People are vain, and I am rich. It's a bit sad that I've profited so much from people's insecurity, but you know, I worked really hard to develop my skills and talents, and I am very good at what I do. My customers are almost always happy, and when they're not happy, they'll never be. Even if I were the best surgeon ever to set foot on this earth.

One of the many ironies of this job are the customers who come in with magazines, wanting to look like this or that celebrity. I always do my best to oblige, but the truth is the people in the pictures don't even look like that. Those photographs are professionally lighted, digitally touched up and feature models with a lot of makeup on. And then these 40-year old housewives show up at my office wanting to look like Gisele. And I look them in the eye, and with the utmost sincerity I tell them, "Honey, if you latch on to a preconceived image that's beyond what's realistic, you're not going to be satisfied." And they blink their big, round eyes at me, and nod. So serious. They say they understand. But I know I'll see them in my office again a few months later, clutching another pile of magazine clippings.

And you know what is so sad? A lot of these women think that plastic surgery will keep their husbands from cheating. They think that if they become more attractive, they're philandering mates will magically change. That is truly heartbreaking.

Of course, not all plastic surgery patients are women. I see more men coming in as time goes on. The most typical male customer is a doughy, balding guy who just took the final step into middle age. Of course, this guy has a young, beautiful trophy wife who just happens to be spending a lot of time with her personal trainer, Lars. All of a sudden, this cocksure, wealthy guy is scrambling for lost ground. So he shows up and gets a tummy tuck and a hair regeneration.

One thing that does bother me about the whole celebrity surgery thing is the way these people deny it. Just about every famous actor or actress above a certain age has had surgery. I'm not kidding. I don't have exact numbers, but I guess it's about 95 out of 100. And what do they do? They go on talk shows and deny it. They talk about health spas and cucumber diets and exercise programs. They're denying me and my colleagues proper credit! I can only imagine how my business would boom if they would come clean. Famous actors will go on television and get teary about their divorces and drug addictions, and it's a great career move. But if they talk about getting plastic surgery, they might as well admit they have leprosy. It's a bizarre double-standard.

Every once in a while, people ask me if I've had any work done on myself. Of course I have. You can't be a great chef without tasting the food, right? My friends are the best plastic surgeons, and I'm glad to patronize them. I've got the money, so why not? My wife loves it.

Friends usually won't know about your facelift surgery unless you tell them. The goal of a cosmetic surgery is to make you look more like you used to 5 or 10 years ago.

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When it comes to defining your body whether it is achieving a more feminine looking hips or a firmer looking six-pack abs, you could try exercise as many others might suggest, but sometimes this exercising just will not do the trick because some people are simply genetically predisposed to have these stubborn little pockets of fat in some of the most obscure places.

For people who have to deal with these pot bellies or manly hips, there is an option which is known as liposuction. While there is a common misunderstanding that liposuction is for persons with excessive weight problems this is not true as one of the requirements for eligibility for a liposuction procedure is that you have to be healthy and fit to undergo it.

The smartlipoprocedure is for women who want a better curved and more feminine looking waist line which means that she may need some work on the thighs, buttocks and hips or it is for the men who no matter how hard they try to get rids of that beer gut and show off a toned set of six-pack abs.

When deciding to undergo a liposuction procedure it is important to know what your expectations are so that you can inform the surgeon of this during the consultation. After the consultation, the surgeon along with an anesthesiologist will determine based on several factors, exactly how much anesthetic that you can safe handle. The reason anesthetic is so important is not so much for the incisions, but rather it is part of the wetting solution along with adrenaline and saline.

The wetting solution is injected into the region to help break up the fat cells that will be removed and the adrenaline and anesthesia is there to help prevent bleeding and pain as there will be some really stubborn fat cells which will be clinging to some of your blood vessels as well as nerves.

When the cannulae is inserted to suck out the used fat cells, it can cause some damage to various blood vessels and nerves and as a result there is a possibility of bleeding, bruising, swelling as well as a significant amount of pain. However, regardless of these risks, the outcome is nothing less then spectacular. All those years that you did sit-ups attempting to achieve those six-pack abs which never seemed to form will shine through. It is not because they did not form but rather because they were not visible because of the stubborn fat clinging for its life in the abdominal region.

Liposuction can help you achieve those 6 pack abs without exercise. Also their are some more plastic surgery procedures that will help you regain your beauty as well.

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