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Tummy Tuck Scar Removal

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Tummy tuck is probably one of the most popular procedure in mommy makeover surgery, which is a term coined to describe any aesthetic operation that aims to reverse the effects of pregnancy.  Meanwhile, the procedure is sometimes called TT and abdominoplasty.

The surgery involves a horizontal incision below the navel and slightly above the pubic area, allowing doctors to trim off the hanging skin and reshape the weakened abdominal muscle.

Of course the incision results to scar, how obvious and long it would appear is determined by the length of excision, genetics, and skin color (studies have suggested that darker complexion is more prone to keloids than lighter skin).  The way a patient takes care of her incision during recovery also dictates the degree of scarring.

Before discussing the tummy tuck scar removal treatments, patients should first understand why this “blemish” forms after surgery.  To put it succinctly, scar tissue serves as a ”glue” that binds the traumatized skin.

Currently, the most popular tummy tuck scar removal treatments contain silicone, which has been found to hydrate the scar and encourage faster recovery—things that can reduce the appearance of scarring, particularly the keloid and hypertrophic type.

Silicone scar treatments are available in gel and sheets.  some doctors prefer sheets because they won’t stick to or stain clothing.  However, there are still who prefer combining sheets and gels to achieve the best result possible.

Topical scar treatments should only be used when the incision is closed, the skin is healed, and there is no crusting in the area.  Doctors typically recommend them one to two weeks after the stitches are removed, or sometimes longer depending on the appearance of wound.

Other commonly used scar treatments include digital massage, laser treatment, and TAC injection.

Aside from using scar treatments, unnecessary scarring after tummy tuck can be further avoided by reducing tension on the wound’s edges, and protecting the incision site from UV light for six months to a year following surgery.

UV lights from the sun and tanning beds can lead to hyper-pigmentation of the skin, resulting to a more obvious scar.  if this element cannot be completely avoided, patients should at least use protective clothing and sunscreen with high SPF.

Cosmetic Surgery Blogger @ June 3, 2012

Tummy Tuck Scar Removal

How to Get a Thinner Nose Without Plastic Surgery

Always dreamed of having a thinner nose but you are not willing to go through a surgical procedure to achieve it? now you can have a thin nose without having to go to the operating room. As a makeup artist in Miami, these are the easy to follow steps I recommend to my clients. with a few inexpensive makeup tools, you too can have that thinner-nose look you have always desired in a few minutes

Here’s what you’ll need to achieve your new look:

2 shades of cream foundation or correctors: use a foundation or corrector 1 to 2 shades darker than your skin color and the other one brighter than your skin color Instructions:

Start out by drawing a brighter line at the middle of the nose drawing one straight line from the bridge all the way down to the tip of the nose. You can make this line using a makeup sponge.

Then take the darker foundation or corrector and with the makeup sponge apply it alongside both sides of the nose.

To finish off, take the regular foundation that you also use for your skin and apply it on your face and over the lines you have drawn. However, be very careful not to erase your work: gently pad the nose area with a sponge soaked on your regular foundation to make sure the lines you drew remain intact, except you will put your own foundation over it so that your face complexion looks even. Yet you will be able to see the brand new thinner nose you have just created

Have fun thinning out your nose

How to Get a Thinner Nose Without Plastic Surgery

Want to be a sexier man? Eat more fruits, veggies

Forget the gym or plastic surgery: Men looking to attract the opposite sex need only load up on fruits and veggies to achieve a healthier skin tone, according to a new study. In a study from the University of Nottingham in Malaysia, researchers found that women find men with a "golden" skin tone more appealing than those with defined masculine facial features, such as a defined jawline. Head researcher Ian Stephen, a psychologist with the university, and his colleagues took photographs of 34 white and 41 black men’s faces, measuring both the color and masculinity of their faces. "We used this [computer] technique to mathematically compare the shape of the men’s faces to a similar sample of women’s faces from the same populations," Stephen said in statement. they then showed the photos to 62 women, about half black and half white, who then rated the attractiveness of the men. For both ethnic groups, facial masculinity wasn’t nearly as important as skin tone — although skin tone only mattered when women rated men of their own race. Researchers cited this as being perhaps because the women were unable to detect subtle skin color variations in men of other ethnicities. How to achieve the coveted golden hue? Stephen attributes this to carotenoid pigments of the fruits and vegetables in our diet, Stephen explained, adding that those plant pigments may promote health and fertility. The study was published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior. "our study shows that being healthy may be the best way for men to look attractive," he said. "We know that you can achieve a more healthy-looking skin color by eating more fruit and vegetables, so that would be a good start."

DON’T FORGET TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR SKIN IN THE SUN this research builds on another study by Stephen and his team that found that when subjects ate five extra portions of fruit and vegetables a day for two months, they were rated as more attractive thanks to the carotenoid-induced "golden" hue of their skin, stated the researchers. The study was published in December 2010 by the same journal. on Friday, health website LiveScience reported that previous studies have suggested that heterosexual women find men with manly faces — prominent cheek bones, heavy brows, and a defined jaw line — most attractive, particularly during ovulation.

Want to be a sexier man? Eat more fruits, veggies

To Save America, We Must Dethrone King Obama

America’s first black president has morphed into America’s first king. All hail King Obama, our supreme ruler. Think about this folks, King Obama has put together his royal court of an unprecedented 32 czars who only answer to him. His czars consist of people who have socialist and communist leanings, many simply do not like America. King Obama’s czars, without congressional over sight, set new rules and regulations for our lives; boldly ignoring laws and the U.S. Constitution. given Obama’s unprecedented government overreaches, when we vote him out in 2012, will His Royal Obamaness surrender the Oval Office? just kidding. such a concern is a bit over the top. right? right?meanwhile, displaying an amazing total disregard for the sanctity of freedom, guess who cheers on Obama’s every unprecedented lawless “power grab” and dis ofthe Constitution; the despicable liberal media. Most of the mainstream media are liberals promoting their progressive/socialist agenda while calling it journalism. a liberal black presidential candidate was their dream come true. Obama’s skin color was a gift from the liberal gods; the ultimate political trump card. the Left exploits Obama’s black skin color as their “Weapon of Mass Intimidation”; a coat of armor insulating him from all opposition and reasonable critique. Any supplicant daring to question or oppose His Royal Obamaness is forced to endure the liberal media’s “shock and awe” battery of accusations of racism and violent intentions. is it unfair to say Obama governs more like our king rather than our president? you be the judge. Obamacare was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge. King Obama basically said “screw that! I’m implementing it anyway”.a federal ruling said King Obama’s deep offshore drilling moratorium in Louisiana is illegal and ordered it lifted. Again, King Obama simply ignored the federal ruling. King Obama wants to force health workers to perform abortions whether they like it or not. the “Conscience Rule” protects health workers who refuse to participate in abortions or other medical procedures that go against their moral and religious beliefs. King Obama is working on rescinding that law. If we have learned nothing else from the passing of Obamacare against the will of 70% of the American people we learned, legal processes be damned, whatever King Obama wants, King Obama gets.And, let us not forget that King Obama fired the CEO and took over a private sector auto company. thus, the birth of King Obama Motors.the new Black Panther Party is guilty of voter intimidation in Philadelphia. King Obama refuses to press charges against the new Black Panthers; now get this folks, because they are black. His royal enforcer, Attorney General, Eric Holder, who is black, told the House Appropriations subcommittee that the new Black Panther voter intimidation case demeans “my people.” Holder went on to explain that the suffering of African Americans seeking the right to vote in the South in the 60s far surpass the intimidation white voters recently endured in Philadelphia. So much for any pretense of King Obama dispensing equal justice to all Americans. We’re talkin’ Affirmative Action justice.bottom line, King Obama is out of control. In 2012, we the People MUST raise up with pitchforks of votes to end King Obama’s tyrannous reign. American as we know and love it could be lost. Defeat is not an option.as Vice Chair of the Campaign to Defeat Obama in 2012, I sincerely covet your support. we are gathering “one Million People to Defeat Barack Obama 2012″. please join us!Lloyd Marcus, Proud Unhyphenated American

With ObamaCARE now passed, containing the Cornhusker Kickback, Gator-Aid, the Lousiana Purchase, and other shady deals, Investors Business Daily gives up 20 ways that ObamaCARE will take away our freedoms. IBD’s sections described below are taken from HR 3590 as agreed to by the Senate and from the reconciliation bill which takes out the Cornhusker Kickback and Gator-Aid as displayed by the Rules Committee.

1. you are young and don’t want health insurance? you are starting up a small business and need to minimize expenses, and one way to do that is to forego health insurance? Tough. you have to pay $750 annually for the “privilege.” (Section 1501)

2. you are young and healthy and want to pay for insurance that reflects that status? Tough. You’ll have to pay for premiums that cover not only you, but also the guy who smokes three packs a day, drink a gallon of whiskey and eats chicken fat off the floor. That’s because insurance companies will no longer be able to underwrite on the basis of a person’s health status. (Section 2701).

3. you would like to pay less in premiums by buying insurance with lifetime or annual limits on coverage? Tough. Health insurers will no longer be able to offer such policies, even if that is what customers prefer. (Section 2711).

4. Think you’d like a policy that is cheaper because it doesn’t cover preventive care or requires cost-sharing for such care? Tough. Health insurers will no longer be able to offer policies that do not cover preventive services or offer them with cost-sharing, even if that’s what the customer wants. (Section 2712).

5. you are an employer and you would like to offer coverage that doesn’t allow your employers’ slacker children to stay on the policy until age 26? Tough. (Section 2714).

6. you must buy a policy that covers ambulatory patient services, emergency services, hospitalization, maternity and newborn care, mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment; prescription drugs; rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices; laboratory services; preventive and wellness services; chronic disease management; and pediatric services, including oral and vision care.

You’re a single guy without children? Tough, your policy must cover pediatric services. You’re a woman who can’t have children? Tough, your policy must cover maternity services. You’re a teetotaler? Tough, your policy must cover substance abuse treatment. (Add your own violation of personal freedom here.) (Section 1302).

7. Do you want a plan with lots of cost-sharing and low premiums? Well, the best you can do is a “Bronze plan,” which has benefits that provide benefits that are actuarially equivalent to 60% of the full actuarial value of the benefits provided under the plan. Anything lower than that, tough. (Section 1302 (d) (1) (A))

8. you are an employer in the small-group insurance market and you’d like to offer policies with deductibles higher than $2,000 for individuals and $4,000 for families? Tough. (Section 1302 (c) (2) (A).

9. If you are a large employer (defined as at least 101 employees) and you do not want to provide health insurance to your employee, then you will pay a $750 fine per employee (It could be $2,000 to $3,000 under the reconciliation changes). Think you know how to better spend that money? Tough. (Section 1513).

10. you are an employer who offers health flexible spending arrangements and your employees want to deduct more than $2,500 from their salaries for it? Sorry, can’t do that. (Section 9005 (i)).

11. If you are a physician and you don’t want the government looking over your shoulder? Tough. the Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized to use your claims data to issue you reports that measure the resources you use, provide information on the quality of care you provide, and compare the resources you use to those used by other physicians. of course, this will all be just for informational purposes. It’s not like the government will ever use it to intervene in your practice and patients’ care. of course not. (Section 3003 (i))

12. If you are a physician and you want to own your own hospital, you must be an owner and have a “Medicare provider agreement” by Feb. 1, 2010. (Dec. 31, 2010 in the reconciliation changes.) If you didn’t have those by then, you are out of luck. (Section 6001 (i) (1) (A))

13. If you are a physician owner and you want to expand your hospital? Well, you can’t (Section 6001 (i) (1) (B). unless, it is located in a country where, over the last five years, population growth has been 150% of what it has been in the state (Section 6601 (i) (3) ( E)). And then you cannot increase your capacity by more than 200% (Section 6001 (i) (3) (C)).

14. you are a health insurer and you want to raise premiums to meet costs? Well, if that increase is deemed “unreasonable” by the Secretary of Health and Human Services it will be subject to review and can be denied. (Section 1003)

15. the government will extract a fee of $2.3 billion annually from the pharmaceutical industry. If you are a pharmaceutical company what you will pay depends on the ratio of the number of brand-name drugs you sell to the total number of brand-name drugs sold in the U.S. So, if you sell 10% of the brand-name drugs in the U.S., what you pay will be 10% multiplied by $2.3 billion, or $230,000,000. (Under reconciliation, it starts at $2.55 billion, jumps to $3 billion in 2012, then to $3.5 billion in 2017 and $4.2 billion in 2018, before settling at $2.8 billion in 2019 (Section 1404)). Think you, as a pharmaceutical executive, know how to better use that money, say for research and development? Tough. (Section 9008 (b)).

16. the government will extract a fee of $2 billion annually from medical device makers. If you are a medical device maker what you will pay depends on your share of medical device sales in the U.S. So, if you sell 10% of the medical devices in the U.S., what you pay will be 10% multiplied by $2 billion, or $200,000,000. Think you, as a medical device maker, know how to better use that money, say for R&D? Tough. (Section 9009 (b)).

The reconciliation package turns that into a 2.9% excise tax for medical device makers. Think you, as a medical device maker, know how to better use that money, say for research and development? Tough. (Section 1405).

17. the government will extract a fee of $6.7 billion annually from insurance companies. If you are an insurer, what you will pay depends on your share of net premiums plus 200% of your administrative costs. So, if your net premiums and administrative costs are equal to 10% of the total, you will pay 10% of $6.7 billion, or $670,000,000. In the reconciliation bill, the fee will start at $8 billion in 2014, $11.3 billion in 2015, $1.9 billion in 2017, and $14.3 billion in 2018 (Section 1406).Think you, as an insurance executive, know how to better spend that money? Tough.(Section 9010 (b) (1) (A and B).)

18. If an insurance company board or its stockholders think the CEO is worth more than $500,000 in deferred compensation? Tough.(Section 9014).

19. you will have to pay an additional 0.5% payroll tax on any dollar you make over $250,000 if you file a joint return and $200,000 if you file an individual return. What? you think you know how to spend the money you earned better than the government? Tough. (Section 9015).

That amount will rise to a 3.8% tax if reconciliation passes. It will also apply to investment income, estates, and trusts. you think you know how to spend the money you earned better than the government? Like you need to ask. (Section 1402).

20. If you go for cosmetic surgery, you will pay an additional 5% tax on the cost of the procedure. Think you know how to spend that money you earned better than the government? Tough. (Section 9017).

To Save America, We Must Dethrone King Obama