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Beauty and the Beach
Never do women feel more self-conscious about their appearance
than when donning such micro-coverage as a bikini. HAMPTONS consulted
everyone from plastic surgeons to models on how to find room for
self-esteem in a bikini. The resounding answer always came down
to attitude. You can get away with exactly what you think you can
get away with.
Does it take liposuction to do justice to a bikini? "Absolutely
not," says Dr. John Sherman, the 5th Avenue plastic
surgeon who has never even considered altering his own admittedly
large nose. "If you're confident in your appearance, a little
extra weight can come off in several ways - including exercise and
dieting." Further still, if you have no self-confidence, you
may find yourself turned away from shrewd surgeons who realize that
no physical results will compensate for a poor self-image. Dr.
Sherman speaks of turning away several patients when he considered
their problems to be less physical and more emotional. "A very
fit young woman once came to me with the smallest pocket of fat
on her legs. Once the fat was removed, she still was not satisfied,
and it became clear that the tools I had at my disposal couldn't
help her." Likewise, incredibly heavy people have come to Dr.
Sherman for liposuction and he's advised them to go workout
for a few months before considering liposuction. "My ideal
patient is someone who is actively keeping fit with exercise and
dieting, and who has localized fat pockets which we can treat."
The technological breakthroughs of late have brought Dr. Sherman
a slew of new patients, and he's noticed a decidedly younger skew
to the mix. "I'm getting patients well below thirty now, for
procedures ranging from rhinoplasty to liposuction to laser surgery
for wrinkles." One of the biggest breakthroughs has been in
the liposuction "tumescent" procedure, a process of liquidating
fat with saline injections and locally numbing the treated area
with epidural anes-thetics. The process allows for a practically
bloodless, bruiseless extraction of fat without the recuperation
time associated with anesthesia. The procedure has revolutionized
the industry and more people are now considering plastic surgery
as a comfortable, realistic option (or augment) to dieting and exercise.
But if the more dramatic procedures of a plastic surgeon aren't
likely to be part of your summer beauty regime, then perhaps the
following short list of self-esteem boosters could help pry you
into an itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny.
Dr. John Sherman
Plastic Surgery
1016 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028
212-535-2300
(If the above mentioned get you interested in, but not quite in
a bikini, Dr. Sherman offers stronger medicine)
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