By: Asher Carey, MD, FACS

Recent studies confirm that the eyes are the most noticeable facial feature. Everyone agrees that expressive eyes are attractive and are most likely to affect your overall appearance. One cannot avoid looking at the eyes when talking to other people. Bright, expressive eyes have been proven to be the most important feature for determining vigor, youthfulness and sincerity.

Heavy tired eyes generally make one look old.

By: Asher Carey, MD, FACS
In television and magazine articles, younger woman get plenty of attention. Anyone following the cosmetic surgery and cosmetic medicine trend over the years knows that there is rapidly increasing interest from more mature women to look their best. Lifestyles have changed, and women are finding time for themselves after the children have left for college or they have retired.
Breast improvement is a frequent area requested by older women.

By: Asher Carey, MD, FACS
Most people usually think that body contouring is for younger men and women, but not anymore. Although the younger set is the most likely to take advantage of these popular procedures, more mature women and men are requesting improvement for bulges and loose skin resistant to exercise and diet. This isn’t surprising since these men and women are fit, active, and busy socially and with careers.

By: Asher Carey, MD, FACS
Breast size and shape have assumed great social significance in our society over the past two decades. Feeling self confident and good about one’s self is often related to breast contour. It has become part of our focus on “getting into shape”, but often maintaining a healthy diet and exercise isn’t enough.

By: Asher Carey, MD, FACS

Many people work hard at staying in shape but still have resistant areas of fullness caused by excessive fat deposits. Different types of diets and exercise programs may be helpful from a healthy lifestyle point of view, but each has limitations. There are fat deposits that are inherited, as well as those that are accumulated over the years as our bodies and metabolism change.

By: Asher Carey, MD, FACS
As we age, the effects of gravity, sun exposure, stress and other factors of life can easily be seen on our faces. No matter how hard we try, over time we all develop looseness of the skin, wrinkles, creases around the mouth, fullness of the jowl area and, around the neck, loose skin and banding of the skin and muscles.
When they look in a mirror, most of our patients who are considering a facelift and forehead lift see a totally different person compared to how they …