Category — Liposuction

While a woman’s body is built to bear children, the abdomial area including the rectus abdomius muscles, or “abs”, as they’re frequently called are stretched to extremes. The breasts also grow to prepare for breast-feeding and body holds more fat in order to stay properly fueled. As a result, the 9 month miracle can result in flabby skin, sagging breasts and stubborn fat pockets.

Whether its an older mom who wants to feel more youthful or a young mom who wants to have her body match her age again, a mommy makeover can help them achieve their goals.

Joanne, 58 year old mother of two, decided it was time to get rid of her 36DDs. She researched on the Web and even though The Parker Center was not all that close to her, she decided it was worth the drive for New Jersey plastic surgeon, Dr. Parker to evaluate her situation.

“My breasts have always bothered me. I am very petite so imagine trying to buy clothes with 36DDs,” says Joanne. “I could never wear the tops I wanted to.”

Lipoabdominoplastyis a fairly new procedure and New Jersey plastic surgeon, Dr. Paul M. Parker is one of the few surgeons in the region who perform it. It is the innovative approach and quick recovery that makes this procedure so attractive to Dr. Parker’s patients who started out seeking a traditional tummy tuck.

One patient, however, knew exactly what she was looking for when she found Dr. Parker’s Web site. Linda is a soldier in the United States Army, a mom and stationed overseas in Great Britain. When asked in an e-mail interview why she was specifically looking for a surgeon who performed lipoabdominoplasty, she replied, “Looking at other before and after pictures, there seemed to be better results [with this procedure].” The quick recovery was also an important factor in her decision process.

For at least 9 years, Jonathan hid behind baggy clothes, lockers and any excuse he could come up with the keep his shirt on in front of people. Since the age of 10, he lived with the painful reality that he had a condition called gynecomastia where his breasts were overdeveloping.

“I had no idea how to deal with it.” So, over the years, Jonathan said, “I spent a lot of time thinking of ways to avoid any one finding out that I had this condition.” Imagine being a young boy, growing into a teen-ager and having feminine looking breasts.

In 2007, New Jersey plastic surgeon, Dr. Paul M. Parker introduced a new tummy tuck technique called lipoabdominoplasty to his patients. At a conference in Florida several weeks earlier, one plastic surgeon from Brazil and one from France demonstrated their variations of this innovative technique. Dr. Parker combined what he liked from each technique to create his version of lipoabdominoplasty New Jersey and ran with the idea.

“It answered things that we weren’t doing with traditional tummy tucks,” he says. He then points out what makes this procedure better than the traditional New Jersey tummy tuck and his own enhancements to the original technique.

Wendy’s smile could be heard in her voice as she spoke about her recent experience with lipoabdominoplasty at the Parker Center. After hearing her story, it became obvious why she was so happy.

Wendy is a petite woman and all of her children were quite large when they were born. Needless to say, that took a toll on her body. She had her last child 7 year ago and knew she wanted to do something but the timing was all wrong. She was finishing up her degree, getting ready to start a new job plus the everyday obligations of family; she kept putting herself on the back-burner.

I lost 100 lbs. the old fashioned way—with a personal trainer and a better diet. Within 18 months I was healthier than ever and at my goal weight. And yet I was embarrassed to take my shirt off. I would do pushups and look down and see big, sagging skin. How could I come this far without doing something about that? Dr. Parker gave me a new self image. When I look at pictures from 6 months ago, I can’t believe the changes in my own body. It’s shocking to remember living as that “before” picture and exciting to know I don’t ever have to go back there again.

Despite all the differences in the sexes, cosmetic surgery in New Jersey is a growing trend among women and men. According to Dr. Paul M. Parker, surgeon and found of the Parker Center for Plastic Surgery, there has been a “slight uptick” in men receiving procedures like liposuction and he expects this trend to continue.

Previously, women and liposuction would go hand in hand. But, in today’s society men are also concerned about their appearance. So, while women still dominate the statistics, liposuction for men New Jersey is on the rise.

We’d like to share with our Bergen County Liposuction patients a recent article from Baylor Health Systems listing the top five medical reasons to consider weight loss with the help of surgical intervention.

While this may mean gastric bypass surgery for some people, our Bergen County Liposuction patients often experience similar benefits as those listed in the article.

Specifically, the top five medical reasons to consider weight loss through surgical means according to Baylor Health System are as follows:

At the Parker Center for Plastic Surgery, board certified plastic surgeon, Dr. Paul M. Parker, enjoys the uplifting effect his natural-looking results have on his patients, both from a physical and emotional standpoint.

Gynecomastia causes great psychological trauma to the young boys and the men who have suffer from it. They have gone through life swimming with their t-shirts on and avoiding the showers during gym class and who knows what kind of hurtful names their peers have come up with.