The best age to have cosmetic surgery is when your aging face bothers you enough to correct it -- when you don't look like you anymore. Most of our patients are in their forties or fifties, but we can perform it earlier if your face has aged enough.

Ask yourself the magic question:

"Will I gain enough (improved appearance and increased self-esteem) for it to be worth the cost (time, money, risk and what your mother might say)? If your answer is YES, then consider it now."

Another question to ask yourself is:

"When do I want to look the best I can look? Now? ..... or some other time?".

Cosmetic Surgery is a surgical specialty dedicated to the reconstruction of either facial or body abnormalities caused by accidents, disease or congenital defects. For those who wish to enhance their appearance, cosmetic surgical procedures offer patients the opportunity to reshape physical features and improve their self-esteem.

No, cosmetic surgery isn't necessary surgery. It falls into a different category -- useful surgery. Rather than asking yourself if you need cosmetic surgery, ask instead if it would be useful. It might be useful if you want to look your best.

For some, it may seem drastic. For others it doesn't. There is only so much you can do with makeup, hair styling and wardrobe to counter the effects of aging. When these don't do the trick, cosmetic surgery has become a popular alternative for millions of people.

Yes, Dr. Giampapa has developed a procedure known as "Suture Plication of the Neck", which results in a younger looking neck line and face without the costs, risks and time needed with a traditional facelift. This procedure requires less recovery time and less post operative discomfort, allowing patients to return to work and normal activities in much less time.

We have not found it necessary to hospitalize our patients. We would estimate that almost everyone can have cosmetic surgery as an outpatient. Eliminating the hospital stay reduces the cost dramatically.

The best answer is forever.... In the same sense that you will always look younger than if you had not done it. Cosmetic surgery can turn the clock back, but the clock keeps running.

No. Cosmetic surgery does not speed up the aging process. On the other hand, many do return for more work as they get older. Sometimes for another face lift, but more often for lesser procedures -- laser resurfacing, Botox injections, Collagen injections, etc.