As looking young, beautiful and fit becomes more important day by day in the media and popular culture, the new generation's interest in aesthetics is increasing. Information pollution resulting from hearsay also causes confusion among young girls. Perhaps the most important duty of plastic surgeons today is to guide the young age group that comes with aesthetic demands correctly.
Young girls and boys in the 15-25 age group are more affected by the environment than other age groups. It is extremely important to look beautiful and attractive to the opposite sex during this period. For this reason, breasts that are not flashy enough, spotty and unhealthy skin, an unfit body, thin lips, thick ankles, droopy eyebrows, prominent ears, breast growth in men, and an aquiline nose can present themselves as extremely important problems during this period. Psychological problems may occur that may lead to the young person isolating himself from his environment. Our duty here as plastic surgeons is to help the young individual go through this period without being harmed both physically and psychologically. For this, the necessary evaluation is made to correctly solve the patient's problem at the appropriate age. Aesthetic concerns and solutions that may be encountered in the 15-25 age group can be listed as follows:
Rhinoplasty: Since the nose completes its development only at the age of 17-18, aesthetic nose surgeries should not be performed before this period. Otherwise, deformities may occur in the developing nose at later ages.
Breast enlargement and reduction: Breast enlargement and reduction surgeries can also be performed after the age of 18. However, since there is a high rate of loss in the ability to breastfeed after breast reduction surgery, the surgery is usually postponed in young girls who have not given birth and want to breastfeed their babies, unless the breast size does not cause serious back and waist pain.
Liposuction: It can be safely applied to people over the age of 18.
Prominent Ear: Unlike other surgeries, if prominent ear surgery is possible, it can be performed before the child starts primary school. should be done. 6-7 years of age is ideal for this period. Because 95% of ear development is completed by the age of 6-7. Also b Since the ear cartilage is soft at these ages, it is easier to shape it and the success of the surgery is much higher. As it is known, children can be very cruel to each other. Since the child who has prominent ear surgery before primary school will not be exposed to the ridicule of his friends at school, his school success also increases.
Acne scars and acne treatment: It is one of the biggest problems during adolescence. The most important thing during this period is to prevent acne formation and prevent existing acne from healing by leaving scars on the face. In patients with acne scars, acne scars can be treated with around 50-80% success using oil injection, PRP (platelet rich plasma), TCA peeling, various drug cream treatments and fractional lasers. In this regard, it is extremely important for the patient to be patient and loyal to the treatment and doctor. Because the treatment period for these scars varies between 2-6 months, depending on the procedure to be performed. Today, with the use of fractional lasers, we achieve extremely good results with few side effects.
Botox applications: Botox is a
toxin obtained from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. It has been FDA approved since 2002 and is used safely.
It is injected into the muscles that cause wrinkles with the help of fine-tipped syringes
and the muscles are relaxed. The effect occurs in 3-7 days and continues for 3-7 months. Thus, since the muscles cannot contract as strongly as before, mimic wrinkles on the skin disappear or decrease. The areas where it gives the best results are the forehead, between the eyebrows and the lines around the eyes. In addition
upper lip and neck lines can also be treated. It is also frequently used in the treatment of sweating in hands, feet and armpits, as it also affects the sweat glands. After the effect of Botox wears off, wrinkles return to their previous state. However, as a result of repeated applications, it has been determined that wrinkles decrease in the long term. If these fine wrinkles on the face are not treated with
botox, in the following years
the wrinkles will deepen and become grooves, and even if Botox is used, if it does not give the desired result, it is necessary to add filler application to the intervention.
- Wrinkle and sweating treatment In addition, botox; We use it in the treatment of migraine, in the elimination of facial asymmetries caused by asymmetrical facial expressions, and in the treatment of Frey's syndrome, which may occur after salivary gland tumor (parotid) surgery.
Although there is no medical obstacle to the use of Botox before the age of 18. It is not used for aesthetic purposes before the age of 18.- Filling Injections:
To treat inactive wrinkles or to give volume to thin tissues
It is used for (lip thickening). The most frequently applied
areas; lips, cases where frown lines cannot be adequately eliminated by botox, lines extending from the edges of the nose to the corners of the lips (nasolabial line), lines extending from the edge of the lip to the chin
(marionette line), depressions formed for various reasons, and sometimes in the genital area.
Hyaluronic acid, which has FDA approval, is preferred as a filling material.
It is applied with local anesthesia. Some
edema may occur in the filling area. This will resolve within 1-3 days. After 4-6 months, it is absorbed by the body and disappears.Recently, young girls who have fillers and botox to look bigger have increased a little more than before. In fact, there has always been a desire to look older in this age group. Today, due to the increase in the quality and number of plastic surgery and aesthetic applications, our young girls can achieve these goals more easily. The aim of plastic surgery applications is to rejuvenate and look young. However, our young girls are rushing to use fillers in order to grow up as soon as possible and have thick, full, sexy lips. Here, we plastic surgeons have a lot of work to do to guide the patient correctly. My personal opinion in this age group is that if there is no serious deformation on the face, it is best to stay away from more permanent jobs such as fat injection. During this period, it will both make the patient happy and because it dissolves completely after 5-6 months. n Hyaluronic acid fillers, which do not cause any permanent results, are the most reliable fillers. Ready-made fillers, called permanent fillers other than hyaluronic acid, should be avoided, especially at this age.
After hyaluronic acid filling has been done a few times, fat injection can be performed for patients over the age of 18 who want the filling to maintain its original appearance. Thus, the patient will have the beautiful lips or cheekbones he wants, thanks to his own tissue, and an extremely natural result will be achieved. is done.In patients who want to look bigger than they are, Botox can only cause the lips to grow outwards, thus achieving sexier lips. However, Botox applied to the lip area may cause discomfort in patient groups whose professional work is speaking or singing. In this regard, the procedure should be performed
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