You tilt the front camera above the eye line to get the right angle. In a wish to give the best pose – you give a sideways smile, pouting lips, or an intriguing stare – and click! After that, you choose a perfect filter to erase out unappealing blemishes and wrinkles. Then, the picture is ready to go on social media, in the hope to get as many likes as you can. Welcome to the world in which taking perfect selfies has become an obsession. All of this is the outcome of advancement in smartphones. As Snapchat dysmorphia is on the rise, social media has compelled the people to be more aware of their beauty. So, now people are getting more plastic & cosmetic surgeries so as to replicate the filtered faces without any filters.
From breast augmentation to a tummy tuck in Dubai, the Middle East is witnessing a boom in terms of cosmetic as well as plastic surgeries. Size acceptance, fat activism and body positivity have now become the popular lexicons in our culture. This article sheds light on some of the most popular plastic and cosmetic surgeries trends in 2020.
Breast Augmentation
Breast augmentation, a.k.a augmentation mammoplasty is a surgery that increases breast size. The process involves placing breast implants under chest muscles or breast tissue.
It helps patients to improve their appearance if they think their breasts are too small or that one is different in size as compared to the other. Some women want readjustment in the size of your breasts after pregnancy while others want to improve their self-confidence.
Procedure
To insert the breast implant, the surgeon will make an incision in any of the three places: In the crease under your breast (inframammary), under your arm (axillary) or around your nipple (periareolar). After this, they will separate the breast tissues from the connective and muscle tissue of your chest. This will create a pocket either behind or in front of the outermost muscle of the chest wall (pectoral muscle).
The surgeon then inserts the implant into this pocket and centers it behind the nipple. When the implant is in place, they will close the incision. They do this generally with stitches (sutures) and then bandage it with surgical tape and skin adhesive.
Liposuction
Liposuction is a cosmetic procedure that helps remove fat that people are unable to get rid of through exercise and diet.
The procedure is usually for your hips, thighs, belly, back, buttocks, arms, back, and under the chin or face to improve their appearance. However, liposuction can also be done with other plastic surgeries, including breast reductions, facelifts, and tummy tucks.
Procedure
Before the procedure, the surgeon marks circles and lines on those areas of the body that need to be treated. They may take photos so as to compare before and after images. During the procedure, specific medications will be available for your comfort. They can either go for local anesthesia, general anesthesia or intravenous sedation. Your doctor will allow you to choose for yourself.
Liposuction involves using small, inconspicuous incisions. First, the surgeon will infuse diluted local anaesthesia to decrease bleeding, pain and trauma. Then they insert a thin hollow tube, or cannula, to lose excess fat. they do this by a controlled back and forth motion. Surgeons use a surgical vacuum or syringe that is a part of the cannula to dislodge fat and then suction out of the body.
Expect some pain, bruising or swelling after the process. Your surgeon may suggest some medication to help control the pain and antibiotics so as to lessen the risk of infection.
Tummy Tuck
Also known as abdominoplasty, people opt for this procedure to enhance the appearance of the abdomen. The process involves the removal of excess fat and skin from the abdomen. The surgeon tightens the connective tissue in the abdomen (fascia) with sutures as well. Then by repositioning the skin, they give you a more toned look.
Those who have additional fat or skin around the area of their belly button or a weak lower abdominal wall can consider Tummy Tuck. The procedure can help improve your body image.
Procedure
There are numerous procedures for this surgery. It all depends on the extent of the change you would like to see in yourself. During the procedure, the plastic surgeon makes incisions to eliminate fat and skin between your belly button and pubic hair in an oval, horizontal or elliptical shape. Then they tighten the connective tissue (fascia) that lies over the abdominal muscles with permanent sutures.
Experts will reposition your skin around your belly button. The surgeon will bring out the belly button through a small incision and stitch it in its normal position. Afterwards, they will stitch together the incision from hip to hip above the pubic hair and leave a scar that falls along the natural crease within the bikini line.
Surgeons might give you some antibiotics during the procedure to prevent infection. It typically takes about two to three hours to perform this surgery.
Blepharoplasty
It is a type of surgery to improve droopy eyelids and may involve removing extra skin, muscle and fat. As people age, their eyelids stretch, and the muscles supporting them start to weaken. Resultantly, excessive fat may accumulate above and below the eyelids, resulting in droopy upper lids, sagging eyebrows, and bags under your eyes.
Procedure
If you want to undergo this procedure on your upper and lower eyelids, the surgeon will typically work on your upper lids first. They will make a cut along the fold of the eyelid, eradicate some extra muscle, skin, and possibly fat, and close it.
While on the lower lid, the surgeon inserts a cut just below the lashes either inside the lower lid or in your eye’s natural crease. This helps them remove or redistribute excess fat, muscle and sagging skin.
In all, whatever name you give it – a contemporary fashion mania or the new-age wonder, almost everybody is participating in a race to look ‘perfect’. For this, the trend of cosmetics, as well as plastic surgeries in Dubai and in other regions, is accentuating, compelling people to enhance their appearance.
