Quick blog, but I have seen a lot of buzzing about plastic surgery now being in this new era of “undetectable plastic surgery.” I see words being used like “subtle,” “more refined,” “less is more,” and “natural.”
FINALLY.
I have been baffled by trends in plastic surgery where the goal is to distort natural anatomy. My practice has always been focused on natural and subtle. I frequently am trying to restore lost facial volume or fill breasts subtly after losing volume from pregnancy and breastfeeding. My patients are so secretive they don’t tell their friends. It is part of why I have so few photos online.
The magazines say this change in attitudes is due to influencers and celebrities. It is crazy to me that there are trends in how one should look and age, but it seems there are. Look at the Kardashians and the Housewife Shows to see what an effect they have.
What does this new undetectable era mean?
- Less filler, smaller breast implant sizes, more subtle changes.
- More balance. I discuss this with patients all the time. In facial aging you have three basic pillars- skin quality, facial volume, and skin laxity. Balanced correction involves addressing all three. Improving skin quality with products, peels, stem cells, and microneedling. Adding volume with fillers or fat. Tightening skin with eyelid surgery and facelifts. The exact balance of what you need varies with each person and how old you are.
- Better techniques. In this they include fat grafting (yay! See my page on it here) and non invasive procedures. I do have an asterisk here- fancy technology does not make things better. There are many new machines and procedures I do not like, because they may cause other issues (like facial fat loss), be temporary, or prevent future procedures (like you can’t transfer fat well after Sculptra or the scar in the tissue planes after threading makes facelifts more difficult.)
One quote I loved in the article was from Dr. Robert Singer In La Jolla CA, “The bottom line, stresses Dr. Singer, “You should never see good plastic surgery.”
I agree.
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