Posted January 16, 2011 in Blog, Uncategorized
Many plastic surgical procedures (as well as non-plastic surgery treatments) require one to two weeks of recovery. Often times, as with aggressive fractional laser skin rejuvenation procedures, patients are asked to remain at home for up to one week. Face lift recovery may take 10 to 14 days, while rhinoplasty up to one week.
Recovery from surgery is aided by rest and inactivity. Though restricted from our usual daily frenetic activities of running around, working out, and keeping up with all of our numberous electronic “connections” to the world, we encourage our post-surgical patients to enjoy their downtime.
Whether it be catching up on past seasons of Mad Men, Lost, or Curb Your Enthusiasm on Netflix, reading books that you just didn’t have the time for, or just catching up on rest, patients can use their recovery time productively.
Recently I have been recommending Suzanne Collins’ trilogy of books, beginning with “The Hunger Games”, and followed by “Catching Fire”, and “Mockingjay”. The books are well written and very difficult to put down once started. Toward the end of the last book there was reference to facial plastic surgery (seems that things will only get worse in the future, don’t want to see any episodes of “The Housewives of Beverly Hills” in 2211). Thought that I would share it with you:
Behind a counter sits the strangest person I’ve ever seen. She’s an extreme example of surgical enhancement gone wrong, for even in the Capitol could they find this face attractive. The skin has been pulled back tightly and tattooed with black and gold stripes. The nose has been flattened until it barely exists. I’ve seen cat whiskers on people in the Capitol before, but none so long. The result is a grotesque, semi-feline mask, which now squints at us distrustfully.
Cressida takes off her wig, revealing her vines. “Tigris,” she says. “We need help.”
Tigris. Deep in my brain, the name rings a bell. She was a fixture–a younger, less disturbing version of herself–in the earliest Hunger Games I can remember. A stylist, I think. I don’t remember for which district. Not 12. Then she must have had one operation too many and crossed the line into ...
I stare at her face, wondering if her parents actually named her Tigris, inspiring her mutilation, or if she chose the style and changed her name to march her stripes.
Enjoy your “rest time” whether or not you are recovering from plastic surgery, make sure that you don’t have “one operation too many”, and be well.
Dr. P
Dr Michael Persky is located in Encino, California but services all of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. Including, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Malibu, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills and more
