lasers help by blending in the color of the stretch marks, while helping to “shrink” them. Some claim that lasers increase collagen production and help heal stretch marks. The fact is none of these laser modalities have been shown in scientific studies to have removed stretch marks. Lasers might alter the appearance of stretch marks but lasers don’t remove stretch marks.

Treatment of stretch marks by creams in Beverly Hills: Retin-A and chemical peels stimulate collagen production in the skin, which is claimed to help heal stretch marks. Hydroquinone which is a bleaching cream does lighten the appearance of the dark stretch marks but this is only temporary.

Surgical Treatment of Stretch marks by tummy tuck in Beverly Hills: A tummy tuck removes the majority of the loose skin of the lower abdomen, thus removing the part of the abdominal skin which bears almost all of the stretch marks caused by pregnancy. Tummy tuck in Los Angeles is not designed for only the removal of stretch marks but also to tighten the abdominal wall.

 

Before Tummy tuckAfter Tummy Tuck

Before Tummy tuck

Does Breast Augmentation cause Stretch Marks? October 12, 2008

Most women who get breast augmentation in Beverly Hills are worried if they will get stretch marks from breast implants. Stretch marks arise as a result of rapid stretching of the skin such as during pregnancy or pubertal growth spurt. Although placement of breast implants during breast augmentation does stretch breast skin this is not severe enough to cause stretch marks, especially if the implants are not too big and if the implants are placed under the Pectoralis Muscle layer. Some Beverly Hills plastic surgeons believe that the overlying muscle keeps the skin from stretching even with large breast implants.

 

Many Los Angeles Plastic Surgeons feel that your skin elasticity is the largest factor in determining if you will get stretch marks with breast augmentation. However, you can always take preventative measures. Many Los Angeles women have moisturized heavily prior to their breast augmentation surgery by using Palmer’s Cocoa Butter, Shea’s Butter Lotion, and Vitamin E. It certainly will not hurt to try it.

If you have pre-existing stretch marks due to pregnancy, breast-feeding, etc., the breast implants will most likely help to “fill them out”, thus making them less noticeable. If this is not the case for you, or, you get stretch-marks after your breast implant surgery, you can try using Mederma. It has helped diminish the appearance of stretch marks in many women, while others have noticed little to no difference at all. Results vary.

Breast Augmentation in Beverly Hills

 

 

 

 

 

Laser treatments have not been scientifically proven to remove or diminish stretch marks. However, it is rare to get stretch marks from breast implants, unless they are extremely large.

Beverly Hills Liposuction Picutres and Photos September 8, 2008

Beverly Hills Liposuction pictures of women who had abdominal liposuction in Los Angeles. Liposuction picutres and photos are shown in the photo gallary of Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery clinic of Dr. Sean Younai who is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon specilizing in liposuction of abdomen, neck, arms, legs, thighs, back, and buttocks.

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Beverly Hills Liposuction Picutres After

Beverly Hills Liposuction Back, before

Beverly Hills Liposuction Back, after

Weight loss and body contouring by large-volume Liposuction in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles August 30, 2008

Liposuction has become a new method of weight loss for men and women in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles who are overweight or obese. While bariatric surgery has revolutionized surgical weight management throughout California and the US; people are realizing its risks, complications, and long term side-effects on body shape. Heavy and large people who reach a frustrating plateau after diet and exercise, find large-volume-liposuction an alternative to gastric bypass surgery. They have seen their overweight friends who have had weight loss surgery not only lose excess body fat, but to also to uncontrollably lose body mass in the areas that they wanted to keep!  For example, after lap band surgery, women often find their breasts shrink away and sag. Rapid and massive total body weight loss results in sagging skin that draped off arms, abdomen, buttocks, and thighs. Obese men and women of Los Angeles and Beverly Hills who were once happy to have lost much weight with gastric bypass are now facing another dilemma- how not to look disgusting when they take off their clothes?

Large Volume Liposuction can drastically reduce dress size by removing unwanted fat from selected body areas, instead of the whole body as experienced with bariatric surgery. Meanwhile, this method of liposuction keeps full other body areas such as the buttocks, breasts, and the face. Among overweight people in Los Angeles, there are many that have changed their lifestyle and eating habits in a way not to gain any further weight. Despite their sacrifice they become frustrated with their inability to lose weight in right areas of their body. For example, they wished that they could reduce their thigh size to the portion of their upper body. Some want to only lose weight in their gut without getting thinner legs. These people find large volume liposuction as an effective alternative to Bariatric surgery.

Large volume liposuction was born out of the desire of plus size women to look curvy and sexy, without having to become too thin. Large volume liposuction accomplishes more than weight loss; it provides heavy set men and women with the shape and figure that they always wanted.  This is accomplished safely when liposuction is performed by a board certified plastic surgeon that has the depth of knowledge, experience, and support structure to conduct large volume liposuction.

Breast Implant Exchange, Revision, or Replacement in Beverly Hills May 10, 2008

Breast augmentation is the most popular plastic surgery procedure in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, and probably throughout the US.

Many women who have either had breast implants or are contemplating breast augmentation in Beverly Hills or Los Angeles wonder if they need to have their breast implants replaced or exchanged in the future. Saline or silicone breast implants are not considered devices that last a lifetime, even though many women have.  There may be specific reasons why you may wish to, or even need to have your breast implants replaced.  Understanding the options available to you in replacing your breast implants requires as much consideration as your original decision to get breast implants.

 

 

Get your facts straight before getting breast implants!

 

Although breast implants don’t last forever, they don’t have to be automatically replaced every so many years. Saline and Silicone breast implants should be replaced only if they deflate, leak, or create a specific problem. Fortunately, Mentor and Allergan Breast Implant Manufacturers offer a lifetime warranty on their implants, and pay a portion of your replacement cost, during the first 10 years after breast augmentation. There are many national statistics about the incidence of breast implant deflation. In general, the rate of breast implant deflation is 1% per year. When saline implants deflate they just go flat, which alerts the person. To the contrary, when silicone implants deflate or leak there is usually no noticeable change. Therefore, in order to monitor silicone breast implants for deflation the FDA recommends yearly evaluation with MRI.

 

Breast implant exchange!

 

Other than breast implant deflation there are other reasons for wanting to exchange or remove breast implants. The second most common reason for breast implant exchange is simply to go bigger. Initially, most “flat-chested” women ask for implants that are just a bit bigger- “may be to go from an A cup to a B”. After breast augmentation, most women regret not having gone bigger.

 

There are more serious reasons for exchanging breast implants:

1. Capsular Contracture: formation of a hard and painful scar tissue around implant occurs rarely. Besides having to remove this tight capsule (capsulectomy), breast implants should be changed from a smooth to textured surface, in order to reduce the recurrence rate of capsular contracture.
2. Breast Implant rippling: All breast implants are palpable to a certain degree. In extreme cases a woman can feel or even observe ripples in their breast implants. This is more common in textured and saline implants, and to a lesser degree in silicone breast implants. To remedy this problem plastic surgeons usually recommend exchanging saline implants to silicone; and also to move the implant from a sub-glandular location to a sub-muscular position.
3. Changing breast shape and projection: women can increase the degree of their cleavage by going bigger! Larger breasts implants have a wider diameter, thus creating more cleavage. They also fill the upper pole of the breast better for those who are fairly flat on the top. High Profile Implants can change the look of the breasts from a more subtle to a perkier look.
4. Changing breast implant feel: Saline and silicone breast implants feel different. While saline breast implants feel slightly firmer, silicone breast implants feel softer. On the other hand silicone implants are heavier and hang more than saline breast implants.
5. Breast Sagging: breasts sag after childbirth, breast feeding, and with age or with weight loss. Those who choose a breast lift, or mastopexy, often decide to exchange their breast implants for a newer model, or different shape or size.

 

 

It is advised that you regularly visit your plastic surgeon to assess the condition of your breast implants.  Your surgeon may advise you to replace any implant that has deflated, is leaking or whose shell shows signs of fracture or other weakness.  It may be appropriate to replace only the implant that is not functioning properly.  However, you may take the opportunity or be advised to consider a change in breast size or shape to maintain balanced proportions between the breast and body.

Plastic Surgery Nutritional Supplements in Beverly Hills March 19, 2008

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeons have always been drawn to the cutting edge technology in order to give their patients the very best. The latest Plastic Surgery advent in Beverly Hills has not been a high tech laser.  But rather, just the opposite, Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeons are turning low tech! They are embracing Holistic Medicine- the natural herbs and vitamin supplements that potentially help cosmetic surgery patients heal and recover the fastest. Even the American Society of Plastic Surgery is now educating the public about nutritional supplements that reduce bruising and facilitate healing. The following are examples of some of the most commonly used nutritional herbal supplements and vitamins that are now commonly being used by plastic and cosmetic surgeons in Beverly Hills. Arnica Montana  Arnica Montana is a natural herb that minimizes surgical bleeding, bruising, inflammation, muscle pain, and promotes healing.  It works well both in an oral form and as a cream, but avoid putting the cream near open wounds and fresh incisions.  Taken before plastic surgery, there is less bleeding and swelling afterwards, and taken after cosmetic surgery, pain and bruising are minimized. Because of this property Arnica Montana is used prior to liposuction, tummy tuck, or facial plastic surgery.Usage: Start 3 days before plastic surgery.  Four pills, 3 times a day, under the tongue.  Let pills dissolve. Continue for two weeks after Plastic Surgery.  Nux Vomica  Also known as Poison Nut, this alleviates the side-effects of anesthesia and other drugs, helping you to feel more like yourself soon after plastic surgery.  It helps with nausea and dysphasia; ad helps detoxify your body from cosmetic surgery.  Specialty pharmacies carry the multiplex formulas.Usage: 4 pills 3 times a day under tongue.  Let pills dissolve. Continue for one week after plastic surgery.  Grape Seed Extract  (Proanthocyanidins) This herb is derived from Grape Seed and has a special affinity for skin tissue and promotes healing.  It helps shorten the recovery period by reducing inflammation and accelerating the rate of repair to the skin.Usage: Start 7 days before plastic surgery.  One, 100mg capsule, 3 times a day on an empty stomach. Bromezyme™(2400 mcu) A natural proteolytic enzyme derived from pineapple that has shown to reduce inflammation, consequently decreasing pain, swelling and accelerating the healing process. This nutritional supplements should be taken prior to plastic surgery.Usage: Start 3 days before surgery.  3 tablets, 3 times a, day on an empty stomach.  Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) Vitamin C is an antioxidant which helps your natural defenses against free radicals, which are unstable molecules that age the skin, resulting from environmental pollutants, smoking, or excess sun exposure. Vitamin C neutralizes volatile reactions caused by free radicals that damage skin. Preliminary studies suggest vitamin C supplements in non-deficient people can speed healing of various types of wounds and trauma, including surgery, minor injuries, herniated intervertebral disks and skin ulcers. Vitamin C is also essential for your body’s production of collagen which is used in the building of your skin, bones, teeth, and every organ of your body.Vitamin C can be found in citrus fruits and juices, cantaloupe, strawberries, kiwi, cabbage, spinach, broccoli, and green peppers. There are many forms and doses of Vitamin C available in Health Food Stores. Taking any more than about 200 milligrams per day is likely a waste of money anyway, according to a landmark study by Mark Levine of the NIH. Levine’s group found that the body’s cells can’t absorb more than about 100 milligrams per day, and the concentration of vitamin C in the blood begins to level off at a dose of 200 milligrams per day. The study appeared in the April 1996 issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery- The lastes Cosmetic Surgery Procedures February 11, 2008

In today’s society, as people live longer and healthier lives, an increasing emphasis is being placed on preserving ones youthful appearance.  In Beverly Hills Cosmetic surgery enables men and women to look as young, healthy, and energetic as they feel! With Plastic Surgery in Beverly Hills men and women try to live their lives to its fullest and to look as healthy as they feel. People want their looks to reflect their good health and stamina. Just glance at any magazine such as Allure, Cosmopolitan, or Self; and there is often an article related to the topic of cosmetic surgery in Beverly Hills or Los Angeles.

As a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, doctor Sean Younai come across many men and women of all ages, social, and ethnic backgrounds who seek cosmetic plastic surgery for personal as well as and professional reasons. Contrary the popular perception that people seek cosmetic enhancements to please their spouses or friends, we find that most just want to feel better about themselves, and for themselves. For instance, many women in Beverly Hills tell me that from an early age they wanted to have fuller breasts in order to look more proportional in cloths! While others who were born with congenital deformities seek plastic surgery just to look normal. Or have you ever heard of a friend saying that he/she hates having pictures taken because they hate their nose.While many seek cosmetic plastic surgery because of self-fulfillment, a growing number of others resort to plastic surgery in Beverly Hills for their profession. There is a growing pressure in the workforce not to look too old and rusty. Some fear being pushed out of their jobs, only to be replaced by younger workers.  They wish to take steps to correct some of the physical signs of aging in order to remain competitive.  This does not only pertain to the entertainment industry but to all professions. The most popular plastic surgery procedures in Beverly Hills are- Breast Augmentation, Liposuction, Tummy Tuck, Rhinoplasty, and Eyelid Surgery.  While most Beverly Hills women seek breast augmentation with saline or silicone implants in order to increase their bust size, there are many others who seek to correct their breast asymmetry, tubular breast deformity, or to revise their previous breast enlargement surgery with implant exchange or capsulectomy. Also, there are women who undergo a breast lift or mastopexy along with breast augmentation in order to lift their sagging breasts which developed as a result of pregnancy, aging, or weight loss. To achieve a more proportional figure or to restore their bodies shape men and women of Beverly Hills and Los Angeles undergo body contouring procedures such as- liposuction, liposculpture, tummy tuck or abdominoplasty, body lift, brachioplasty or arm tuck, buttock augmentation, and thigh lift. Body contouring procedures such as these have become almost a necessity, especially for those who have lost massive weight after undergoing Bariatric surgery or Gastric Bypass surgery.  

Finally, a variety of surgical and non-surgical facial cosmetic surgery procedures which combat facial aging have become accepted in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles. While the clock doesn’t ever stop ticking, youthful appearance can be preserved by the latest cosmetic facial surgeries such as eyelid surgery or blephaorplasty, facelift, neck lift, forehead lift, and rhinoplasty.

 During your consultation with the Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon, Doctor Sean Younai will review your treatment options, including pros and cons, potential risks and complications, recovery course, pre and post operative instructions, and esthetic outcomes. There are also many before-and-after pictures, high resolution images of all plastic surgery procedures available in our photo gallery.  Dr. Younai is a Board Certified plastic surgeon who receives patients at the California Center for Plastic Surgery from the Northern as well as the Southern California region. Some of these cities are Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Hollywood, Burbank, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Pasadena, Glendale, Valencia, Palmdale, Fresno, Bakersfield, and Oxnard.

Affording cosmetic plastic surgery in Beverly Hills & Los Angeles January 8, 2008

Plastic surgery in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills is no longer exclusive to the rich and famous or the Hollywood celebrities, such as Britney Spears, Anna Nichole Smith, Ashlee Simpson, etc. Today, men and women of every walk of life are having cosmetic surgery in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, and all over Southern California. The reason for this upsurge in cosmetic plastic surgery is its affordability. Most people can now afford plastic surgery in Beverly Hills & Los Angeles. There are several reasons for this including:

1. Availability of Financing for Cosmetic Surgery. In the old days no financial company would loan money without collateral, especially if it was for cosmetic surgery. Now, some of the major financial institutions are marketing primarily to the plastic surgery crowd. Realizing that those with a steady income can make payments for cosmetic surgery, just as if they were making it for a new car. In fact, some loan companies are becoming even more creative. They are willing to give patients a cosmetic surgery home equity loan, with the payments added to patient’s monthly mortgage payment.
2. Cost of Cosmetic Surgery. Whether the relative cost of cosmetic surgery procedures has come down, or the price of most things has gone up, the prices of plastic surgery procedures is now within people’s spending budget.
3.  Plastic Surgeons offer financing. While it used to be that one had to pay cash for plastic surgery, now plastic surgeons accept credit card payments, financing, or even offer cosmetic surgery savings plans.

 Therefore, Plastic Surgery in no longer exclusive to Beverly Hills & Los Angles but women from the suburbs of Los Angeles can afford plastic surgery even if they live in cities such as Sherman Oaks, Encino, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Thousand Oaks, Westlake, Beverly Hills, Westwood, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Hollywood, Burbank, Pasadena, Glendale, Valencia, Palmdale, Fresno, Bakersfield, and Oxnard.