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Attention to detail is the key to a successful procedure

I think in Cosmetic Surgery, much like in day to day life, attention to detail can mean the difference between mediocre results versus great results. Allow me to elaborate. I often sit in front of a patient for a cosmetic consultation. Patients in their late 40s and 50s come to me for my advice on how to look younger and feel better. A brief glance allows me to evaluate their face on 6 or 7 different levels. I see signs of sun damage from their early youth indiscretions, signs of weight gain and loss, stresses of life, poor eating habits, bone erosion, and effects of smoking and smog here in Los Angeles. The question I often get asked is : What do I need Doc?”

I often sit back and say with a calm voice: you don’t need anything. Then I ask their permission to share with them what I see and Analyze their face or body. At times I take photographs with my 3D Vectra Camera and show them their sun damaged skin, asymmetrical volume distribution and eyebrow locations. It is quite amazing how little people actually know their own skin and faces. My simple goal is to make them look the way they did 10 or 20 years ago.

Very few patients have noticed these subtle changes. At times I can see my patients becoming defensive and almost upset at me for pointing out the things I see.

I then put a program together for them that address these changes on several levels.

Tightening the skin without cutting, thickening the skin and removing blood vessels and blemishes, and filling the irregular contouring is only part of this program. Good nutrition and exercise is the second half.

Looking younger and healthier without cutting surgery is a reality in 2014. Please see us for a complimentary consultation and discussion on how to achieve our goal of making you look and feel 10-15 years younger.

Yours,

Dr. A. David Rahimi