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Show Cosmetic Surgery By SHIRLEY BRIGHT BOODY Copley News Service Are you considering a new face for the new year? COSMETIC surgery has "blossomed into our society like a veritable fountain-of-youth blitz. No longer need anyone look over 35. In at 10, out 2t 5, promise some of the "quickie clinic" ads. Same day, in and out, they say, much like a fancy dry-cleaning dry-cleaning establishment, except ex-cept it's your body they are talking about. MEN AND women from all walks of life are looking to the surgeron's scalpel to erase the cares and years with a magic flourish. Can it be done, or will disillusion and disfigurement prevail? The results very often depend de-pend upon the preparation. The decision to have any kind of surgery is a serious one. There is no such thing as "trivial "tri-vial surgery" despite the casualness implied by some cosmetic clinics. THE STATE of one's health, the integrity and skill of the surgeon, the excellence of pre- and post-operative care are usually the determining factors in safe, successful surgery, cosmetic or any other kind. The importance of nutrition in preparation for surgery is vital. If you are thinking of having a face-lift, for example, and you are overweight, I urge you to wait until your weight is normal before having the surgery. IF YOU DO not, conceivably conceiv-ably you could waste your money and be very disappointed dis-appointed with the results. It also will make a big difference in what kind of diet you choose to lose the weight. If you opt for a fast loss and a distorted diet, your muscles will sag, and your skin will lose elasticity. elas-ticity. Healing cannot occur as well or as rapidly if your nutritional nutri-tional levels are low. A WOMAN friend of mine is a classic example of how not to have cosmetic surgery. She was 30 pounds overw eight , but suddenly decided to have a face-lift. She was divorced and the men in her life were few and far between, and she was convinced that the surgery would solve all her problems. Then to speed things up. she went on diet pills and a 500-calorie 500-calorie diet to lose as much weight as she could in the two weeks before her surgery. TO SAVE money, she chose a much-advertised "we do everything" ev-erything" clinic, that promised prom-ised a one-day miracle face-lift cheap. She closed her mind to my pleading for her to use caution, and she went ahead with her plans. That was a year ago. Today, she has one eye that has never closed properly since the surgery. She has red scars by both ears, her double chin has returned, and her bank account is several thousand less. She has sued the clinic, and is still in litigation. BECAUSE OF all the pressures press-ures she has been under since the surgery, she now is more than 50 pounds overweight. Men friends?There aren't any. I truly believe that this sac tale could have been pre ventec with common sense. There an fine plastic surgeons who d achieve beautiful results Wrinkles disappear and year fall away for many happy grateful patients. IF YOU ARE thinking c having a face-lift, or any othe cosmetic surgery, check wit your own physician first. G qualified referrals and ask se eral surgeons for their opinion and evaluation of your specii situation. If you have any degree overweight, give yourself tim to get to absolute norm: weight before surgery, and d it gradually. Pay strict attei tion to your diet and nutrition; levels. Do not lose more tha two pounds a week, and t sure your diet includes meat fish and fowl, fruit and vege ables, bread and cereal grain milk and dairy products. THEY ALL provide tti necessary nutrients for healii and health. A single mull vitamin and mineral suppl men may be taken, as long i overdoses are avoided. G regular, daily exercise. A successful face-lift ci give you a new lease on lif but you must do everythii you can to help. Plan wise I Choose a qualified capab doctor, and get yourself good pre- and post-operati health. |