Plastic surgery after cosmetic procedures

"Surgical facelift is not going anywhere for me. First you need to try less radical methods of rejuvenation, ”most of us reason. It seems like a perfectly reasonable point of view! On the other hand, terrible rumors continue to circulate in society: aggressive cosmetic procedures can so "spoil" a person that in the future this may affect the result of plastic surgery. After some aggressive cosmetic procedures, plastic surgery is contraindicated. Is it true?

Clarifying with Gayk Babayan, plastic surgeon, chief physician of the Sharm plastic surgery clinic.

Rumors of "fatal" a number of cosmetic procedures for surgical facelift was given impetus by the Thermage technology. (This hardware procedure, based on deep heating of the skin, was the first to dare to declare itself a competitor to plastic surgery). “If you, baby, do not rule out plastic surgery for yourself in the future,” a very respected specialist explained to me in all seriousness, “keep in mind:“ Thermage ” able to "weld" the collagen protein in the skin is almost to the state of a hard-boiled egg. Due to the strong heating, the skin is so “compressed” that it is quite difficult for a plastic surgeon to work with tissues. Since then, ten years have passed. Anti-aging technologies using skin heating (radio waves, ultrasound, laser) or skin injury (filler injections, mesothreads, surgical sutures), a great many have appeared. They were tried by a huge number of women, many of whom subsequently had very successful plastic surgery. However, the terrible rumors do not disappear, continuing to confuse the minds.

Myths about beauty treatments

— All such statements – complete nonsense, they have no objective basis, - Hayk Babayan assures me. - In my opinion, they arise due to the fact that some surgeons just need something to justify their inability. In this way, they are trying to create a kind of “alternate airfield” for themselves: so that there is something to “blame” on if the operation goes wrong: “I warned you”; and so on...

Surgical facelift – it is a tightening of all its anatomical structures, descending under the influence of gravity: fatty tissue, fascia, muscles. Only then will there be a good long-term result. No hardware technology reaches these layers – while this level of technology simply does not exist. All hardware and cosmetic techniques on the market today are associated with skin rejuvenation. For them, a kind of demarcation line is marked: if you go lower, there will be just a burn and no aesthetic result. The lifting effect on the skin of cosmetic procedures is explained by the formation of microscopic scars inside it, invisible to the eye, which leads to contraction and compaction. These micro scars do not interfere with the incision and do not affect the healing of the skin, and, therefore,

To the reasonable question that there is no smoke without fire, Hayk Babyan answers:

"If there are any difficulties, they may be due to non-compliance with the deadlines between the cosmetic procedure and the operation." It turns out that this interval should be at least six months: it is important for the skin to be able to recover. Many patients, in pursuit of results, behave frivolously. Turning to the surgeon, they are silent about the fact that they have recently done a deep hardware or cosmetic procedure. And two months have not passed, and they are already running "under the knife." That's when, indeed, problems are possible.

"When you do a fairly aggressive anti-aging procedure, the whole face – skin and adipose tissue – swell, - explains the surgeon. There is a so-called non-infectious inflammation of the skin – the body's natural response to injury. If plastic surgery is performed prematurely, inflammation, large edema, extensive hematomas are possible (since at this time the process of vascular restoration is still actively underway), infection of the wound and long healing.

You should be especially careful with continuous laser resurfacing and deep phenol peeling, similar in mechanism of action. After these procedures, the skin is inflamed, red for a very long time. But even when these signs disappear, it still remains very thin, like parchment, and loses its elasticity. If you do not give it a chance to recover, such skin can behave unpredictably during surgery. Any inadequate mechanical action in the "fresh period" can damage it: ugly scars will occur, which will lead to a poor result and patient dissatisfaction.

According to Hayk Babayan, even mesotherapy procedures should be done with caution. If, after a course of mesotherapy, the patient immediately comes to have plastic surgery, skin healing may also go wrong.

Watch out, threads!

And here are the incorrectly placed deep-seated threads (surgical) – the minimally invasive technique of rejuvenation, which is gaining more and more popularity, can indeed interfere with the operation. This must be taken into account! Today, there are a huge number of varieties of threads: permanent and absorbable, lying freely in tissues and attached to bone structures. As practice shows, many patients do not understand or do not understand what threads they have been given. If the surgeon is also "not in the know" - does not know where and what threads are – during plastic surgery and even during the healing period, certain difficulties may arise. Therefore, according to Hayk Babayan, there is a very correct practice: a surgical facelift should be performed by the surgeon who injected these threads.<

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