4 Tips for Planning a Spring Surgery

Feb 17, 2017 | Uncategorized

Plastic surgery takes planning. After all, you’ll need time to heal, and that often means asking time off work or asking someone to help out with the kids. You also want to look your best during holidays and vacations, which means planning surgery in time to heal for major life events. So when is the best time to schedule plastic surgery?

4 Tips for Planning Plastic Surgery

1. Look at your weather app. Cooler weather lets you wear bigger, more concealing clothing, which is great if you want to keep your decision to have plastic surgery on the down-low. Wearing layers also means better protection from the sun, which can discolor scars, especially when they’re fresh.
2. Check your calendar. If you don’t have kids, you may want to take advantage of long weekends like President’s Day. Federal holidays will help you limit the amount of vacation time you’ll need for your recovery. If you’re a parent, you may want to plan your surgery when the kids are in school, unless your spouse is available to play single parent during spring break.
3. See what’s coming up. Are you attending a graduation ceremony in May? Book your consultation now. You should be healed enough to return to non strenuous activities in 4-7 days, but breast augmentations, tummy tucks, and other major surgeries require 3-6 weeks of healing before patients are able to lift heavy items, like that mini fridge your kid doesn’t want anymore.
4. Start small. If you’ve been considering a breast augmentation for a while, it’s time to treat yourself! But if you’re not sure whether a tummy tuck, facelift, or other surgical procedure is right for you, you may want to start with something small like injectible fillers or SculpSure.

Want to feel confident in your summer body? Spring is a great time to plan plastic surgery. Call Dr. Brantner’s office to learn more about the procedures we offer.

You Are Fearfully and Wonderfully Made!

Feb 9, 2017 | Uncategorized

Valentine’s Day encourages us to love the people in our lives. But how well do we love ourselves? The flaws we accept (or even love) in our spouses, friends, and family are often hard to accept in ourselves. This Valentine’s Day, we’re focusing on loving the you you are. After all, you are fearfully and wonderfully made!

Love Yourself This Valentine’s Day

• “Real beauty isn’t about symmetry or weight or makeup; it’s about looking life right in the face and seeing all its magnificence reflected in your own.” — Valerie Monroe
• How I feel about myself is more important than how I look. Feeling confident, being comfortable in your skin – that’s what really makes you beautiful. — Bobbi Brown
• As a child, I never heard one woman say to me, “I love my body.” Not my mother, my elder sister, my best friend. No one woman has ever said, “I am so proud of my body.” So I make sure to say it to [my daughter], because a positive physical outlook has to start at an early age. — Kate Winslet
• By choosing healthy over skinny you are choosing self-love over self-judgment. You are beautiful! — Steve Maraboli
• Your body loves you. Your body works hard to keep you alive. — Lisa Consiglio Ryan
• The human body is the best work of art. — Jess C. Scott
• True beauty is not related to what color your hair is or what color your eyes are. True beauty is about who you are as a human being, your principles, your moral compass. — Ellen DeGeneres
• People often say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing you are the beholder. — Salma Hayek
• “You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you.” — Song of Songs 4:7 NIV

Happy Valentine’s Day from Dr. Brantner’s office!