Getting a wasp waist by removing the floating ribs is something that Raquel Welch, Ana Obregón or Thalía were accused of in their day, although they denied it. The truth is that removing bones sounds somewhat aggressive, but it is possible. These are the last two pairs of ribs, which are not anchored to the sternum like the rest. However, from Clínica Menorca they assure that it is a very invasive intervention with a long and quite annoying postoperative period, which also requires general anesthesia. "It is requested by patients with a short trunk, but professionals do not recommend it because these bones have a protective function: they protect essential organs such as the heart or the lungs," explains Ángel Martín, director of the clinic.
These are the most demanded surgeries at the beginning of the course C. CastanyIn relation to the ribs, the plastic surgeon Moisés Martín Anaya assures that it is more common at an aesthetic level to extract a very small part of cartilage to use it in ear surgery or otoplasty when there is a malformation or a tiny ear, and also in the nasal reconstruction, in the area of the back. "If we remove the two complete ribs, we would also increase the risk of pneumothorax," he adds, not to mention that the scar is not easy to hide. Instead, Martín Anaya suggests liposculpture, which does not remove bones, but rather fat: "It is much less invasive and gives great results."
The famous 'foxy eyes' versus cantopexy
When we see those slanted eyes in non-Asian cultures, the answer often lies in the needle…or the scalpel. The famous foxy eyes, as the surgeon Conchita Pinilla tells us, make the eyes narrow thanks to the strategically applied botulinum toxin and tension threads in the eyebrows to lift them. It is very popular in Latin America, as the doctor acknowledges, but the result does not last long, at most 6 months; she prefers canthopexy.
"Without being the same, because the latter is a surgery, well done, it provides a fantastic and definitive result in people who have the palpebral fissure (natural opening between the eyelids) down, so we can put it in neutral or slightly up," he adds. .
Almond-shaped navel and in its place
With an almond shape and about 13 centimeters from the pubis: in this way the aesthetic canons dictate what is the ideal navel. After giving birth or with weight changes, bloating sometimes comes. "Due to the growth of the uterus, there may be a change in the shape of the navel, which flattens or bulges," says Martín Anaya, and also due to losing a lot of weight after a stomach reduction.
Going to touch up the navel alone is not very common, but it is associated with a tummy tuck, because after six months the abdomen has recovered after childbirth and if it has not returned to its original form, it can be repositioned. That you only want to touch up that birth scar? "You can, and it's simple. Of course, if it's a small thing, you don't need to resort to the scalpel and it could be enough with minimally invasive protocols for heating the dermis, such as radiofrequency."
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Some very thin models, when they parade in a bikini, have two dimples on their backs, in the lower back. Those indentations are the dimples of Venus, and pretending to artificially design them in an operating room is, in the opinion of Martín Anaya, something that "could be done with deep and localized liposuction, but that is rare." Then there are the gaps in the bikini or panties in front, between the bone and the hip when lying on your back, which became popular several years ago under the name of 'bikini bridge'. And although it is feasible in very thin people through a powerful abdominoplasty, it would leave a long scar like a cesarean section, Dr. Pinilla warns, and it would be nonsense. Sadly, the 'bikini bridge' was a viral prank that originated on anorexia forums and is thankfully unsolicited. And it is that, as the experts defend, plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine have the studied, effective, safe and reliable resources to provide the appropriate solution to this type of eccentric and not always real demands.