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I have always had chubby cheeks. I am in my 30s now and would like to get liposuction to get rid of them. Is that possible? Do you recomment it? Do I need to see a specialist or is that a relatively simple and common procedure that most plastic surgeons can do well? How much, on average, should it cost? And finally, can you recommend a doctor in New York City?
Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it.
Dear Sandy,
There's lots more info about plastic surgery at my site, www.bodysculpture.com.
While liposuction is an apparently simple procedure, it is actually deceptively so. The procedure involves making a few small incisions and then removing fat using a suction technique, via small tubes, or cannulas, that are put into the fat. However, removing just the right amount - enough to provide an improvement but not so much as to cause a deformity - requires, in my opinion, a significant degree of both skill and experience. As such, I would certainly not say that it is relatively simple, etc.
How much improvement you would get is hard for me to say. A lot depends on exactly how much fat you have in between the skin and the muscles, as opposed to deeper tissues which are not accessible to lipo. It also depends on how much extra skin you have, and on what the quality of the skin is. I have seen some excellent results with this procedure, though the results tend to be subtle. An entire transformation is not usually possible, while a refinement of specific areas is more likely.
You can get a list of doctors in New York from the following sites: surgery.org and plasticsurgery.org. You can narrow it down to specific regions with NYC.
I hope that this helps, and good luck,
Dr. E
www.bodysculpture.com
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Alan M. Engler, MD, FACS
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Dr. Engler has answered over 3100 questions as a volunteer expert for AllExperts. His expertise includes breast surgery (breast enlargement with implants, breast reduction, breast lifts), liposuction, eyelid surgery, tummy tucks, facelifts, skin cancers, cysts, etc. Dr. Engler has been listed as one New York`s Top Doctors, and as "One of the World's Most Famous Aesthetic Surgeons" (Aesthetic Surgery, TASCHEN Books, Angelika Taschen, Editor). He is the author of 4 books, including "BodySculpture" (a best-selling plastic surgery book on breast surgery, liposuction and tummy tucks), "EyeScapes" (Plastic Surgery of the Eyelids), "Restylane," and "The Slim Book of Liposuction." Dr. Engler has two US Patents for surgical instruments that he's designed, and has appeared on numerous television shows, including The Tyra Banks Show, The Ricki Lake Show (four times), and the Dr. Keith Ablow Show. Videos of his appearances are available on YouTube (search for "DR. ENGLER"), and his discussion of breast implants, also on YouTube is "How to Choose a Breast Implant." His website is www.bodysculpture.com. Thanks for "Likiing" Dr. Engler on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-York-NY/Alan-M-Engler-MD-New-York-Plastic-Surgery-and-Aesthetics/107206405967267?ref=ts&__a=8
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Dr. Alan Engler is a board-certified plastic surgeon in New York and the author of BodySculpture - Plastic Surgery of the Body for Men and Women (ISBN 0966382749) one of the top-selling plastic surgery books on amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, etc.
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Dr. Engler graduated from Yale University (BA, Russian Studies) and the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (MD). He did his residency training in General Surgery and, after that, Plastic Surgery, at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York. He is on the faculty of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and is a Special Lecturer in the Department of Dermatology at Columbia University in New York. He has admitting privileges at Beth Israel Medical Center and Montefiore Medical Center, both in New York.
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