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Less is best in plastic surgeries
Less is best in plastic surgeries
Melbourne: Australian doctors have agreed that less is more when it comes to cosmetic procedures - to avoid patients looking ‘like aliens’ beautyvaguscosmeticsbeautycom">beauty
World-renowned plastic surgeon Dr Arthur Swift has suggested that doctors, who give in to patient demands and overdo procedures, are creating unnatural appearances, media reported beautyvaguscosmetics beautycom">beauty
Australian College of Cosmetic Surgery spokesman Dr John Flynn said that managing patient expectations was a concern beautyvaguscosmetics beautycom">beauty
Flynn said that some patients do demand more and more and it's incumbent on ethical and well-trained doctors to resist demands for procedures, which achieve outrageous results beautyvaguscosmetics beautycom">beauty
He said that the concept they would be looking at is achieving a result where the patient looks like a better version of themselves beautyvaguscosmeticsbeautycom">beauty
Meanwhile, Swift told a conference of Australian doctors that they should follow his mathematical formula for the perfect face - the "Golden Ratio of Phi" - to achieve harmony, balance and proportion beautyvaguscosmetics beautycom">beauty
Leading Australian plastic surgeon Dr Jeremy Hunt, who was familiar with the principle, said that he applies it in his practice beautyvaguscosmeticsbeautycom">beauty
Hunt said that if a little bit is good, a lot is not necessarily better beautyvaguscosmetics beautycom">beauty
He said that it is certainly true there are many people who have undergone procedures that have made them look like caricatures, which is not a good outcomebeautyvaguscosmetics beautycom">beauty
Hunt added that there will always be doctors who achieve less than desirable results by overuse of or overdoing procedures beautyvaguscosmeticsbeautycom">beauty
The Cosmetic Institute's David Segal said the ‘overdone alien look’ was less common with advancements in techniques and practitioners beautyvaguscosmeticsbeautycom">beauty