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Bring a Natural-Looking Pucker Back to Your Lips with Filler Injections
When our skin gets older and makes less of the collagen that keeps it strong, we tend to develop a few extra lines and wrinkles, as well as see thinning in once-full areas. One of the features that’s affected most by aging is the lips. Although we can strive to maintain a defined Cupid’s bow …
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Nose Reshaping: How to Find the Right Balance
As one of your face’s key features—located at the front and center, no less—your nose plays an important role in facial harmony. Some people don’t pay much attention to this part of their appearance, but plenty of people are self-conscious about some aspect of it, whether it’s a bump on the bridge, the way it …
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Why Do We Get Crow’s Feet?
Crow’s feet are those small lines that branch out from the corners of your eyes, visible especially when you squint or make similar facial expressions. The fine lines are usually most noticeable when you’re smiling or laughing. These wrinkles aren’t all bad—in fact, some researchers believe that they make faces more attractive by adding genuine …
Body Contouring: How to Get a ‘Snatched’ Waist
Traditionally, women around the world have considered the hourglass shape to be enviable. This body type has often been seen as a symbol of beauty, and research suggests that men might be hardwired to prefer a curvy figure. When it comes to plastic surgery and sculpting an ideal body, many patients are focused on the …
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Can a Tummy Tuck Repair Post-Pregnancy Diastasis Recti?
Pretty much everything about your life changes after you have a baby—with body changes being perhaps the most obvious. Hormones have a major impact on a range of things, including weight gain and retention. To that end, many women often start a new post-pregnancy workout regimen to lose their “baby weight.” Unfortunately, many of these …
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Three Things to Know About Selfies
As any plastic surgeon in Westfield, New Jersey, or throughout the country can attest, many patients these days have different motivations for having cosmetic procedures than they would have had decades ago. They’re also younger. Due to the selfie phenomenon, people in their 20s and 30s are studying pictures of themselves more, finding more little …
Body Contouring: 5 Benefits of LaserBodySculpting
Body contouring is a term used to describe cosmetic treatments for enhancing the body’s shape by removing or reshaping skin and fat. Dr. Carlos Burnett, based in Westfield, New Jersey, uses liposculpture to hone a balanced, attractive physique for patients with an advanced method called LaserBodySculptingSM. Also known as laser lipo, this technique combines standard …
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Body Contouring for Unique Body Types
One of the most common reasons women and men alike choose plastic surgery is to alter their body shape. Bodies come in a wide range of different types and sizes. Each one is beautiful in its own, unique way—but having a shape that seems disproportionate or different from a person’s own “ideal” figure leads many …
Defining and Plumping Lips with Juvederm®
Doesn’t it seem like everyone is obsessed with getting fuller lips these days? Whether it’s social media, big-lipped celebrities, or something else, there’s no denying it: A perfectly pouty lip is on more than few people’s lists for their year’s goals. Some people have naturally smaller lips, often due to genetics. Unfortunately, however, even people …
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How Does Ethnic Rhinoplasty Work?
In the majority of cases, except when a patient specifically requests something different, most rhinoplasty surgeons strive to preserve the basic, existing features of the patient and sculpt a nose that fits their unique personality. Finding a doctor who can produce a natural-looking rhinoplasty for African Americans can often be challenging, as the choices for …
