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Combination Therapies in Plastic Surgery: Getting the Best Results

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One of the most modern and effective ways to approach plastic surgery isn’t with just one procedure. Dr. Steven Davis has been exploring the possibilities of combination therapies, and the results have been astonishing!

When you scheduale your appointment for cosmetic plastic surgery, why wait between treatments? With advanced techniques, we are now able to give our patients precisely WHAT they want, WHEN they want it.

The idea of combination therapies may seem new, but we have been mastering it for years. By taking on two different procedures, you’re eliminating excessive downtime that would usually prevent you from getting more work done. CoolSculpting and other non-invasive procedures are ideal for this concept.

On this episode of The Plastic Surgery Revolution, Dr. Davis takes a deep dive into the idea of combination therapies. He covers perfecting this practice and how he ensures patients will receive the best results possible.

Why wait? Contact our Cherry Hill, NJ plastic surgery office and learn more about combining different plastic surgery treatments today!

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The Busiest Time of the Year for Cosmetic Treatments

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If the waiting room at your plastic surgeon’s office seemed especially busy last month, that wasn’t your imagination. The first week in January—and, really, the entire month—is thought to be the busiest time of the year for cosmetic treatments, according to a new article in Allure magazine.

There’s no overstating the strength of the January “makeover” mentality. Whether you’re hitting the gym on a more regular basis or addressing deepening fine lines, declaring it in the form of a New Year’s resolution makes it go down a little easier.

But practical reasons also played a role in the bump, the article says. “December often means travel, kids home from school, and encounters with friends and family you haven’t seen all year, or in other words, not the ideal time to book an appointment” with your plastic surgeon. With several weeks of winter still in front of us, now is also an ideal time for many to schedule procedures that tend to be more extensive and require lengthier recovery times.

If you’re interested in getting in on the action—no resolution required—these are some of the procedures that are in the most demand at the moment, according to Allure.

Peels, lasers, and facials

Chemical peels and most laser-resurfacing procedures require that patients stay out of the sun for a week or two after the treatment. That’s a lot to ask in the spring in summer. In the dead of winter, not so much. Each treatment, in its own way, treats fine lines, reduces the appearance of pores, enhances firmness and elasticity, and improves skin tone and texture.

Injectables

Anymore, there’s no time of year that isn’t a good fit for Botox or a filler, but they’re an especially safe play when the forecast looks like 50 shades of gray. Sure, the “New Year, New You” pressure is undeniable. But, at the end of the day, this is about doing something good for yourself. And if that something is able to remedy a long-running concern in a half-hour or less, all the better.

Body contouring

Not everyone starts working out in January, even though it may seem that way. If you’ve been faithfully exercising all the while but just haven’t seen the progress you expected, now may be the time to finally consider aggressive, alternative ways of combatting those stubborn fat pockets. CoolSculpting is an FDA-approved body-contouring treatment that freezes and kills fat cells in targeted areas, like the thighs, upper arms, and lower back. These cosmetic treatments take under an hour, and there’s no downtime.

How Do Breast Implants Change As You Get Older?

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Here at Davis Cosmetic Plastic Surgery, we love to share insight from experiences at our Cherry Hill, NJ office. Since one of the most common questions recently has been regarding breast implants, we thought this would be the perfect time to provide answers.

Time and time again, patients ask Dr. Steven Davis if breast implants change as you get older. More specifically, after menopause, we notice patients tend to go through a period of changes with the appearance of their breasts.

We’ve had patients come in that have lost an implant, but we have also seen the opposite. Some patients come in to discuss their breast size getting larger, which is something we are happy to address.

If you have similar questions regarding how breast implants begin to change as we age, please feel free to give us a call or contact us directly here.

[Transcript]

Hi, Doctor Steven Davis at Davis Cosmetic Plastic Surgery. You know I love to talk to all of you about things that I’m seeing coming in more and more during my office hours.

And one of the things that I’ve seen a lot of over the past month or two, are patients that have had breast augmentation, so they have implants in, and they may have had them in for over 10, 15 years, and they’re reaching a point, a lot of the women that are going through menopause, and one of the things that they’re really concerned about are two things.

The first is, are their implants still intact? And the second thing is, are those implants losing any kind of volume? So that as they get older and older, is it gonna become more of an issue to actually take these implants out, or to do something with their breasts?

So here are the things that I’ve been telling all the patients. The first is, if they’re saline implants, they will have a tendency to just continue to deflate. Many of the times it’ll just happen instantly, where you’ll wake up one morning and patients have told me they just, everything was fine when they went to sleep, when they woke up one was up and one was flat. And that definitely can happen with a saline implant.

They’re filled with saline, and if something happens to that implant, it’s just gonna leak out and that’s gonna be the end of it. Many of the patients that do have saline implants have noticed that the implants start to lose some volume and it may be asymmetrical, where one looks like it’s been a little bit more deflated than the other.

In any of those cases, we really want to talk about getting those out and either replacing them with new saline filled breast implants, or new silicone gel breast implants. But, as I was alluding to earlier, a lot of the women that are going through menopause have noticed that all of a sudden their breasts are actually getting fuller and they don’t even need the breast implants anymore.

In that case, what I’ve been recommending is, have the patients come in, we take the implants out, again, either saline or silicone gel, and then use their own breast tissue to actually stent up their breasts and make them look like they’re perkier and more lifted.

Now there are other things that we can do with the skin if necessary, but the majority of the time, if we can use the patient’s own tissue and some of the capsule that’s been developed over the course of all these 10, 15 years, we can actually make the breast have a framework on the inside that allows us to make them look more perky and lifted.

If you’re interested in talking about this, definitely schedule an appointment and we’ll go over everything when you come into the office. It’s nice talking to you again. I’m Doctor Steven Davis at Davis Cosmetic Plastic Surgery.

Dr. Steven Davis of Davis Cosmetic Plastic Surgery in Cherry Hill, New Jersey wants to ensure the comfort of all patients, which begins with education. We hope our video series can provide useful information for those with upcoming appointments or interested in the behind-the-scenes action of plastic surgery.

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Looking for New Date Night Ideas? Try Plastic Surgery (Seriously)

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What did you gift your significant other for Valentine’s Day: flowers, chocolates, a decadent dinner? How about plastic surgery?

A growing trend called “beauty matching” began to emerge a couple years back. It has two different interpretations. In the majority of instances, it refers to couples who book cosmetic procedures—fillers, Botox, CoolSculpting—together prior to a big event or simply to share the experience with each other.

When you think about it, beauty matching is not the stretch it may seem to be at first glance. Couples tend to be like-minded people who have similar priorities. Why wouldn’t that extend to how they go about improving their appearance?

Sometimes, a partner is inspired by the other’s rejuvenation and books their own version. As one person is learning about a given procedure, they’re likely also discussing it with their partner. A treatment then becomes a mutual exchange of ideas.

The other interpretation is more literal: couples who get procedures in tandem so that they can look like each other.

The benefits of beauty matching

Let’s be clear: Beauty matching needs to be a mutual decision to share the experience. Getting procedures with your partner is completely normal, even practical. Being able to offer your significant other emotional support during their recovery is a big advantage.

Having another perspective during the consultation is another plus. With so many ways to treat a given issue these days, having someone there who knows you so intimately can sometimes make it all that much easier to arrive at a decision.

So, beauty matching can be very rewarding and valuable. What it shouldn’t be is pressuring your partner, or feeling pressured, into something. Even if your partner really wants it for you, you want to do it for your own reasons.

It’s also not about getting procedures with the intent to look like each other.

How to go about it

As to what types of procedures can be matched, they’re typically aging procedures—couples are often relatively similar in age and tend to have common concerns about their appearance—but, technically, just about anything could be done together.

Generally, the procedures revolve around big life events—Botox before a wedding or liposuction before a milestone anniversary party—which is very often the case for individuals, too.

Regardless of the procedure, the key with beauty matching is communication. Before you schedule a consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon, make sure that you and your partner are on the same page about what each of you wants from the experience. This is the rare instance in your relationship where compromise isn’t a solution.