Alexandra Gargaglione-Bertoni Expert Guru

My name is Alexandra gargaglione-bertoni and I am an ESl educator and freelance writer. I am a Senior Staff Writer for Writing Edge Magazine, which is published in Australia. It is here that I have a fashion/beauty column for several years now. However, I also write other feature articles as well. I have a great deal of writing experience, for I've been writing professionally since I was twenty and I am now thirty-four. Some of my accolades include working for Upbeat Magazine as a contributing writing, The Massapequa Post, as a newspaper reporter/writer and many other published projects. These projects include publishing an article in Messenger Magazine on Pagets Disease, a rare form of cancer, which my mother passed away from. I also worked with Congressma Peter King of N.Y. to pass a bill in The House of Representatives for the awareness of Pagets Disease. The bill was passed on Oct. 30, 2001. I was very proud, because I did this in memory of my beloved mother. I have published my own book titled, The Secret Within My Mother Myself, which I wrote about my struggle with epilepsy. As a result, I wrote this book to inspire others with similar issues and create awareness. I am currently workingly on my second book which is a collection of poems. I love to write, for it is my passion. I reside on Long Island in a town called Massapequa, New York with my loving husband Nicolas and my adorable Chihuahua Emi.

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Emotions and Plastic surgery

Plastic surgery works best when it is not a manifestation of inner turmoil or despair.

PLastic surgery and Me

Don't have plastic surgery to please anyone, but youself.

In Plastic Surgery, Less is usually More

The key to cosmetic surgery is moderation. In today's aggressively corrective society where everyone wants every part of their body perfect, it is healthier and safer to leave all well alone, unless it is a health issue that must be corrected.

Cosmetic surgery alternatives

Some alternatives to plastic surgery include: strategic use of blush and eyeliner, whiting your teeth and making others love you for who you really are, not for who you are trying to make yourself. Another alternative can be Botox and Collagen injections from your dermatologist which are not as radical as cosmetic surgery, as well as not as expensive.

Don't Be Bullied Into Cosmetic Surgery

If you do decide to get cosmetic surgery, never let the cosmetic surgeon bully you into getting a procedure that he/she wants. Be clear with him/her of what you are interested in. make a list of questions and bring a photograph to you appointment to show the doctor what you really want.

Cosmetic Surgery Ramifications

You must understand that sometimes there are negative ramifications to getting cosmetic surgery. For example, sometimes people go for cheeck implants and loose their peripheral vision as aresult of complications. That is why cosmetic surgery must be thought over very seriously.

Breast Augmentation and You

Breast augmentation is one of the most popular cosmetic surgery procedures in the U.S.
Through the breast augmentation consultation, the doctor will examine both breasts and take measurements, so as to give you the best option. The doctor will make special note of nipple position, breast volume, breast width, distance between breasts and breast shape, projection and height of the fold beneath each breast. The doctor will point out assymetries and will explain which of your breast features he/she can improve and how. If you don't feel the doctor is evaluating you breasts carefully amd taking careful measurements before your breast augmentation surgery, you must ask as many question as you can to feel secure.

Sizers are extremely useful in determining your brest size and help eliminate any anxiety you may be feeling. It is recommended to bring two tight sport bras to your breast enhancement consultation, so that you can use implant sizers to determine the volume of breast implants that will give you your desired result. The doctor can offer a suggestion, but ultimately you must make the final decision.

Disadvantages of Silicone Gel Implants

1. Silicone implants can rupture and if they do the liquid silicone may leak out of the implant shell into the body. This leakage has never caused any type of systematic problems, such as lupus-type diseases, but your body may develop a thick scar around the implant, called CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE. The overall rate of captsular contracture among women with Silicone implants is higher than women with Saline implants. A new type of Silicone gel implant has been developed to hopefully reduce the number of ruptures, but the rate of these problems is yet not known.

2. The cost of Silicone brest implants is about $1000-$1500 higher than Saline implants. Thi is due to higher production costs.

Advantages of Silicone Gel Implants

The FDA approved the silcone gel implants in Nov. 2006 and they have been a hit ever since. Now women over the age of 21 have been able to get the implants they've been wanting for a long time. Silicone implants offer several advantages over saline breast implants, but they also have some disadvantages of their own.
1. Silicone implants have a more natural look and feel than Saline.
2. Rippling is far less likely to occur in women with Silicone implants than in women with Saline implants. This is because Silicone gel is far more viscous(thicker) than Saline, so it does not move or slosh, as Saline can.
3.Silicone implants can also be placed over the muscle in women with little body fat or little breast tissue withoutthe aesthetic concerns, for example rippling which is associated with Saline implants over the muscle in these women.

Risks and Complications of Breast Augmentation Surgery

You can get beautiful results with your breast augmentation, but you have to think to yourself "at what price." There are many risks and complications to this type of surgery, so you better be sure this is what you really want, becauser this is serious stuff.
One risk of breast augmentation is called CAPSULAR CONTRACTURE.This is a scar that forms around the implant, causing it to feel firm, look unnatural, and potentially hurt.
Another risk of breast augmentation is INTERFERENCE WITH MAMMOGRAPHY. Breast implants do interfere with the ability of a mammogram to "see" all of your breast tissue. Placing the implant under the muscle allows for the least amount of interference.
Whether uncer or over the muscle, implants do not interfere with your ability to detect lumps in self examination. Self exams are found to be the most successful way in discovering the majority of breast cancers. Implants also do not interfere wih ultrasound or MRI scans, which are helpful in the evaluation of breast masses.
Another risk in this type of surgery is IMPLANT DISPLACEMENT. Implants can move out of position at anytime after breast augmentation surgery. If the movemrnt is severe, you may nee further surgery to correct the problem. The larger the implant, the larger the implant, the greater the chance that it will displace downward.
SALINE IMPLANT DEFLATION is yet another risk. Saline implants can develop a leak and deflate. If this happens your breast will shrink to its preoperative stage in a day or so and yu will need another breast augmentation surgery.
SILICONE IMPLANT RUPTURE is also another risk. Whereas Saline implants are said to deflate, Silicone implants are said to rupture. It really is the same thing, except that when the Silicone gel implant shell ruptures, the Silicone does not become quickly reabsorbed by your body.
RIPPLING is another risk of this procedure. Rippling is the visible appearance of waviness of the skin over your implants, like the ripples of a wave on a like. Some doctores call it "Wrinkling." Rippling is most common in Saline implants.
INFECTION is a risk you must take if you are to undergo breast augmentation. Infection, if it occurs usually does so within 2 months of surgery. Infection occurs in about 1%
of all implant surgeries. If an infection occurs it requires anibiotics and the removal of the involved implant. Anew implant can be placed six months later.
NIPPLE NUMBNESS is yet another risk. No surgeon can guarantee to you that you will get out from this surgery with perfect preservation of nipple sensation. The nation risk of having permanently numb nipples is about 15%.
BREAST FEEDING AND PREGNANCY is not altered by implants. Many women ask about the effect of future pregnancy on augmented breasts. In most cases, implants will not affect the fate of your postpartum breasts.
All in all, women who are unwilling to accept the potential need for further surgery should not have breast augmentation. You must understand that if you receive any implant in your body, whther it be a pace maker, artificial joint, heart valve, etc, there will always be a potential risk that you may need further surgery at some later point in your life. With breast augmentation in particular, you may need surgery for capsular contracture, deflation, rippling, displacement, infection desire for a different size or another reason. Perhaps, you may go your entire life without any of these problems, but it is better to be forwarned and be knowledgeable.