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US general gets a new look in India

Marc Sommer, a major general in the US army and a chiropractor, usually worked to make sure his patients never needed surgery. But last week, Sommer himself went under the scalpel — for a facial rejuvenation. “Looks like surgery is sometimes unavoidable,” he said with a smile. Sommer, 58, underwent a rhytidectomy (facial rejuvenation in cosmetic surgery parlance) at Breach Candy Hospital last Friday after he lost 35 pounds as part of his diabetes treatment. “The dramatic weight loss made the skin on my face sag,” he says. “I had no jawline or neck; only folds of skin.” A face rejuvenation procedure like the one Sommer underwent, usually requires eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), a forehead lift and chin augmentation. Usually, such a surgery would leave a patient with a prominent incision starting at the temple and running all the way down to the back of the neck.

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'Surgery may seem an extreme solution, what’s wrong with that?' As cosmetic surgery goes mainstream, more and more Mumbai (Bombay)kars are buying bits and pieces of beauty. Aditi Seshadri on the booming business of nips and tucks, cuts and lifts After his hard work paid off with a big, fat bonus last year, Vikram Sud indulged himself in an unusual way — he went out and saved his neck. “The skin around my neck had been sagging. It made me look older; real ugly, like a turkey,” says the 31-year-old executive who works for a multinational bank in Mumbai (Bombay). “I had been toying with the idea of cosmetic surgery. When I got some extra cash, I went for it.” Click here to download full article   Many bumps on the way to better looks With the growing acceptance of cosmetic surgery comes a gathering voice of concern — about botched-up operations, spurious promises and lack of accountability. “One-third of my practice involves redoing other people’s crap,” says Dr Mohan Thomas, of the Cosmetic Surgery Institute, Bandra. “The industry is filled with doctors making bogus claims and unsuspecting patients getting into trouble. There is a lack of experience and finesse.” Click here to download full article