How Plastic Surgery and Health + Wellness Can Go Hand in Hand

To most people, “plastic surgery” and “health and wellness” are polar opposites. We tend to think of someone ill who has to have surgery. We realize of course that many people electively choose plastic surgery, but the idea that this could somehow connect with — and even facilitate — wellness seems like a far stretch. However, they truly really compliment each other.

Wondering how? 

I have very much been into healthy eating since I was a teenager (my early childhood years were a different story, as I consumed far too much soda, candy, etc) I have always been reasonably fit, but I definitely took it up several notches in 2000 when I started martial arts and then moved to marathons, triathlons, Ironmans (two of them) and then yoga and core exercises.

I personally believe that about 90% of all of our health problems would be resolved if people ate in a healthier manner and fit in exercise most days of the week. Just imagine how much money and time would be saved, rather than wasted on doctors, investigations, feeling lousy and heartache due to serious illness. All of this is preventable. More and more evidence is accumulating each year about how food affects the bacteria in your gut, which in turn leads to things like leaky gut syndrome, which probably plays a major role in autoimmune diseases. We are just learning that a similar phenomena is happening between the blood/brain barrier. We are finding lower incidences of cancer in people that exercise,  and a lower recurrence rate in those individuals that do get cancer who also exercise.

How does this tie in with plastic surgery? There are a number of procedures that can get the quick results needed to motivate a person to change up their life through diet and exercise. Of course, plastic surgery does not directly lead to lower cancer or better health. We all know that switching up your diet is not easy. If it were, there would be no obesity, rather than the current rate of obesity skyrocketing. It can be difficult to switch your diet, and when you do, it is human nature to expect a change in either how your look or in what you weigh, fairly quickly. Everyone who has dieted has had the experience of trying out a new diet, doing it religiously for several weeks and then weighing themselves to see no change. This often creates frustration leading to binge eating… and the cycle repeats.

I am a huge fan of either SmartLipo or SculpSure being done at the same time as a new diet/exercise routine.Both have the ability to decrease fat in the treated areas due to the laser melting of fat. This will oftentimes fast track your seeing results in how you look when you diet (however it still takes time to see the effect from these, and you will keep improving for months after the treatment). This quick shift in appearance can give you encouragement and help you persevere. There is also the added benefit that when you undergo these procedures, you have devoted effort and money and some mild discomfort, which will further increase your resolve to stick with your diet.

I make it very clear at all of my consults for the above that it is a partnership. I can, using technology, decrease fat in specific areas. But if you want your best results, you need to decrease your total body fat and this can only be accomplished by better eating and to a lesser extent, exercise – though doing both exercise and diet is strongly preferred.

So, which diet is best?

Clearly the one that you stick with! I am not a fan of any diet that gives you fake food for weeks/months because once you go back into the real world, there is a high relapse rate from these kinds of diet plans.

For most people, I endorse a combination of intermittent fasting, Ketone supplements  (which make fasting easier) and a low carb/high fat and protein diet that is largely organic with little processed food. And good news, you can still have dry white and red wine and see results. Here are my favorite supplements, which I use to put myself into ketosis quickly and daily.

Want to discuss available options for decreasing body fat? Call us at 703-406-2444 to schedule your complimentary, private consultation with me – I’d be happy to help you find the right solution for you!