New Costmetic Surgery: Dimpleplasty

"Smile! Your dimple's showing. And if it's not, a trendy cosmetic surgery procedure can put a perfectly cute dent in your cheek that will show up with every grin.

The latest must-have facial enhancement, called a dimpleplasty, takes 10 minutes and is as popular with guys as it is with girls, according to Lemondrop.com.

"Dimpleplasty is getting hot lately," says Dr. Michael Fiorillo, a Park Avenue plastic surgeon. "Usually the patient who asks for it is trying to achieve a certain look. They see someone they like and want to emulate them."

After undergoing a dimpleplasty, "Every time you smile, you'll get that little Mario Lopez dimple," says Miami board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Michael Salzhauer.

So how is an artificial dimple created? The surgeon makes a tiny cut in the skin to create a small depression, explains Dr. Richard Westreich, director of facial plastic surgery at Long Island College Hospital. A stitch is used to tack the underside of the skin in that area down to a deeper layer in the skin. It's held in place with a long lasting temporary suture.

"You make the cut from the outside because if you do it from the inside of the mouth you would have to cross through a lot of structures," Westreich says.

And when the suture dissolves? "There will be permanent scar tissue to maintain the dimple," explains Dr. Neal D.Goldberg, a White Plains plastic surgeon.

"And there's really no down time with recovery," he adds.

The cost of a dimple? Around $2,000 -- and don't expect insurance to pay for it.

"You will have about a week of bruising and that's it," Salzhauer explains. "It's very minor, superficial and low risk."

And just where are people asking for dimples?

"Generally speaking, on the cheek," Goldberg says. "But this procedure can be done anywhere on the body."

~ Source: NYdailyNews.com

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