Beauty Tips, Health & Plastic Surgery

3 Ways To Get Rid Of Pesky Cellulite Dimples

Rachel Mathews — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:54:54 +0000

Women worry about cellulite, it’s a fact. They worry that others see it, they worry about what to wear to hide it and don’t partake in particular activities as to avoid having others see it.

Thankfully you don’t have to hide from it any more. You can reduce the appearance of those pesky dimples and I’ve got 3 things you can get started with today to do so.

Get a good Topical Treatment Cream: There’s lots of buzz around topical anti cellulite creams. Some people say they work, others say they’re scams. Let me put my word in by saying that the products do work, how ever you can’t expect a miracle over night and you have to choose the right product.
Look for cellulite creams that contain caffeine and other stimulant ingredients. This gets the blood flowing to the area and helps pull toxins away and open metabolic pathways in the body.
Exercise: There’s lots of talk about exercise not being able to reduce cellulite and on it’s own it can’t do everything. How ever exercising the key areas where you have cellulite on your body will reduce the visibility of dimples.
Combine exercise with a great topical cream treatment like we talked about above and you’re ahead of the game
Drink Water: This seems like a no brainier when we’re talking about weight loss but it can be the same for cellulite. You need to drink lots of water to flush out your system. IT’s important that you don’t hold any water weight and you need be hydrated for both exercise and getting rid of toxins.
Again water on it’s own isn’t just going to pull cellulite out of your body but these three steps combined will help you feel better not just about your cellulite but about your over all health to.

Removing Stretch Marks

Rachel Mathews — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:18:11 +0000

Most if not all people have at some point had to deal with the presence of stretch marks on their body. Around the belly, on the back, on the legs, wherever they appear they can often turn an unotherwise beautiful piece of skin into something quite hideous. The causes are of course numerous but in most cases it’s due to either a rapid gain or loss of body weight e.g. pregnancy, weight lifting, crash dieting.

This article looks at the various solutions and products available on the market that can help eliminate and or reduce the visibility of those marks, so lets get straight into it.

The Common Problem

Stretch marks can appear anywhere on the body but simply put some places on the body seem to feature them more than others. Examples include the buttocks, abdomen, upper arms, underarms, inner and outer thighs, hips, and of course the breast area. I just want to stress at this point that although stretch marks pose no health risks and/or harm to your body they are unsightly and this alone is an acceptable reason for us to look for a solution.

The Creams & Oils

The majority of the early products included things like olive oils and creams which tended to focus more on fading the stretch marks rather than eliminating them, and to top it all off in many cases they did little more than reduce the redness and color around the stretch marks.

Other products which were heard of throughout most of the 80s and 90s included the classic Cocoa butter creams which claimed to be an effective moisturizer in preventing stretch marks from forming in the first place. Once again no research studies have shown that these methods prevent stretch marks or improve their appearance once a stretch mark has already formed. Creams sound like a quick and dirty way of ridding yourself of stretchmarks but in most cases they’ll either work perfectly or won’t work at all. We’ve reviewed some creams that do work at the end of this article.

Laser Treatments

Moving on from the creams there are many laser and micro dermabrasion treatments available that actually do work and help improve the appearance of existing stretch marks. Used daily for one month, there can be monumental improvements in the appearance of a stretch marks length, depth, and overall surface area.

The great thing about laser stretch mark removal is that it’s a 100% non invasive in office procedure that needs no recovery time at all. It works by sealing blood vessels that cause stretch marks to appear red, which will in turn minimize the appearance so much that they will either look invisible or simply disappear.

The laser in many cases can also activate collagen growth, which will attempt to close the scar that was created by the stretch mark in the first place. The only downside to this method is that in certain cases the body may suffer from some superficial tissue damage, certain stretch marks simply may not respond to the laser therapy, and you may develop blisters and other reactions to the treatment.

Fractional laser resurfacing is a variation of the conventional laser therapy techniques and uses scattered pulses of light to treat stretch marks. Only a small fraction of the scar is zapped by the laser over the course of several treatments which causes microscopic wounds on the scar allowing the body to respond with new collagen and epithelium.

In a 2007 a clinical trial was carried out on this cosmetic procedure where 5 out of 6 treatments resulted in the sufferers stretch marks improving by as much as 75 percent. Now that’s odds we like the sound of.

Cosmetic Surgery

The tummy tuck (and we’re going into cosmetic surgery here) is a slightly more extreme and albeit costly method which many celebrities follow up with after giving birth. By removing the skin from around the stomach area a successful tummy tuck will remove the bulge and the stretch marks that were developed during the pregnancy. This however is an extreme method and obviously only applies to stretch marks on the abdominal area. If you’ve got marks around your thighs, buttocks or back, you’re going to have to look for an alternative, so not really a great method in our books.

Creams For Prevention

We’ve already covered creams and confirmed that most either have extremely low success rates or simply don’t work at all. However despite all these problems there are creams that will help you prevent further stretch marks and in some cases even reduce the coloration of existing ones.

These creams don’t promise the permanent removal associated with laser but can and will prevent new marks from developing. As long as you’re realistic about what a cream can achieve, there’s no reason why selectively using creams won’t help you achieve your goals.

Our personal recommendation is a product from Revitol which we’ve found to work extremely well as a prevention cream, which in some cases also helps to dull down the coloration of existing marks. Head over to their site and you’ll find a no hype, straight forward site with a nice 90 day return policy. It’s worked great for the majority of women who’ve purchased so before you give laser a try, give the guys at Revitol a shot.

Are Wrinkles A Problem ?

Rachel Mathews — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:45:25 +0000

Get a face lift without having a face lift! Here are 10 skin care tips that you can follow without having to go under the knife.

Knowing your skin type is one of the most important skin care tip. This is important because not every skin care product suits everyone. In fact, all the skin care products specify the type of skin they cater too.
‘Drink a lot of water’. This will not keep your skin moist but will help in overall upkeep of your health (and in turn your skin). It might seem a bit awkward to some, however, this is an important skin care tip.
Only use the best anti wrinkle treatment creams that contain proven ingredients through clinical testing. Try if possible also to purchase products that come with a money back guarantee rather then you having to take all the risk that the product is going to work.
Cleanse your skin regularly (1-2 times everyday). A very effective skin care tip that helps in getting rid of the dirt and other harsh elements from your skin. Cleansing is especially important when you have been out of your house (and hence exposed to pollutants, dust etc). This skin care tip also advocates the use of Luke warm water for cleansing (hot and cold water, both, cause damage to your skin)
Be gentle, after all it’s your skin. Don’t scrub/exfoliate too hard or too often. Similarly, don’t apply too much or too many skin care products. A must-to-follow skin care tip.
Keep your skin moist at all times. This is one of the most important skin care tip. Don’t let your skin get dry. Dryness causes the outer layer of your skin to break, leading to a rough and unattractive appearance. Use moisturizers/ emollients. Moisturizers work best when applied while the skin is still damp.
Avoid the use of soap on your face. Soap should only be used from below the neck. A small but important skin care tip.
Use sunscreen to protect yourself from sun’s harmful UV radiations. You can use day-time moisturizers that have sunscreen built into them. Use them even when it’s cloudy. UV radiations are known to cause skin cancer, so follow this skin care tip without fail.
A bit of exercise and good sleep are essential too, not just for skin care but for your health as a whole. Lack of sleep can lead to formation of wrinkles below your eyes and lack of exercise can cause your skin to slack. Moreover, exercise and sleep also help in beating stress. So besides being a skin care tip, this is also a health care tip.
Treat skin dilemmas with care. This skin care tip is about not ignoring any skin dilemmas. Consult your dermatologist before you go on to use a skin care product (lest you do end up harming your skin even more).
Beat the stress. The harmful effects of stress are known to everyone, however, sometimes stating the obvious is essential too (and hence this skin care tip found its place here). Yes, stress harms skin too. So, take a break or indulge in a warm bubble bath or just get good sleep.

If the above tips still aren’t helping your skin it may simply be because of your age. Sagging and wrinkles are a common part of getting older so if you’re looking for that something extra to help smoothen away those wrinkles then take a look at some of the natural alternative medicines available below.

Breast Enlargement Dangers

Rachel Mathews — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:28:15 +0000

Did you know that 3% of people who get breast implants suffer from leakage within three years of having them done. The result a deflated implant and unequal sized breasts. It’s stats like these that can often make you wonder if breast implants are really worth their weight in gold. We’re going to take a look at some of the short comings of getting breast implants and possible problems you might have to deal with further down the line.

Leaking Implants

The implants used by most surgeons contain a saline fill which is basically just salt water. In the case of a leakage the water will be absorbed into the body without ill effects. Older implants however may contain a silicone gel which if leaks can do one of two things. If there is a breakage of the implant shell where a contracture scar has formed around it, then it may not feel like anything has happened.

However if the shell breaks and there is no contracture scar, then leakage into the surrounding tissue results, and the sensation that the implant is deflating will occur. The leaking gel may further collect in the breast and a new scar may form around it. In other cases gel can migrate through the lymphatic system to another area of the body.

Breaks like the above may require a second operation allowing the surgeon to replaceme the leaking implant. If the gel has migrated it may not be possible to remove all of the silicone gel. It’s this silicone gel that some say is related to the initiation of connective tissue disorders.

Other studies further enforce the problem of leaking implants showing that 63.6% of breast implants which had been in place for between one and 25 years had ruptured or were leaking. For more details on this stats click here

Leak Causes

For silicone gel and saline filled implants, some common causes of rupture or deflation include; damage by surgical instruments during surgery, overfilling or underfilling of the implant with saline solution (specific only to saline filled breast implants), capsular contracture, closed capsulotomy, stresses such as trauma or intense physical manipulation, excessive compression during mammographic imaging, placement through umbilical incision, site injury to the breast, normal aging of the implant, and lastly unknown and/or unexplained reasons.

To Implant Or Not To Implant

There’s plenty of people out there who haven’t had any problems with their implants and have continued to enjoy fuller, bigger breasts thanks to the procedures available. However breast implants require surgery and any form of surgery doesn’t come without it’s risks so do your research before you decide to get them done.

Top 4 Natural Breast Enhancing Products

For those of you that want fuller breasts but without the hassles of surgery then don’t forget to check out our article covering 4 of the top natural breast enlargement alternatives to surgery.

Cosmetic Surgery Demand Increases

Rachel Mathews — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:40:05 +0000

We all know cosmetic surgery is a hot commodity and right now due to price decreases and general levels of affordability increasing, more and more people are opting in for both minor and major plastic surgery procedures.

According to the ASAPS (The American Society of Plastic Surgery) In 2007 there were over 11 million cosmetic surgery procedures performed in the united states alone. 10 years earlier in 1997 the statistics were much lower and cosmetic surgery since then has increased by more than 400%.

The year is now 2009 and doctors are predicting a increase of more than 10% for this year alone.

The top 5 most popular cosmetic surgery procedures in 2007 were…

1. Liposuction.
2. Breast Augmentation.
3. Eye Lid Surgery.
4. Tummy Tuck Surgery.
5. Female Breast Reduction.

The top 5 most popular non cosmetic surgery procedures in 2007 were…

1. Botox
2. Hyaluronic Acid
3. Laser Hair Removal
4. Microdermabrasion
5. Laser skin resurfacing

6 Important Breast Augmentation Questions

Rachel Mathews — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 02:50:26 +0000

1. Why do you want Breast Augmentation Surgery and are you a Good Candidate?

Before considering breast augmentation surgery you should think about the reasons why you are going to do this, it’s important you are doing it for you own reasons and not for other people.

Are you a good candidate? Well if you are in good health and your expectations are realistic then you are probably a good candidate for breast augmentation surgery.

2. What Type of Implant do you Want?

There are 2 options available Saline & Cohesive Silicone A K A “The gummy bear implant”. Saline is made of salt water and the Silicone implant is made of cohesive silicone which does not leak if ruptured.

3. Are there risks involve?

Before going ahead with breast augmentation surgery you should do a lot of research online from friends, family and your local doctor, especially with risks involved with breast augmentation.
Breast Augmentation is a modern day surgery but risks are inevitable so be sure to be aware of what could go wrong with this procedure.

4. Should I stop smoking?

Yes, Yes & Yes, Smokers should QUIT smoking at least 7 weeks before surgery.

5. Are there any alternative for this procedure?

Yes there are, But these alternative may not have been approved by the FDA.

6. How much will this procedure cost?

The price of your breast augmentation surgery will depend entirely on the surgeon you choose. The price of your surgery should be discussed in full with your surgeon and then funding should be sorted out between you and your surgeon.

Did Angelina Jolie Have A Tummy Tuck?

Rachel Mathews — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:38:03 +0000

Claims being made by www.entertainmentwise.com are that Angelina Jolie underwent a tummy tuck procedure after giving birth to her twin babies, Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline. The star has denied all rumors of going under the knife to get her figure back, but onlookers are undecided due to how thin the actress is now.

Honestly we think she looks great and if she did have cosmetic surgery good for her it’s her choice. If you are considering Abdominalplasty and want more information about the procedure check our page giving some great tummy tuck information.