Paul M. Parker, M.D. · Parker Center for Plastic Surgery · Paramus NJ

Laura, a 44-year-old mother of two, has always had a protruding abdomen. While she’s naturally very thin, even an intense exercise regimen wasn’t helping to reduce her abdomen.

“Even as a kid, I always had a belly. With my pregnancies, my abdomen got huge. I exercise like crazy, but my protruding abdomen was still there. Three years ago, I had lipo because I was afraid of surgery. While that just gave me a little more definition in my waist, it didn’t help with my belly at all,” explained Laura.

Stacey, a 59-year-old woman who primarily works outdoors, wanted to rejuvenate her appearance.  After extensive research and careful consideration, she opted to have a facelift and neck lift combined with a breast augmentation and a lip implant.

“I decided to have everything done at once to minimize my downtime.  I knew that I wanted to have these things done, and why should I spread it out and have to go through multiple recoveries? I work for myself and have a really physical job so I can’t afford to be out of commission for any length of time,” Stacey explained.

Helen is a 52-year-old realtor who in December of 2012 had a facelift along with an eye lift at the Parker Center for Plastic Surgery. Helen had recently started to feel a little depressed and less confident about her looks and wanted to do something about it.

“About 18 months ago, I found Dr. Parker when I was looking to have some liposuction done. My husband and I found him on the Internet. After reading other patients’ testimonials, we felt very good about making an appointment to see him. From the moment I walked into the Parker Center, I knew that this was a surgeon who knew precisely what would work for me,” said Helen.

24-year-old Megan is a full-time registered nurse at a local hospital in New Jersey. She has always disliked her nose and has been self-conscious about it ever since middle school. While Megan’s nose was not large, she had a very rounded, fleshy tip that bothered her.

“While I’ve always hated my nose, I didn’t seriously start thinking about fixing it until I was in college. I knew that as soon as I had a full-time job I was going to undergo a rhinoplasty procedure,” said Megan.

Linda is a 56 -year-old divorcee who recently had breast augmentation surgery after thinking about it for several years. After raising her children and going through a divorce, Linda was ready to do something for herself.

“I wanted to get back to the way I was. I wanted to look as good as I did in those push-up, molded cup bras. My breasts had become so deflated after having had children, and I wanted them to become full again,” Linda explained.

Melissa is a 28-year-old personal trainer who competes in cross-fit competitions. Melissa was previously a dedicated weightlifter and competed in the bodybuilding world. While Melissa is in really great shape, becoming so lean and muscular affected the size of her breasts. They became much smaller, and Melissa developed some loose skin from losing the fatty tissue.

“I just wanted to fill in what I had lost. In a sports bra my boobs were like pancakes. When you work out like I do, there’s always a fear of looking too masculine because of the muscle volume. I really thought that having larger breasts would not only help me look more feminine but also balance me out since I am curvy,” explained Melissa.

26-year-old Matt is a young, single guy whose daily life was burdened by a condition many men face. Gynecomastia or enlarged male breast tissue is a condition that affects men of all ages. Matt has had the problem since puberty and attempted to hide the condition by wearing large loose clothing. “I’d been thinking about doing something about my problem for a while now. I knew that you could have surgery to correct it, but I was afraid that it would be too involved. I assumed it would take a lot of time for recovery and leave scars, but I found out that wasn’t true,” said Matt.

Kathy, 41, is married with a 2 ½ year old son, and she had been thinking about breast reduction surgery for a few years. As an avid runner, Kathy’s large breasts were a daily inconvenience and causing her frequent back and neck pain.

“It was something I dealt with every day. Running was a problem, clothes were a problem and just feeling self-conscious all the time was wearing me down. I did a lot of research on the Internet and really liked all the information on Dr. Parker’s site,” said Kathy.

The Parker Center for Plastic Surgery has released several new pages on their website in order to improve patient education, increase patient awareness of new techniques, and provide greater detail of procedures used in facial plastic surgery.

Dr. Paul M. Parker, Medical Director of the Parker Center for Plastic Surgery, has always taken the time to write the content of every page on the Parker Center’s website. Most recently he has updated the facelift, blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery), neck lift and facial filler pages.

A tummy tuck, the common term used to describe the process of removing unwanted pounds and/or skin from one’s abdomen, has long been assumed to be a way patients can make themselves look and feel better. However, the notion was only based on anecdotes and testimonials from patients as there was no sound medical research to back up these claims.