Plastic surgery for Tiger’s mistress?

Photos: Above, recent online photos of Rachel Uchitel. (Photos courtesy of Gala.de and TheImproper.com) Below, Rachel Uchitel yesterday in Los Angeles. (AP photo)

Plastic surgeons and celebrity watchers gave party hostess Rachel Uchitel a once-over as soon as the tabloids thrust her into the spotlight last week as the alleged mistress of golfing great Tiger Woods.

She flatly denies the allegation, but Uchitel’s photos on the Web have provided evidence for cosmetic doctors to analyze. For example, plastic surgeon and blogger Dr. John Di Saia of San Clemente and Huntington Beach wrote:

[Her photos] show her to be an attractive woman who has probably seen the inside of a plastic surgeon’s office before. She seems to have had breast implants at the least from the images we have seen.

The online Plastic Surgery Channel commented on the uncertainties surrounding Uchitel:

Her lips do suggest lip injections, and her chest suggests breast augmentation. Uchitel would likely deny rumors of plastic surgery, just as she has denied other rumors. But, in all cases, she may be telling the truth.

The Talk Surgery site went far beyond what the photographic evidence supports when it called her a “Surgery Diva.”

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Miss Argentia dies after Brazilian Buttlift.

Plastic surgery marketing in Argentina is booming, with medical spa advertising a common experience for Argentine women. Plastic surgery advertising is seen as putting tremendous pressure on wome to have proceedures like liposuction, breast augmentation, and Brazilian Buttlifts.

The result is sometimes a tragedy, like the death of Solance Magnano, a former Miss Argentina.

From a news story.

38-year-old former Miss Argentina Solange Magnano died after complications arising from plastic surgery on her buttocks.

Solange Magnano, the 1994 winner and a mother of 8-year-old twins, died of pulmonary embolism Sunday three days after having a gluteoplasty, a procedure that involves placing implants to enhance firmness. News of her death shocked her fans. The cause of her death was under investigation, the authorities said. Officials said the injected liquid went into her lungs and brain.    

In the past half decade, the number of people seeking plastic surgery in Argentina has soared by 60 percent, to around 50,000. Estimates say that 1 in 30 Argentines has gone under the knife, making plastic surgeons in Argentina some of the most experienced on the globe, attracting large number of medical tourists.

Medical tourism in Argentina has seen a huge jump over the past decade, and is projected to be a 100 billion dollar global industry by 2010, according to the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions, a U.S. research center focused on trends in the health care system.

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What a tremendous waste. Perhaps the worst quote of the story is that the 'injected liquid went into her lungs and brain'.

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Tumescent Liposuction vs. Laser Liposuction - Medical Spa MD

Liposuction: Is tumescent or laser liposuction better?

Plastic Surgeons today are using various types of liposuction. I prefer tumescent liposuction with thin cannulas instead of laser lipo. This is a manual method of liposuction that I believe yields the best liposuction result because the surgeon has the most amount of control.

Traditional tumescent liposuction

Tumescent liposuction has been around well over a decade and allows the surgeon to have complete control of the amount of fat being taken out. The  tumescent liposuction technique is mechanical as it involves the surgeon using a long rod called a cannula to extract the fat. The motion is a continuous back and forth rhythm to remove the fat. Since the motions are repeated over the course of 1-3 hours, your surgeon must be in good aeroebic shape to give YOU a good result!  Honestly, this is one reason why some surgeons do not use this technique!

While the basic technique used in tumescent liposuction has not changed, the size of the cannulas used to extract the fat have gotten much slimmer over the years. In the past, surgeons used larger 5mm cannulas , but  this sometimes resulted in lumpy or uneven results. Most surgeons now use 3mm or smaller cannulas.  This will increase the length of the surgery as it does take longer to remove the fat from small cannulas, but the results are well worth the longer surgical time!  The thinner 3mm cannulas produce excellent and consistent liposuction results. With thin cannulas, traditional tumescent liposuction can achieve the smoothest and most even result possible . 

Laser and ultrasonic liposuction

The new technologies for liposuction technique  include laser liposuction and ultrasonic liposuction. They emit high energy that liquefies and destroys tissue around the cannula. I do not think these technologies are worth the risks they pose to the patient. Both of these techniques essentially melt the fat under your skin. As they melt the fat, other tissues are damaged. I am not a fan of damaging tissue or fat cells that are not being extracted.  Often times, the extracted fat could be used for fat injections to rejuvenate another area of the patient’s body.  These technologies destroy that possibility. Additionally, these high energy ultrasound and laser technologies can have complications such as burning, and results can be very unpredictable as it is impossible to tell how much damaged tissue is left behind.

Best technique is tumescent liposuction with slender cannulas

In summary, the best technique available for liposuction is the  traditional tumescent liposuction technique with small diameter cannulas. It has stood the test of time. Sometimes the latest is not the greatest. I perform hundreds of liposuction procedures each year and I do not remember the last time a patient asked for a touch up for lumpiness or unevenness. Thin cannulas give you the best chance to get the result right each and every time!

Ricardo L Rodriguez, MD

via Medical Spa MD: Tumescent Liposuction vs Laser Liposuction.

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