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The Healing Side of Plastic Surgery for Children with Special Needs

Note from Kat: Though not commonly known, plastic surgery is something many parents of children with special needs have to consider, especially if their child has certain rare disorders or other conditions that cause malformations. the rare disorder our boys share, Axenfeld-Rieger Syndrome sometimes requires plastic surgery because of dental and other facial malformations.

Why am I sharing this with you? because our guest poster, Shayne Harvell, is going to go through this information in greater detail. and I wanted to you to know, if you didn’t already, that plastic surgery is a valid consideration for parents of children with special needs.

Shayne has agreed to stick around to help answer any questions you guys might have in the comments and she is excited for the chance to share with the Cafe readers! give her a big welcome, okay?

Though plastic surgery is commonly associated with superficial changes, such as tummy tucks, a smaller nose, or a smoother face, plastic surgery—or reconstructive surgery—can be extremely beneficial to patients with special needs, who might have disorders which cause malformations of the body, limbs, or face.

One such disorder commonly treated using reconstructive surgery is Apert Syndrome, a congenital disease that causes deformities in the patient’s face, skull, feet, and hands. When an embryo is developing inside the womb, selective cell death—“apoptosis”—occurs so that the digits on the hands and feet separate from one another.

If the embryo has Apert Syndrome, apoptosis does not occur and thus, the hands and feet often appear webbed, or not separated. as the fetus’ skull develops, Apert Syndrome causes the bones in the face and head to fuse too quickly, resulting in irregular bone development. because of this, patients with Apert Syndrome often have a large, protruding forehead and flat posterior (back) skull bones. the eye sockets are often spaced wide apart and the ears are low set on the head.

Reconstructive surgery for patients with Apert Syndrome is not undergone merely to change the appearance of the head, face, and digits—though this is a desired result. instead, doctors must reconstruct the skull bones in order to prevent the fusing bones from pressing on and damaging the brain. Many patients choose to have fused toes and fingers separated in order to increase balance and hand function.

Another disorder which can be treated using plastic surgery is Crouzon Syndrome, which is caused by a mutation on chromosome 10. like Apert Syndrome, Crouzon Syndrome causes abnormalities in the head and face as the skull develops during the embryo’s early development.

Patients with Crouzon Syndrome often have very low set ears as well as wide, short heads. Eye sockets are usually set far apart and are quite shallow. Reconstructive surgery is often performed to prevent brain damage. if left untreated, often a patient’s skull sutures will close in on the brain, causing pressure and hindering normal brain development.

Reconstructive surgery for those diagnosed with Crouzon Syndrome also decreases the severity of the skull abnormalities.

Botulinum toxin, commonly known as “botox”, is a bacterium produced neurotoxin protein. It is most often used to smooth out wrinkles on the face and hands; however, botox has lately been gaining attention from doctors for uses other than cosmetic.

Botox is used to treat muscle pain disorders, excessive sweating, and muscle movement disorders such as cervical dystonia.

Botox has also been found to decrease unwanted muscle movement in disorders such as epilepsy, cerebral palsy, and Parkinson’s disease. the neurotoxin weakens the muscles that it is injected into, causing muscles to relax and preventing them from tensing up at undesired moments. [Note from Kat: We at one time considered this for Logan because of his cerebral palsy]

Shayne has assured me that she will be around to answer any specific questions and help point out further resources to any of Cafe readers who are interested in learning more about plastic surgery.

While we haven’t had to utilize plastic surgery for our kids yet, we can’t count it out in the future as their dental issues are more understood. I’d be interested in knowing in what ways you might have to consider plastic surgery for your child with special needs now or down the road?

The Healing Side of Plastic Surgery for Children with Special Needs

The family that stays together: What a lovely idea. Until, that is, your twenty-something children can’t or won’t move out

PUBLISHED: 08:55 EST, 22 August 2012 | UPDATED: 08:56 EST, 22 August 2012

It must be a nice feeling for middle-aged couples suffering from empty nest syndrome. Your fledgling, whom you thought had departed for good, comes back from university and returns to their old bedroom.

They love you after all. It’s just like old times.

The only trouble is, these are old times that will not be a changin’ in a hurry. we have learned, from what looks like a decently-researched finance industry report, that the average time a twenty-something boomerang baby hangs on in their parents’ house is three years.

A quarter of them are still around after five years, and some cling on with mum and dad for a decade, according to Aviva.

When ‘boomerang babies’ come home and show no sign of leaving, there are bound to be tensions (Posed by models)

It is safe to say that after three years the joy of having a hulking great brute around the house, leaving its shaving kit or its make-up clogging the bathroom, drinking your gin, and probably still behaving as if it is owed free meals and regular lifts to wherever it wants to go, may pall.

You can tell there are a lot of families like this, and that some of them are generating tensions, thanks to the advertising industry.

Advertising agencies make their living out of discovering peoples’ little weaknesses and exploiting them, and currently there is an ad running on all TV channels featuring an ageing couple who are ecstatic after evicting their slob of a grown-up son from their home.

They manage this by redecorating his room, in yellow. Come alive, you’re in the boomerang generation. Buy paint!

      More from Steve Doughty…

If you want it in dry numbers, the Office for National Statistics tells us that there are 1.8 million men and 1.1 million women aged between 20 and 35 who still live with their parents. The total is up by around half a million since 1997.

One in five young men are still living with their parents at the age of 28.

The recession must have had an effect on these numbers. But it’s not the cause. Difficult as it is for young people in general to find decent jobs, we do not have millions of over-privileged young adults hanging around with their parents because they can’t get work as lawyers or television producers.

Most graduates will do anything that comes along as long as it pays a wage, and they will take their careers from there.  

What they won’t do is rent or buy their own place to live, because they can’t afford it. Why would you spend a towering proportion of your income on independent accommodation, when you can live with mum and dad very cheaply and be able to keep some of your wage for little perks like going out?

If we want to find the cause of the boomerang generation, we should look at some of the causes of high housing prices that have hardly ticked down despite four years of economic hard times.

There is immigration, of course. The population of England and Wales has gone up by 3.7 million over the last decade, mainly because of immigration. this is a central reason for overcrowding in London and elsewhere, and it’s why the shortage of housing is so pressing.

Labour ministers and the kind of think tanks regularly reported by the BBC neglected to tell you this when they were saying a few years ago that immigration was such a great boon to the economy.

David Cameron has swung down in favour of Labour’s old solution to the problem, which is to carpet the green bits of southern England with new homes. It is a matter of great frustration to Tory modernisers and civil servants that Tory voters fail to see the wisdom of this wheeze, and its benefits for the construction industry and young people.

They are always the same politicians and civil servants who find some good reason to object when anyone wants to build a new housing estate in their own back yard.

Politicians can also take their share of the rap for the other main reason why the family that stays together is now likely to stay together far too long.

Pipe dream: Many young people are completely priced out of the housing market (Posed by models)

All parties take the view that it is a very good thing for all women to work, including all mothers of young children. they spend billions on childcare subsidies, they rig the tax and benefits system to discourage stay-at-home mothers, and they scold mothers who refuse to take jobs.

The result has been multiplying numbers of reluctantly working mothers whose family double incomes have been a motor driving up house prices.

For years economic wiseacres have been wailing that property prices can never stay so high because they have gone up much faster than incomes. Some still do. they never seem to notice that homes these days are usually bought with two incomes.

And if settled one-income couples can barely afford housing, then students just out of university and fresh in work have no chance.

There are a number of effects of the march of mothers into the labour market that were unforeseen by those who encouraged it.

One of them is three million or so families that look like a new twist on The Picture of Dorian Gray. The family structure never changes, but the faces of the family keep getting older.

 

The family that stays together: What a lovely idea. Until, that is, your twenty-something children can’t or won’t move out

Douchebag Decree: Sarah “Human Barbie” Burge, Mother and Plastic Surgery Voucher-Giver

Except sometimes it gets ridiculous. I’ve read about schools banning touching. I’m talking all physical contact between students. Kids can’t give their friends hugs or high-fives because it could lead to “roughhousing.” Schools have also banned all outside food, forcing parents to buy the school lunch in the name of “safety” for other kids with allergies. Banning tag. Banning recess. Banning bake sales. Banning outside lunches because the principal thought that the food kids were bringing wasn’t “healthy enough.” Banning photography. all in the name of “safety” and “well-being.”

The question is what is harmful? anyone could EASILY argue that a child raised in a strict, conservative religious household is being harmed because of the ideas that they’re taught regarding people who are unlike themselves.

“Even if Poppy rebels (and you can’t know if she will), she’ll still have to face tons of insecurities and trauma further down the line.”

And you know that for a fact? Not every kid with a fucked up parent has issues down the road when they get older. Plenty of people don’t. Sure, it might be more likely statistically, but that’s not enough in my book to have the government intervene and take her away from her mom.

Here’s the thing too. my father-in-law is mentally ill. he is undiagnosed and untreated paranoid schizophrenia. he also raised my husband alone. when he was sick, it was especially difficult on my husband, as you can imagine. he was just a kid and here his dad was, talking about how the government is spying on him and how he (my husband) is really a spy out to get him, sent my grandma and grandpa. he also worked the morning shift so my husband had to walk himself to the bus stop every morning since he was five. There’s more things I could list. but according to you, he would be damaged later on in life, and it’s quite the opposite. He’s one of the most responsible people I know and very successful.

I guess my point is is that I don’t think that the government ought to say what is bad for us and what isn’t, which is why I am a firm believer in small government. the less government in my life, the better. do you want the government telling you what to do, how to live your life, and if you have a child, tell you how to raise him/her? I don’t.

Do I agree that it’s deeply psychologically damaging behavior? of course. Giving a 7-year-old plastic surgery vouchers is inappropriate and disturbing, as well as sad. but is it bad enough parenting to have her taken away? certainly not.

Douchebag Decree: Sarah “Human Barbie” Burge, Mother and Plastic Surgery Voucher-Giver

Cosmetic Surgery For Children

Assessing the Psychological Aspect of Performing Plastic Surgery on Children

Children are basically beautiful creatures. They are warm and honest and pure and delightful. a parent can find themselves in extreme distress when considering whether cosmetic surgery is an appropriate method of care for their child.

Cosmetic surgery is associated with vanity and society’s obsession with youth and beauty and weight. Cosmetic surgery isn’t typically given its due consideration for fixing disfigurements and malformations. when a parent discusses the prospect of cosmetic surgery, they are often regarded as vain and indignant individuals subjecting their child to a painful procedure for their own pursuit of perfection.

This is not necessarily the case. while there are parents out there who will put their children under the knife to give their child a better nose or perfect their features, most parents only consider cosmetic surgery for children under extreme circumstances.

Sometimes the psychological aspects of not undergoing a corrective procedure can be harmful to the child’s self esteem. Conditions such as cleft palate or infant skull reconstruction are conditions that will most likely inhibit the child for the rest of their lives. However there are conditions that are marginally obtrusive and the child may or may not benefit from cosmetic surgery for children. Otoplasty, also known as ear pinning, may or not be a quality decision regarding a child’s well being
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Some people consider children with large ears that protrude out from the head to be particularly cute. other children, however consider these children to be Dumbo or Mickey Mouse. a child with protruding ears are good candidates for cosmetic surgery for children, but one has to consider the consequences of under going the treatment as well as refusing to undergo the treatment.

Understanding Otoplasty

Otoplasty is a procedure which basically pins the ears back closer to the head. Under a local anesthesia with some sedation, an incision is made along the back of the ear near the base where it meets the head. the cartilage is then folded over to shorten the distance between then end of the ear and the head, and then sewn together permanently and dressed to protect against infection. the entire process takes about two or three hours and healing time is relatively mild in comparison to other procedures.

When healing occurs, the ears will be permanently closer to the head and they will lose their sticking out appearance. Otoplasty can not be done until around the age of five or six which is when the ear reaches full size. a child undergoing otoplasty at that age will have enough understanding that explanative information will need to be given to keep the child comfortable and understanding what is happening. while some children desperately want their ears to look like everyone else’s the thought of someone cutting their ears off can be traumatic.

Deciding what is Best for your Child

Deciding to go through with a procedure like an otoplasty can have long term effects, both positive and negative, for your child. the age of the child creates a significant factor. At two or three years old the child could be told that they were going to get their ears fixed and there wouldn’t be quite the same complications or implications as there are on an older child. At six years old, telling a child they are getting their ears fixed implies that there is something wrong with them.

Are you saving them from a lifetime of humiliation and ridicule or are you sending the message that if there’s something different about you that you shouldn’t accept it and you should fix it, even if it requires money and pain? sometimes that answer can only be determined by the child themselves and how they feel about their ears. sometimes that answer lies within how a parent chooses to explain the situation and how they are going to go about resolving it.

Often enlisting the help of a psychiatric specialist or two can assist a parent in determining what is really in the child’s best interest, but that is impossible to do without the child’s input. a child who is already the brunt of jokes may outwardly detest their ears because everyone else does. They were taught to hate them. unfortunately because children have a habit of being devoid of rational thinking on occasion, fixing the ears may not change how they feel about them. They were already taught to hate them.

A young child may have a difficult time adjusting to their new look. without logical thinking, they may not realize that changing an outside body part does not change who you are on the inside. They may not see themselves any longer and they may find that quite traumatic and disruptive to development. other children may simply respond to everyone else’s response and love their new ears and still feel exactly like themselves. their reaction is dependent upon their personality and the adults in their life.

Plastic surgery for children without severe oddities that cause ridicule or actual disfigurements are not considered good candidates for cosmetic surgery. Children who undergo cosmetic surgery for issues like having their father’s nose which displeases a divorced mother tend to suffer deep emotional trauma and self esteem issues. Cosmetic surgery for children should only be considered with the child’s consent.

Cosmetic Surgery for Older Children

There are some adolescents who feel that cosmetic surgery is something they could benefit from. this can be a difficult decision for parents. Teenagers tend to change so quickly and over time their self image may actually improve. However, turning to cosmetic surgery in order to create the illusion of perfection in their lives by attempting to attain perfection in their body is dangerous, and most surgeons will not consider a cosmetic procedure on a teenager who is not socially and emotionally well adjusted. In fact all adolescents can expect to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine the child has an appropriate state of mind.

Again a parent of a teenager wanting to have cosmetic surgery will have to struggle with the lesson they may teach their child. There is value in learning to love oneself exactly as is. Yet if a surgical procedure can alleviate a source a great anxiety and enhance the self esteem is that really a bad thing?

Cosmetic Surgery on Athletes

It has become acceptable these days to perform cosmetic surgery on athletes, particularly those whose body shape detracts from the desired norm. Figure skater, gymnasts, dancers, and performers have undergone cosmetic surgery prior to the age of eighteen, mostly to remove any signs of natural development such as breasts. In these sports, breasts are considered a detraction and many parents are having their daughters’ breasts basically removed.

There are several child advocacy groups that have tried to remove children from their parents’ care for undergoing this procedure, although none of them have been successful. it is not yet known what the effects of this process will likely cause, but professional speculation states that the results will not be positive. Many teens give up the majority of their normal adolescent experience for their sport. Some may consider just another run of the mill sacrifice.

Children with significant disfigurements are naturally saved from a lifetime of poor self esteem and ridicule when they undergo cosmetic surgery for children. Those with mild disfigurements have been shown to do well after the procedure has been completed and an appropriate adjustment period has passed. Children tend to be resilient beings and can typically bounce back from the changes of cosmetic surgery, but great care should be taken in the entire process to alleviate fear and teach valuable lessons along the way.

While we don’t want to teach our children it is necessary to change in order to fit in, it can be beneficial to protect them if possible. Every parent wants their child to have as close to a normal life as possible. Naturally this decision can cause great anguish to a parent. even after consulting numerous psychologists and doctors there can be doubt and hesitation in knowing what is right for any particular child. the best way to begin to understand what is right is to be as educated as possible about cosmetic surgery and all it has to offer and all of its drawbacks.

The more a person understands the cosmetic surgery industry the more they can understand what to expect and what expectations are just too high. Finding adequate resources on the internet can be a challenge all it own, and finding a resource that is not interested in anything other than educating the public and offering a realistic forum for such issues.

If you are interested in finding out more information on this or any other form of plastic surgery, take a moment and stop by lifeplasticsurgery to find unbiased reporting and fair representation of the facts and procedures. this is not a decision to make alone, and having a community of people looking for their own right answers can make a huge impact.

Cosmetic Surgery For Children

Plastic Surgery Statistics Show Teen Trends

The older we get the more we feel as though our childhoods flew by. when we are in it, though, especially in our teens, we can feel each day creep by. when we get older, we often wish that we could have given our younger selves some advice on how to improve our self-esteem at a much younger age, rather than wasting one’s teens and twenties on low self worth. It looks like some teens don’t need this advice, as they are seeking change for themselves when they experience discomfort or dislike of certain features. This is just one of the reasons that 1.3% of plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures performed in 2010 in the United States was on teens, whether surgical and nonsurgical. Maybe they took a cue from their parents and wanted to skip the step of hating this or that about their figure or features, but some saved up their allowances and summer job wages to help them transition out of teen discomfort into young adult confidence.

The fact is the longer any man or woman doesn’t feel comfortable in his or her own skin, the more damage is done to their self-esteem in the long term. It has been shown to affect social abilities, academic completions, and career pursuits throughout one’s life. So some teens are taking their confidence and potential successes into their own hands, and today plastic surgery is one of the number one ways that the financially fortunate, whether teen or adult, can affect the physical changes they want to see on themselves.

Teen plastic surgery has been a recurring trend throughout the history of cosmetic procedures. It is used to perform corrective surgery after injury, asymmetrical breasts, breast reduction, nose jobs, and gynecomastia, a type of breast reduction for young boys who are overweight, for decades. Teens may have represented 1.3 percent of the total amount of cosmetic procedures performed in 2010, but many of the procedures that they continue to flock to are not the dramatic vain changes that one would expect. Ear surgery (otoplasty) and breast reduction surgery exceed liposuction. As far as non-surgical procedures were concerned, they most often opted for the benefits of laser hair removal and chemical peels to help improve the appearance of their skin. most of the repetitive topical cosmetic changes included scar removal, tattoo removal, or chemical peels, which lead the pack in cosmetic procedures that teens have performed in any year, according to the annual trending data of the leading plastic surgery statistics reporting authority, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS).

Plastic Surgery Statistics Show Teen Trends

What You Need to Know About Mole Removal Before You Cause Any Scar

Mole removal depends upon the type of mole that you have on your body or face. if you have a mole that is simply causing cosmetic distress, you can opt for mole removal done by laser surgery. Laser surgery is the easiest way to get rid of a mole that will cause the least amount of scarring. When you have a mole that is troubling you, you should talk to your doctor about getting the mole removed.

If a mole is on your face, it could be a mole that has been there since birth. in some cases, the mole can be removed as early as possible so that any scarring could be minimized. Some parents will have the mole removal as soon as possible so that the child does not have to go through his or her life with a disfiguring mole on his or her face.

There are other types of mole removal that are used to remove a typical moles. A typical moles are those that can be pre-cancerous. They do not look like regular moles. They may be different colors, have uneven borders, be extremely large or be asymmetrical. Asymmetrical means that if you cut the mole in half, it is not even on both sides. in most cases, the mole is not dangerous, but a doctor may want to do a biopsy to see if the mole has any cancerous cells.

There are many types of moles that require mole removal. most of them are not melanoma, which is the most aggressive and life threatening of all skin cancers. The symptoms above describe those typical in melanoma. other moles that can be less threatening types of skin cancer that are subject to mole removal. any mole that is suspicious should be seen by a doctor. They can then advise you on the type of method that is right for your case.

If you have a mole that is suspicious, your doctor will most likely advise a punch biopsy. A punch biopsy is an easy procedure that will take place in the office of the doctor. They will perform a mole removal and then send a sample to the lab to be looked at by a pathologist. it is important to note that only about 20 percent of moles sent in for this type of biopsy are melanoma. others are other types of skin cancer that are relatively harmless. even if it is melanoma, if caught early, the prognosis is excellent.

What You Need to Know About Mole Removal Before You Cause Any Scar

Braun: As 3-year-old fights brain cancer, strangers support family

BUDD LAKE — little Joey Johnson, his arms and legs thin for a toddler, lies on a couch in his Budd Lake living room, aware he is sick and hurting, unaware he has become the inspiration for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people, people who have never seen him. His half-lidded eyes track visitors and he offers a weak, “Hello.”

One of Joey’s frequent visitors is Marcie Furlong, an executive with AON, who doesn’t have the time to do much else beyond working and caring for her family, including four young children, ages two to 10. Yet she has somehow found the time for Joey and his family.

“I’ve never done anything like this before, never had this kind of experience,” says Furlong, 38, who lives in Denville.

She heard about Joey from a neighbor, contacted his parents Joe and Michele Johnson, and became a leading voice for the beleaguered family trying to cope, not just with the demands of Joey’s overwhelming illness, but also with more practical issues, like how to pay for expenses not covered by insurance, including frequent stays in New York City while Joey receives chemotherapy at New York University’s Langone Medical Center.

“I’ve never met a family with so much hope and so much faith,” says Furlong, who runs the Joey Johnson Fund. “It makes you want to do something for them, for Joey.”

The little boy was diagnosed with brain cancer shortly after Thanksgiving last year. His story first appeared here four months ago and, in a matter of days, the fund’s post office box was jammed with nearly a thousand letters, many of them containing cash and checks. The contributions are still coming in, nearly $20,000 so far, Furlong says.

“We received one contribution of $500 — and another of one dollar that came with a letter of apology,” she says. “People are so kind.”

What happened to the Johnsons spurred dozens of fund-raisers, including concerts and a motorcycle rally that raised more than $10,000. The Johnsons can’t keep track of all the events — and they confess to feeling awkward to be receiving so much.

“We’re more fortunate than most,’” says Michele. Joe, 32, a former Marine combat veteran in Iraq, is a Stanhope policeman with good health benefits and compassionate colleagues who donated their time off so he could stay home for six months with Joey. Still, their expenses mount — and could get much higher — as they seek effective treatments for their son.

Joe has gone back to work. Michele, 31, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, says she “forgot” about her own treatments while she took care of Joey and now has difficulty walking. Her mother, Martha Zelasny of Succasunna, gave up her own job to be with the family.

The little boy is on his third treatment protocol at NYU. The first two failed to eliminate the cancer but the last scans show his condition remains “stable.” The family is worried that problems removing fluids from his brain might require surgery — and that would mean taking Joey off treatment, perhaps for as long as a month.

“We don’t know what will happen if he misses treatments for that long,” says Joe. “We’re afraid the cancer might begin to grow again.”

Joey faces tests Monday to determine whether the surgery is necessary. Michele says what she wants more than money are the prayers of those who believe they are effective. a devout Catholic, she prays repeatedly for her son. she keeps a plastic bag filled slips of paper on which are written prayers sent in by strangers. The letters she cherishes the most are those from other parents who believe their children were saved by prayer.

“We’re doing everything we can, the doctors are doing everything they can, so now it’s up to God, really,” says Michele. “We really believe Joey will be our miracle.”

The Johnson’s faith drew a lot of the response to their son’s story. Many readers sent Mass cards and promises to pray for the little boy.

“There’s just something about this family, and that little boy,” says Furlong. their story changed her life, she says. In 1999, a close relative was killed in a car accident. she remembers losing her faith and tearing a religious medal from her neck, throwing it away. a so-called Miraculous Medal, familiar to all Catholics. “I was done with God,” she says.

But, the other day, while she sits by Joey and leans over to kiss him, a new medal can be seen, dangling from a chain around her neck.

“Because of Joey,”she says.

The family can be contacted at Joey Johnson Fund, c/o Marcie Furlong, PO Box 389, Denville, NJ 07834. Michele blogs about Joey on www.caringbridge.org/visit/joeyjjohnson.

More Bob Braun columns:

• Braun: little boy’s brain cancer struggle softened by outpouring of support

• Braun: Rutgers interim president charged with making UMDNJ merger a reality

• Braun: those who seek gun control after Colorado theater shootings are courageous, not grandstanders

• Braun: Tears for a life caught up in a green-card maze

Braun: As 3-year-old fights brain cancer, strangers support family

Plastic surgery ‘won’t leave you as good as new’

Treating serious burns with reconstructive plastic surgery will not lead to a complete recovery, experts warn.

Dr Sylvia Angerer, acting chief of plastic surgery at Mafraq Hospital, said operating on children was particularly difficult because of the sensitivity of their skin.

Her department often sees newborns with burns covering more than half their bodies.

“In many cases, babies get burned from water [in] the bathtub when parents accidentally turn on the tap and hot water is pouring out,” she said. “The water temperature isn’t regulated and in the summer months even the cold water can get very hot.”

To treat a burn, all of the burnt tissue is removed and this is followed by skin grafts, where healthy skin is taken from another part of the body and transferred on to the burn.

“The problem with children is that they don’t have a lot of skin available,” Dr Angerer said. “In many cases the burns aren’t deep, but because the skin is thin it’s more prone to complications.”

Patients often have to wear a compression garment that is tightly wrapped around the wound for six months to a year to prevent scarring.

Plastic surgery does not mean you will come out looking as good as new, Dr Angerer said. “After a burn accident the patient will have disfiguring scarring no matter how well you operate,” she said.

Recovery time ranges from two weeks to two months.

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Plastic surgery ‘won’t leave you as good as new’

The Peer Group-Plastic Surgery Center

With the summer slowly approaching, one thing that many of us have in mind is not only the humidity it brings, but how to upkeep our skin with the overbearing sun!  it is no longer sit outside and bake like our parents did back then.  More and more studies have proven that not only is too much sun exposure harmful to our skin, but also the ever so popular tanning indoors.  For the most part, sun exposure with the correct sunscreen and a healthy allotted time is fine, but for those over doing it. . . those signs of damage will soon arise.  So with that, Brittany Connors – Entertainment Reporter for Clubzone.fm and I arrived at The Peer Group Plastic Surgery Center to not only get you the 411 on Summer Skin Care and the healthy preparations, but we take you in for a behind the scenes treatment called Dermaplaning.

Dermaplaning is not so new to the States, but very popular in Europe.  it is considered a “manual exfoliation.”  I asked Stephanie Shultis, Skin Care Consultant, would she say Dermaplaning was best compared to let’s say 1 million washes…she said not even close.  this procedure removes the outer most layer of your dead skin cells allowing the newest cells to literally shine.  Dermaplaning is what I call the “Red Carpet Glow.”  Brittany had a beautiful healthy glow after the procedure and I can not wait for you to see!

On top of this procedure, Stephanie had given Brittany a VISIA Complexion Analysis Report which is computer controlled facial photography.  With this technology, Stephanie was able to show us any areas that may be damaged on the skin, percentage of wrinkles and the overall texture.  Shortly after the procedure, Stephanie had a one on one consultation with Brittany about the procedure and her overall “prescription” to keep that healthy glow!

So sit back and relax as Brittany and I take you behind the scenes at The Peer Group Plastic Surgery Center. . .

Before                                                                                                                                                             After

The Peer Group-Plastic Surgery Center

Pippa Middleton Replaces The Queen; Joins Kate Middleton At Wimbledon Finals

The Queen was supposed to join Kate Middleton in the royal box to root on British boy Andy Murray as he took on Roger Federer in the Wimbledon finals this morning but we were all in for a shock when Kate’s sister Pippa Middleton got out of the car to join her sister instead.

There was an article in the Daily Mail yesterday all about how people are worried that the Middletons are taking their rise in society too seriously and writer, Amanda Platell, cited the fact that Pippa and her parents have been constants in the royal box since the tournament started two weeks ago and that Carol Middleton now wears a regal signet ring on her left hand bearing the new family crest. what will Ms. Platell think of this new development? not only is Pippa in the royal box again, but she’s taking the Queen’s place! Prince William and the Queen couldn’t make it because they actually work.

I have to say, I’m a little relieved the Queen’s a no show – and not because I want to see Pippa and Kate giggling the entire time, playing with their hair and searching for the cameras – although I am counting the minutes until they do. I’m no Murray fan. I want Roger to win his seventh Wimbledon so he can tie Pete Sampras’ record. I DO NOT want a British man to win Wimbledon this year. Before you sh-t all over me for that, let me explain. England is having a stellar year. It had the Queen’s Jubilee, the upcoming London Olympics, and if you believe some people, a royal baby announcement soon. Enough’s enough! you can’t have a British man winning Wimbledon too! That’s not fair. I will not stand for it! I’m a greedy, selfish, self absorbed America – get over it.

So to get back to my point. the last time a British woman won Wimbledon was in 1977 and the Queen was there to award the trophy. It just happened to be her Silver Jubilee year. when I heard that I thought Murray winning this year was fate. but the Queen isn’t showing! so I’m thinking the earth balanced itself out again. And perhaps, the Queen in her infinite selfless dignity thought with the whole kingdom watching Murray play, it would be best to give his nerves a rest and stay at home. Kate and Pippa don’t think that way – thank God. the Middleton sisters will be right up on him watching every stroke. Poor guy has got to be nervous! the match starts soon so I’m going to wrap this up. Who are you rooting for? do you think Kate and Pippa are doing Murray more harm than good by being there? do you thinks Kate’s baby bump will overshadow the game? is anyone annoyed Pippa’s in the royal box again? let me know!

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