Plastic surgery and cosmetic techniques: is it possible to blow

Aesthetic medicine nowadays has a large arsenal of various technologies aimed at improving the condition of the skin and overall appearance. Thanks to the use of surgical, injection, hardware and other techniques, it has become possible to give a youthful appearance and attractiveness to a patient of any age.

The effectiveness of the methods used in aesthetic medicine depends to the greatest extent on their correct choice and application, as well as on the ability of the doctor to combine the methods with each other.

About whether the interaction of two competing areas of aesthetic medicine is possible – cosmetology and plastic surgery, plastic surgeon Eduard Ter-Teryan said in an exclusive interview for estet-portal.com.

Is it possible to interact with cosmetology and plastic surgery in our time?

E.T.: Interaction – very correct word! Even 8 years ago, the interaction of a plastic surgeon and a cosmetologist was out of the question - these were two opposing sides.

Surgeons did not understand what the "charlatans" were doing, driving needles across the face and demonstrating some effects, and cosmetologists considered plastic surgery traumatic and one that did not give a beautiful natural result.

Now these two camps have united, there is an exchange of knowledge between cosmetology and surgery. We are trying to interact, to structure our joint work in order to obtain the maximum result. This is the comprehensive approach of modern aesthetic medicine.

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Do I need to use cosmetic procedures to prepare the skin for surgery?

ET: Yes, in some cases it is necessary. With age, deep-lying structures, fat packs, and the SMAS layer undergo changes. It is on them that the lifting effect of plastic surgery is directed. But at the same time, few people pay attention to the condition of the skin, which becomes thinner and loses its elasticity.

It is no longer possible to give a youthful appearance to such skin with a surgical facelift. Then cosmetologists come to the rescue, who, through the influence of hardware and injection techniques, stimulate the processes of collagen and elastin production in the skin.

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This is a very modern interaction, and before a plastic surgery, for example, a facelift, the patient undergoes a certain protocol of cosmetic procedures for several months in order to stimulate the processes of collagenesis and come to the operation with an already prepared face.

How do you feel about the use of hardware ultrasonic SMAS-lifting?

ET: I often use in my practice hardware ultrasonic SMAS-lifting in combination with liposuction. American colleagues use ultrasonic SMAS-lifting specifically in the protocol of preparing a patient for surgery before a facelift.

This technique stimulates the production of collagen, thereby improving the condition of the skin.

It is important to emphasize: ultrasonic treatment is absolutely safe!

Using ultrasound in my practice, I, again, included the interaction of surgical and ultrasound lifting. I use the Ultrasonic SMAS-lifting (Ultherapy) procedure in combination with liposuction, which results in phenomenal results with a prolonged and very beautiful effect.