Cosmetic surgery is no longer the unthinkable subject as it was earlier when it was generally viewed as idiocy driven by extreme narcissism. Times have certainly changed for the good, all-embracing mentality that cosmetic surgery is not about frantic attempts at restoring the long lost glamour, but often concerned with difficult health conditions. Cosmetic surgery is a subspecialty of medicine and surgery that distinctively restricts itself to the improvement of appearance, irregularity and defects through surgical and non-surgical techniques. It is particularly concerned with preserving normal appearance or reinstates it, or enhancing it beyond the actual level toward some ideal level. Cosmetic surgery is a multi-disciplinary and comprehensive approach directed to all areas of the body
Men want to look good
Cosmetic surgery helps not only to look better, but also to feel better. Those who look for cosmetic surgery generally have an upbeat self-image, despite being oddly focused on one or more aspects of their appearance which others may or may not recognize.
Postoperative benefits include personal well being due to positive self-image and improve family and social interactions. Men understand that wrinkles, dark spots, lines in the nasolabial folds, crow’s feet, sagging eyelids, receding hairline and double chins can make them look old, exhausted, and may become less competitive on the job.
In the past few years, middle-aged men between 35 and 50 had most cosmetic surgical procedures performed by them. Nearly 47 percent accounted for the total cosmetic surgeries performed and that is still expected to increase this year. Figures show that 51 to 64 age group and 19 to 34 age group accounted for nearly 24 percent in the total. . Liposuction, Rhinoplasty, hair transplantation, Male Breast Reduction, Facelift is the top 5 surgical cosmetic surgery procedures in 2007.
Men complain most about the droopy eyelids, baldness, lines and wrinkles, sagging necks, to name a few. Hair transplantation tops the list of the most popular cosmetic surgical procedures, followed by liposuction, nose surgery, collagen injections and microdermabrasion
Few of the popular male Cosmetic Surgery Procedures
1. Tummy Tuck: Abdominoplasty is a procedure for the removal of excessive fat and from the abdomen and around the waist
2. Liposuction - elimination of extra fat from the body by surgery
3. Facelift - facial surgery to make it look younger and eliminates ageing signs
4. Rhinoplasty-nose lift
5. Mini Facelift: alternative to the full facelift also called two stitch lift aimed at restoring of facial skin with minimal scarring.
6. Breast Reduction Surgery: gynaecomastia for men is the procedure to eliminate the unusual increase of tissues in chest area.
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