Cosmetic Procedures to Make You Look Younger

What Is Cosmetic Surgery?

Cosmetic surgery uses surgical and other medical techniques to enhance a person’s appearance. These procedures can be performed on any area of the face or body and can improve the symmetry, proportion or general aesthetic appeal of the area treated. Usually, the treatment area functions properly, and the procedure is purely for cosmetic improvement. For this reason, cosmetic surgery is considered to be an elective procedure.

Many people confuse cosmetic surgery with reconstructive surgery, which involves procedures after injuries, surgeries, or other disorders and body defects to restore function. While these two fields are very closely related, they are not quite the same. Depending on the treatment, cosmetic procedures can be performed by plastic surgeons, as well as medical professionals from other fields.

Cosmetic surgery can improve the appearance of just about any part of the body, and going beyond just appearances, can improve a person’s self-esteem and self-confidence too. Cosmetic procedures can bring permanent and drastic changes, helping someone to achieve their desired look and improve their confidence levels.

Cosmetic Procedures to Make You Look Younger

All kinds of factors — stress, genetics, long work hours, too much sun, and more — can affect your appearance. If you’re looking to regain that youthful glow, there are many different types of cosmetic procedures to explore.

• Facial treatments: A youthful face is what everyone wants. The eye area is one of the first areas of the body to show signs of aging. Wrinkles around the eyes, droopy eyelids, and puffy eyes can all betray an otherwise youthful face. Changes in the eye area also make you look tired or can affect your vision. Eyelid surgery, or blepharoplasty, repositions or removes the fat, skin, and other tissues around the eyes, creating a more youthful look. Another procedure that’s great for reducing the signs of aging is a facelift. Also known as a rhytidectomy, facelifts address sagging, creasing, and loose, wrinkly skin, as well as excess fatty deposits in the skin on the face and neck. Often, several treatments can be combined and performed at the same time, as a convenience to the patient and to maximize results.
• Body treatments: A trim, contoured body also enhances a youthful appearance, and there are several cosmetic body treatments available. If stubborn fatty deposits are a problem, liposuction can be a great option for removing unwanted fat and contouring the body for a more youthful and trim appearance. Liposuction can be performed on many different areas of the body including the tummy, hips, and thighs, neck and chin, upper arms, buttocks, and knees. There are also many other body treatments that target specific areas of the body, like a tummy tuck, arm lift, or thigh lift. Cosmetic surgery that improves body appearance can greatly improve your self-image. If other options like diet and exercise just aren’t working, cosmetic body treatments can help achieve body image goals and confidence.
• Skin treatments: A wide variety of both surgical and non-surgical options are available for treating aging skin. Surgical facelifts, eyelid surgery, and other procedures can vastly improve the skin’s appearance. If you’d prefer a non-surgical approach or a more subtle fix, there are a wide variety of injectables, such as Botox and Juvederm, which ease wrinkles and give you a healthy glow. Chemical peels, dermabrasion, and other topical therapies are also used to improve the appearance of the skin and create a more youthful look. Sometimes, just using professional-grade topical skincare products is all that’s needed to reverse the signs of aging.

There are so many different procedures and treatments available from surgical options to skincare routines, that it’s easy to get the look you’ve always wanted. You and your doctor can review the best options for your goals, so you can choose the treatment that’s right for you.

Non-Surgical Options for Younger Looking Skin

For anyone that wants younger-looking skin and a rejuvenated appearance, but would prefer less-invasive solutions, a plethora of choices are available. Surgical treatments aren’t the only way to get smoother, younger-looking skin, and today many non-surgical and spa treatments can help you get the look you want. Most of these services can be completed in-office with quick appointments that feel like fun spa services.

• Face treatments: Surgery isn’t always needed to completely rejuvenate the face. Botox injections smooth certain types of wrinkles in the face, lessening their appearance and helping to create a more youthful look. Botox is commonly used to treat fine lines around the eyebrows, across the forehead, and in the corners of the eyes. Dermal fillers are another non-surgical option to help your face look more youthful. There are several different types of dermal fillers available, and some are specifically suited for certain areas of the face. These treatments can also be used to reduce the appearance of wrinkles, as well as filling in under-eye hollows, plumping up the cheeks, or filling in scars.
• Spa services: Many spa treatments can give you a youthful look while making you feel pampered. One such treatment is dermaplaning. This treatment is deeply exfoliating, removing dead skin cells, baby hairs, and redness. Dermaplaning can also reduce the appearance of wrinkles and aging. It scrapes away the surface of the skin, leaving you feeling rejuvenated and looking refreshed. Microneedling is another spa treatment that will make the skin look refreshed and young. In this procedure, small needles pierce the skin in order to encourage healing and rejuvenating. Minimal or no discomfort is felt from the tiny needles as they encourage collagen and elastin production, improving the appearance of scars and stretch marks, while creating an overall youthful glow.

How Can a Breast Lift Make You Look Younger?

Modern beauty standards emphasize youth as a desirable feature, particularly for women. One look at magazine covers will reveal how much pressure society puts on women to age gracefully or, somehow, not at all. However, in the real world, beauty blossoms from self-confidence. If your breasts make you feel less than your best self, you can take control of that feeling and conquer it with surgical intervention. For example, a breast lift from a reputable plastic surgeon like Dr. Nathan Brought can give you a perkier, younger-looking bust.

Body Contouring With Breast Augmentation and Breast Lift Procedures

Over time, women’s bodies undergo many shape changes due to gravity, the natural consequences of aging, and life milestones like pregnancy. While diet and exercise can help you maintain your svelte appearance, surgical contouring is the only solution for breasts that have started to sag, flatten, and lose their shape.

Two of the most common breast enhancement procedures are augmentations and lifts, also known as mastopexies. While augmentation adds volume with silicone or saline implants, lifts renew perkiness and shape.

Breast augmentation is your solution if you want a fuller decolletage with a size increase. Consider getting a mastopexy instead if you want your breasts to sit higher on your chest with a youthful appearance.

Why Do Women Choose Breast Lift Surgery?

Breast lifts remedy natural skin sagging, or ptosis. As your skin ages and stretches, it loses collagen, the protein that keeps it elastic and firm. Time and gravity cause your formerly perky breasts to change shape, shifting downward on your chest wall. While this transformation is normal, it affects women to varying degrees and often leads to lower self-esteem.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, removal of large breast implants, and dramatic weight loss cause sagging, breast elongation, and downward-pointing nipples by stretching the skin beyond its ability to bounce back. Some women have genetic or congenital breast sagging that presents as soon as they hit puberty. Women with congenital ptosis can also benefit immensely from undergoing a breast lift.

What Is a Breast Lift?

Dr. Brought performs breast lifts by strategically removing skin, usually from the underside of the breasts. He repositions the nipples and areolas higher on the breasts to create a rejuvenated, upwardly sculpted look. Then, he tightens the remaining skin to form firmer breasts with a balanced, pleasing, rounded shape.

What Are the Common Techniques in Breast Lift Surgery?

Surgeons help their patients choose one of three lifting methods, named after the incision patterns used to perform the procedure.

1. Anchor: Dr. Brought makes incisions around the areolas, vertically from the bottoms of the areolas, and then along the creases. This traditional breast lift method, sometimes called the Wise pattern, allows for the most extensive breast and areola reshaping and is an excellent choice for women with significant sagging.
2. Lollipop: The lollipop technique, also known as the vertical lift, requires incisions around the areolas and vertically to the creases, but not across them. It’s best for women with moderate sagging. Though Dr. Brought may opt to proceed differently in your case, he often chooses this method to avoid leaving horizontal scars under the breasts.
3. Doughnut: Also called the periareolar lift, the doughnut method only requires incisions around the areolas. This approach is best for mild sagging or to even out symmetry.

The more postoperative scarring you’re willing to have, the better lift and shaping Dr. Brought can provide. That is why the anchor technique is still so popular today — it yields the best results for women with pronounced drooping. Scars can also fade dramatically over time with diligent aftercare and healthy habits.

Anti-Aging Effects of a Breast Lift

How Can a Breast Lift Make You Look Younger?

Modern beauty standards emphasize youth as a desirable feature, particularly for women. One look at magazine covers will reveal how much pressure society puts on women to age gracefully or, somehow, not at all. However, in the real world, beauty blossoms from self-confidence. If your breasts make you feel less than your best self, you can take control of that feeling and conquer it with surgical intervention. For example, a breast lift from a reputable plastic surgeon like Dr. Nathan Brought can give you a perkier, younger-looking bust.

Body Contouring With Breast Augmentation and Breast Lift Procedures

Over time, women’s bodies undergo many shape changes due to gravity, the natural consequences of aging, and life milestones like pregnancy. While diet and exercise can help you maintain your svelte appearance, surgical contouring is the only solution for breasts that have started to sag, flatten, and lose their shape.

Two of the most common breast enhancement procedures are augmentations and lifts, also known as mastopexies. While augmentation adds volume with silicone or saline implants, lifts renew perkiness and shape.

Breast augmentation is your solution if you want a fuller decolletage with a size increase. Consider getting a mastopexy instead if you want your breasts to sit higher on your chest with a youthful appearance.

Why Do Women Choose Breast Lift Surgery?

Breast lifts remedy natural skin sagging, or ptosis. As your skin ages and stretches, it loses collagen, the protein that keeps it elastic and firm. Time and gravity cause your formerly perky breasts to change shape, shifting downward on your chest wall. While this transformation is normal, it affects women to varying degrees and often leads to lower self-esteem.

Pregnancy, breastfeeding, removal of large breast implants, and dramatic weight loss cause sagging, breast elongation, and downward-pointing nipples by stretching the skin beyond its ability to bounce back. Some women have genetic or congenital breast sagging that presents as soon as they hit puberty. Women with congenital ptosis can also benefit immensely from undergoing a breast lift.

What Is a Breast Lift?

Dr. Brought performs breast lifts by strategically removing skin, usually from the underside of the breasts. He repositions the nipples and areolas higher on the breasts to create a rejuvenated, upwardly sculpted look. Then, he tightens the remaining skin to form firmer breasts with a balanced, pleasing, rounded shape.

What Are the Common Techniques in Breast Lift Surgery?

Surgeons help their patients choose one of three lifting methods, named after the incision patterns used to perform the procedure.

1. Anchor: Dr. Brought makes incisions around the areolas, vertically from the bottoms of the areolas, and then along the creases. This traditional breast lift method, sometimes called the Wise pattern, allows for the most extensive breast and areola reshaping and is an excellent choice for women with significant sagging.
2. Lollipop: The lollipop technique, also known as the vertical lift, requires incisions around the areolas and vertically to the creases, but not across them. It’s best for women with moderate sagging. Though Dr. Brought may opt to proceed differently in your case, he often chooses this method to avoid leaving horizontal scars under the breasts.
3. Doughnut: Also called the periareolar lift, the doughnut method only requires incisions around the areolas. This approach is best for mild sagging or to even out symmetry.

The more postoperative scarring you’re willing to have, the better lift and shaping Dr. Brought can provide. That is why the anchor technique is still so popular today — it yields the best results for women with pronounced drooping. Scars can also fade dramatically over time with diligent aftercare and healthy habits.

Anti-Aging Effects of a Breast Lift

How to Look Younger in the Nashville Area

The Southern Plastic & Reconstructive Surgical Institute has a wide variety of spa treatments and services and plastic surgery options to help people in the Nashville area look younger. At SPRSI, Dr. Brought and his team take a holistic approach to your wellness. SPRSI offers compassionate care and consultations that look at the whole person for treatment. To learn more about how the team at SPRSI can help you achieve the healthy, youthful look you’ve always wanted, contact us through our quick and easy online form, or call us at 615-791-9090 today. We’ll set up a consultation to find the best treatments for you.