Bigger, Easier, Better - LookingYourBest.com Reaches for the Next Level

LookingYourBest.com, the nationwide reference guide to a Who's Who of America's Plastic and Cosmetic Surgeons, offers more than just a bold new look with its comprehensive re-tooling. It offers an enhanced experience.

The first aspect of the new LookingYourBest.com that will surely catch the eye is the new layout and color scheme. The old, sterile layout with its pastel colors blending out to the window's edge has been supplanted by a sharp, clean page set against a rich chocolate tone, with deep rose accents and a commanding presence. In all the site wears a more focused, sophisticated feel that visitors are sure to appreciate.

The visual changes, however, belie the underlying metamorphosis that now makes it even easier to seek out doctors and procedures by multiple criteria. A simplified menu and site structure are two of the keys to the improved ease of use, despite the addition of even more data than before. LookingYourBest has long been an excellent source for finding and comparing professionals in aesthetic medicine, both locally and nationally. Now, the search function in both the gallery and surgeon areas has been simplified and visitors are treated to informative videos and 3D procedure animations to further enhance their search.

There's an important difference in the underpinnings as well, though a casual visitor may not even notice. Nevertheless, by streamlining the site's code, the programmers at LookingYourBest have sought to improve what is often the most important aspect of a web site; browsing speed. The new LookingYourBest.com loads faster and is more intuitive than ever.

Cosmetic Surgeons in San Diego

Many will agree that the differences between a work of art and a nice try can be downright subtle. In few instances are unassumingly minor details as evident as in portraiture. Is it because we humans are hardwired to see the slightest differences in the faces around us and interpret their meaning? The most insignificant change can have significant meaning, and most of the time we're not even truly aware of exactly what it was we perceived there.

There are those who see cosmetic surgery as pure science, and others who consider it art. With the aesthetic aspect inherent in so many cosmetic procedures, those who see art combined with the science would seem to have an legitimate point. As Doctor Karam, a board certified surgeon in San Diego, CA, says regarding rhinoplasty (nose job), "Perhaps no other...plastic surgery has a greater impact in enhancing the way you look than rhinoplasty...Even a subtle change can have a big impact on the attractiveness and balance of the face."

Reshaping the Chin and Upper Neck

The chin, jaw line and upper neck play a vital role in your facial appearance
When we think about what makes an attractive face, we often consider the beauty of the eyes, the curve of the brows, the size and angle of the nose, or the shape of the lips. We may not focus as specifically on the chin and the jaw line, yet these features are, in fact, an important part of the skeletal framework that defines our facial appearance.

For a woman, a well-defined jaw line that is slightly curved contributes to attractive facial proportions. A delicate but adequately projecting chin generally is the ideal of feminine beauty. For a man, somewhat greater chin projection combined with a more angular jaw line is perceived as conveying a strong, masculine appearance.

For both women and men, the transition from the jaw line to the upper neck should be a "clean," smooth line without excess fat or sagging skin. Unfortunately, the jaw line is one of the first areas to show early signs of aging, losing its youthful angles and definition. Heredity, as well as age, often plays a role in aesthetic problems of the lower face. Younger patients may be dissatisfied with a recessive, or "weak," chin, a chin that is too long relative to their other facial proportions, or excess fatty tissue underneath the chin. Plastic surgery can help solve all these problems, either by restoring lost facial contours or creating new contours in better harmony with your other facial features.

Blepharoplasty - Eyelid Lift Surgery in Beverly Hills

The eyes begin to exhibit signs of aging in the third decade as tissue sags and fat deposits begin to appear. The outer parts of the upper eyelids sag at a greater rate causing the overall shape of the eyes to change from almond to round. Aged eyes give a tired appearance to the entire face. Eyelid surgery, or blepharoplasty, is among the most effective and popular ways to make a face look younger, especially when you consider the cost and the amount of work and compare it to other procedures.

As with any cosmetic surgical procedure, it's best to know all you can before moving forward. A visit to Dr. Francis Palmer's web site can help you research. Then, a consultation with Dr. Palmer about your eyelid lift in Beverly Hills will be an excellent learning experience as you explore the pros and cons of pursuing a younger-looking you.

Breast Reconstruction Procedures in Detroit, Michigan

Enduring cancer can turn serious in the best cases, and the measures that are often taken in preservation of a patient's life can be extreme. For a woman whose life is darkened by the shadow of breast cancer, it can feel as though more than just skin and tissue has been cut away. Her very sense of identity can be affected in a profound way. The reconstruction of a breast can dramatically improve a woman's self-image, self-confidence and quality of life in such circumstances.

Cosmetic surgery is a truly personal matter. If you opt to undergo breast surgery, you should do so for yourself, and not to appease the desires of someone else. A reconstructed breast will look relatively natural, but it will not look or feel exactly like the breast that was removed. If you are considering breast reconstruction in Detroit, Michigan, you should discuss your goals and questions with a board certified surgeon such as Dr. Bazzi.

Eyelid Lift in Atlanta, Georgia

Do you feel like you're looking at an older version of yourself in the mirror? It can be enough to drive a body to the internet to look for what can be done about it. Dr. R. Morgan Davoudi is a board certified plastic surgeon who offers eyelid procedures in Atlanta, GA. Eyelid lift surgery, or blepharoplasty, is often used for people with skin that is drooping over the eyes, and can make a lasting difference.

Excess skin around the eyes not only affects your appearance, making you look tired and older, but can impair your vision as well. Removing excess skin from around the eyes, consequently, doesn't just help to create a more youthful and alert appearance, but can improve your vision. Discuss your goals with Dr. Davoudi. Dr. Davoudi usually performs blepharoplasty in Atlanta as an outpatient procedure.

Breast Asymmetry Explained

Breasts are almost never perfectly symmetrical. All women have some degree of asymmetry, or difference in size or shape or location of the breast on the chest. The point at which the breast asymmetry becomes a problem necessitating plastic surgery is when the degree of breast asymmetry is such that the woman has a day-to-day issue with camouflaging the asymmetry with padding or other such measures. This is embarrassing and a nuisance. It is not uncommon to see a patient who uses a D cup bra on one side, but could wear a B cup on the opposite side.

The exact nature of the asymmetry is not always readily apparent. The patient usually realizes there is a different volume, or amount, of breast tissue. But what is often not so obvious is that this is usually accompanied by more skin on the larger side, possibly a larger diameter areola, a difference in the relative position of the nipple and areola, a difference in the location of the crease beneath the breast, and sometimes even a different configuration of the underlying rib cage. Not all of these facets of the asymmetry may be present and not all need be addressed to achieve an acceptable degree of symmetry.

The nature of the surgical approach to this problem varies from placing an implant on one side only to attempt to match the larger breast, to reducing the size of the larger breast to match the smaller breast, to placing implants of different sizes, to doing a breast lift with or without implants. Rather than going into all the permutations of the treatment here, suffice it to say that your plastic surgeon will analyze to the best of his ability the patient’s asymmetry and will then tailor a treatment plan that will attempt to address as many of the aspects of the asymmetry as the patient is willing to have addressed.

By this, what is meant is that what may be required (e.g. a mastopexy or breast lift) may not be desired by the patient. The patient may only wish to correct the volume issue but live with the difference in the positions of the nipple and areola. So the treatment is individualized. Long-term studies have shown that the stability of the asymmetry correction is greater if the larger breast is made smaller than is an implant is placed in the smaller side. The stability of either a breast implant procedure or a breast reduction procedure can be adversely affected by pregnancy and nursing, such that revisionary surgery may be required after the completion of childbearing.