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Surgical or
Non-Surgical ?

Surgical & Non-Surgical Cosmetic Procedures
Is One Better Than The Other?

W

hen you open a magazine, turn on
the TV, or check your Facebook
newsfeed, you will most likely encounter

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some brilliant new cosmetic product or
service. Nowadays, we are overwhelmed
with a myriad of options for cosmetic procedures that promise to bring our
youthful look back. While this is great for
those of us who strive to look our best
and prolong the inevitable aging process,
it can also be a daunting task to decide
which one of the million options we face
is best for us. The biggest decision of all
lies in between surgical procedures and
non-surgical procedures.
In general, Non-Surgical cosmetic surgery is faster, doesn’t leave any scarring
and can be done in just a few minutes
to an hour. It usually doesn’t require any
anesthesia. Sometime, topical numbing
gel is applied to the areas of treatment.
Non-surgical procedures include Botox
(which removes wrinkles by loosening
the muscle tension), fillers (which restore volume loss), chemical peel, laser,
radio frequency energy, ultrasound, cool
sculpt etc. Besides Botox and fillers, all
other modalities are designed to either
stimulate collagen growth in the skin and
make your skin look rejuvenated, or destroy and shrink the fat cells in certain
body parts. There is hardly any downtime
after a non-surgical procedure. In some
cases, with the help of a little makeup,
you can go to dinner with your friends
and show off your new look the same
night. Coupled with recent advancements in technology and devices, these
obvious ben