Obesity in Arkansas
July 24, 2013 - Rhys Branman, MD
It’s summer and you want to wear that bathing suit. The trouble is you're over weight and a bit self conscious. Well, you're not alone. Did you know 66.3% of adults in Arkansas are overweight? This means they have a Body Mass Index of 25 or greater. In fact, 30.1% of Arkansas adults are obese, with a Body Mass Index of 30 or greater making them fit into the category of obese. Body Mass Index or BMI for short, is an estimated calculation of the fat to muscle ratio in your body. It is based on a ratio of height... 
Summer is the slow time at Little Rock Cosmetic Surgery Center. Many people prefer to enjoy the summer rather than having cosmetic procedures. And this makes sense. In fact, many of the face lifts and tummy tucks or Mommy Makeovers in December, or the breast augmentations in the early spring were timed precisely to slip into that bathing suit! You must be completely healed before you can leap into the lake, pool or participate in that scuba diving tour of Belize! One of the sure fire ways to get an infection that will interfere with proper healing is to submerge... 
There appears to be a new trend in cosmetic surgery. It's called "Tittooing." Again, in the United Kingdom, it has become a fad for darkening, or defining the nipples. Not only that, but sometimes the nipples are tattooed into shapes like stars! The procedure is about $1500.00 to $2,000.00 to top it all off. It is being called a nipple movement. Gail Proudman is a clinician in Liverpool who is doing this procedure for at least three women a week. For some reason, the tittoo only lasts for 12 to 18 months. Shockingly, the May issue of the British magazine... 
Abdominoplasty is one of the most popular procedures among women who have given birth and have decided not to have any more children, and people who have had bariatric or gastric bypass surgery. Often performed as part of a "Mommy Makeover," the tummy tuck, like any surgery can make a person nervous. Psychologically speaking, it is normal to be nervous about surgery. You may think your brain has gone offline, so to speak after committing to abdominoplasty. Many women describe being in an adrenaline haze until the surgery is over, they sometimes feel depressed until at about three weeks after... 
Remember the BREAST-Q? I wrote about this new survey instrument a while back that measured women's satisfaction and quality of life in relation to having breast augmentation. The developer of this instrument has recently published another study to find out if women preferred round or shaped breast implants. Over the years, silicone breast implants have improved. Now-a-days, as a cohesive gel there is much less of a possibility for leakage from a silicone implant. This is how safe the new silicone implants are. So then the question is always what shape. The fourth generation silicone breast implants are often rounder.... 
Non invasive procedures have become very popular with cosmetic surgery patients. Intense Pulsed Light is a non invasive treatment that improves your skin. It is also known as photorejuvenation, photofacial, intelligent pulsed light, or Broad Band Light, BBL. This is a photo facial that removes mild but annoying skin imperfections on your face, neck, hands, chest or legs. We offer IPL at Little Rock Cosmetic Surgery Center to eradicate some of these flaws from your complexion: Melasma - that patchy brown discoloration that can occur during pregnancy Port Wine Stains - those deep red birthmarks Broken capillaries - also known... 
Remember beauty marks, those small dark spots on the face, neck or shoulders that women used to covet? Did they go out of fashion? Over the centuries those small, black or brown delicate moles have held allure, superstitions, and myths about health. When popular they have even been drawn, painted, or tattooed on to suggestive places on women's bodies. When unpopular they have been removed, sometimes rationalized as unhealthy or a mark of evil. Whether these small moles are dangerous not only depends on their composition apparently, but when and where you have one, historically speaking that is. A harmless... 
Let's talk about the basics of liposuction. Most people have a vague idea about the definition, that is liposuction is a way to remove fat from under the skin using a suction device. Yep, that's it. Liposuction, also called liposculpture, lipoplasty, or suction lipectomy is used to remove adipose or subcutaneous fat, the fat just under a person's skin. What people may not know is how and why the basic techniques of liposuction are used. What is tumescent liposuction anyway, you might ask. Liposuction was developed in the early 1970s in Italy. This original type of liposuction is now known... 
At Little Rock Cosmetic Surgery Center, laser resurfacing, Ultherapy, and Thermage are requested to repair skin damage all the time. Age will take its toll no matter how well you protect your skin, but on the upcoming holiday weekend, you might want to take some extra care. Whether you spend the day at the market before the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Pops on the River or the Pinnacle Mountain Celebration or any other of the local 4th of July celebrations, you will be out in the sun! It will be hot! Since we all take a long weekend out in the country,... 