NOW THAT GOING UNDER THE SCALPEL IS CHEAPER, FASTER, AND LESS PAINFUL THAN EVER, SOME MEN ARE HAVING SECOND OR EVEN THIRD ROUNDS OF NIP/TUCK PROCEDURES. ARE YOU READY FOR A LITTLE WORK?
BY LESLEY ROTCHFORD,
Published April 18, 2013 http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/04/18/building-perfect-face-new-trends-in-cosmetic-surgery-for-men/ Despite being chronically sleep-deprived and frequently hungover, not to mention regularly stressed by the 13-hour days he puts in as a banker in Manhattan, Nick (not his real name) looks remarkably well rested and considerably younger than his 31 years. His secret? Six months ago, Nick went to New York City–based plastic surgeon Stafford R. Broumand for neck liposuction, a half-hour procedure that yields a more dramatic jawline. "If you work hard and play hard, it's impossible to keep your neck as tight as you want," Nick says. "I was already busting my ass working out four days a week, but nothing was happening there, so I figured why not?"
Nick's desire for more masculine facial definition represents the new front line of cosmetic surgery for men. In faces, as in fashion, what's hot changes. Square jaws (think Jon Hamm, Michael Fassbender, Daniel Craig) are in, replacing yesterday's pert-nose-and-dainty-chin combo (Leonardo DiCaprio, Zac Efron, Tobey Maguire). "There's less of a desire now for a conventionally beautiful white-bread face," says Dr. Steven Teitelbaum, an associate professor of plastic surgery at UCLA School of Medicine. "People are embracing strong features like ethnic, nontraditional noses." For example, in lieu of full-on rhinoplasty, many men are balancing their naturally big noses with chin implants (which have recently spiked by 71 percent, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons) or opting to have their noses trimmed back. (Doctors can shave down the bone and cartilage with a file.) "I did a rhinoplasty and a chin implant on