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Long Term Effects of Cosmetic Surgery
By Linda Ray, eHow Contributor
Long Term Effects of Cosmetic Surgery
In addition to the normal risks associated with surgery,
including roblems withanesthesia, infection and doctor error, there
are some hysical and sychological long!
term effects associated with cosmetic surgery" #ne of the
biggest threats to maintaining
the efficacy of a cosmetic rocedure is time" $ost cosmetic
rocedures that in%ol%e the
skin, such as face lifts, eye lifts and liosuction begin to lose
their %alue after about &'years" (dditional surgeries are most
often re)uired to maintain a cosmetic rocedure as
the atient ages"
1. Lifestyleo *hile time and aging affect a face lift or tummy
tuck e%entually, other
lifestyle factors can cause more immediate negati%e results"
Smoking willoffset many of the benefits of a cosmetic rocedure"
+irect eosure tonicotine can ad%ersely affect the benefits created
by eriodontal cosmetic
surgery by increasing the chance of gum disease and receding
gums"
Smoking in general imacts the body-s healing rocess and full
ner%erestoration is sometimes ne%er achie%ed in cosmetic surgery
atients who
smoke" .oor diet and lack of slee will shae the long!term effect
of
cosmetic surgery"
Psychological Effects
o *hen atients go into a cosmetic rocedure with realistic
eectations,
they tyically ha%e fa%orable sychological after effects, say
researchers at
the (merican .sychological (ssociation" .atients who eect the
surgeryto bring dramatic results in their lo%e life or who eect an
instant self!
esteem boost, may undergo eriods of deression or aniety" Those
with a
history of neurosis are more rone to negati%e sychological
reactions
following a cosmetic rocedure" +issatisfied atients may return
for more
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surgery or become self!destructi%e" *hile little research has
been
erformed on the long!term effects of cosmetic surgery on the
syche,
studies are being erformed that include training for cosmetic
surgeryro%iders on how to counsel atients rior to surgery"
Scars
o $ost cosmetic surgeons take great ains to hide and minimi/e
the scars
left from in%asi%e rocedures" The initial swelling and dark
scarsfollowing cosmetic surgery tyically fade within the first
coule months"
0ollow the doctor-s recommendations when caring for the incision
to
a%oid de%eloing a big scar" (%oid hea%y lifting or other
strenuousacti%ity for the first few months to allow the incision to
heal roerly and
almost disaear in the hairline or bathing suit line"
Markso Burst blood %essels are an uncommon but ossible side
effect from lastic
surgery that can become ermanent" They usually aear around the
site
of the surgery, on the nose or around the site of the incision"
Though
small, the small red dots often are ermanent"
Breast Implants
o #ngoing research continues in an effort to find out the
long!term effects of
breast imlants and the %arious methods by which they are
erformed"
(fter years of testing and research, the 0ederal +rug
(dministration10+(2 finally aro%ed the use of silicone gel imlants
in 3''4" The long!
term effects continue to be studied" Common side effects of
imroer
imlantation or from continued use include continual ain and
sensiti%ity,leakage and atient dissatisfaction with how their
breasts looked following
the rocedure" Read the 0+( tis on long!term effects of breast
imlants
to become fully informed of the risks rior to surgery"
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