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SELL YOU.
IT'S CALLED THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE,
I HAPPEN TO OWN IT, IAN SELL
IT TO YOU FOR 10 BUCKS.
WE WILL TURN TO THE SUBJECT NOW
OF PLASTIC SURGERY.
IT IS NOT YOUR MOTHER'S NIP AND
TUCK ANYMORE.
PLASTIC SURGERY HAS REALLY
CHANGED AND IS PERFORMED ON A
RECORD 5.7 MILLION AMERICANS
LAST YEAR.
FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS, WE WILL
HAVE A SERIES CALLED "PERSONAL
BEST" AND DR. NANCY SNYDERMAN
WILL LOOK AT TECHNIQUES THAT ARE
LITERALLY CHANGING THE FACE OF
THE PLASTIC SURGERY PRACTICE,
INCLUDING PLASTIC SURGERY WITH
JUST A PLAIN OLD NEEDLE AND
THREAD.
>> 51-YEAR-OLD BARBARA ROSEN
BLOOM IS AGING BEAUTIFULLY.
SHE HAS ALWAYS TAKEN GOOD CARE
EATS WELL, EVENBY KEEPS
HER YOUNG, BALLROOM DANCING.
BUT BARBARA CAN'T FIGHT MOTHER
NATURE.
>> YOU KNOW, I NOTICE THAT I'M
STARTING TO GET LINES HERE AND
I'M STARTING TO GET LINES HERE,
AND THAT MAY SEEM VERY
SUPERFICIAL AND SILLY, BUT I
WOULD SO MUCH RATHER NOT HAVE
THEM.
>> BARBARA HAS DECIDED TO WAGE
WAR AGAINST GRAVITY BEFORE
THINGS GO TOO FAR SOUTH.
SHE DOESN'T WANT OR NEED A
COMPLETE OVERHAUL.
MOST OF ALL, SHE DOESN'T WANT TO
DISAPPEAR FOR A MONTH.
SHE FIGURES SHE WOULD LIKE A
LITTLE FACELIFT, IN A DAY.
>> I'M LOOKING FOR A NATURAL
LOOK, NOT A DONE LOOK.
I DON'T WANT TO LOOK ASíA IF I'
HAD A FACELIFT AND I'M NOT
TRYING TO LOOKOR 35, I'M JUST
TRYING TO LOOK AT BETTER AT 51.
>> SHE PUTS HER HANDS IN THE --
IN DR. GREGORY KELLER.
DR. KELLER USING A NOVEL
APPROACH TO LIFT THE MIDPART OF
THE FACE WITHOUT MAJOR SURGERY.
INSTEAD HE USES A NEEDLE AND
SUTURE, JUST LIKE A NOODLE AND
THREAD.
>> THAT MEANS WE CAN GO THROUGH
THE SKIN TO LIF THE FACE,
ESSENTIALLY THE MIDDLE PART OF
THE FACE WITH A COUPLE OF
NEEDLES THAT SUSPEND EVERYTHING.
>> HE MAKES TWO PUNCTURE A HOLE
BEHIND THE SAGGING CHEEK.
SURGICAL THREAD IS PASSED
THROUGH.
THEN, LIKE A PUPPET STRING, THE
THREAD IS PULLED UP TAKING THE
SAGGING CHEEK WITH IT AND
ANCHORED WITH A TINY
INSIGNIFICANCE IN THE TEMP.
THE THREAD STAYS IN THE STAYS
AND CAN BE ADJUSTED AT ANY TIME
JUST LIKE DRAWING UP A CURTAIN.
JUST WHAT BARBARA WANTS.
>> THE GOAL IS TO GET HER BACK
MORE TO A YOUNGER TYPE OF
APPEARANCE.
>> SHE'S GIVEN A LOCAL
ANESTHETIC AND IS ABLE TO CHAT
WITH THE STAFF THROUGHOUT THE
PROCEDURE.
IT'S ALL OVER IN AN HOUR.
SHE SAYS THERE'S VERY LITTLE
PAIN, ONLY A BIT OF BRUISING AND
SWELLING.
>> JUST TAKE IT EASY AND I THINK
YOU'LL BE JUST FINE.
ERING WENT GREAT.
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
IT REALLY WANT THAT TOUGH OF
Y PLEASURE.
>> THIS CHEEK LIFT IS A BRAND
NEW TECHNIQUE SO WE DON'T KNOW
MUCH ABOUT LONG-TERM RESULTS.
>> IT'S BEEN FOLLOWED FOR FIVE
YEARS AND IT DOES HOLD FOR THAT
PERIOD OF TIME.
BEYOND THAT WE REALLY DON'T
KNOW.
>> BUT SOME PLASTIC SURGEONS
HAVE STRONGER OPINIONS.
>> IT'S INCONCEIVABLE TO ME THAT
TWO SEARCHES PLACED IN THE FACE
CAN HOLD UP THE SKIN OF THE FACE
-- SUTURES.
WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT MOVES
AND IS DYNAMIC.
THE LONG TERMS EFFECTS OF
QUESTIONABLE.
>> AS THEY SAY, TIME WILL TELL.
BUT DR. KELLER POINTS OUT HIS
CHEEK LIFT PATIENTS ARE
UNIVERSALLY THRILLED.
>> HERE I AM, 24 HOURS AFTER MY
PROCEDURE.
>> BARBARA SENT US THIS VIDEO
POSTCARD ONE DAY LATER.
>> I HAD A RELATIVELY
COMFORTABLE NIGHT.
THE PROCEDURE ITSELF WAS A
BREEZE.
>> 72 HOURS AFTER THE PROCEDURE,
THE BUSY EXECUTIVE IS BACK AT
WORK.
>> I KNOW JANE WANTED US --
>> HERE'S BARBARA BEFORE.
AND AFTER.
THE RESULTS ARE SUBTLE, EXACTLY
WHAT SHE WANTS, TO GIVE MOTHER
NATURE JUST A LITTLE LIFT.
>> NOBODY CAN TELL I HAD
ANYTHING DONE.
AND, SOME PEOPLE SEE THAT AS A
DRAWBACK, I SEE THAT AS A HUGE
BEFIT.
>> AND DR. NANCY SNYDERMAN IS
HERE.
ONE PLASTIC SURGEON DOUBTED THIS
WOULD HOLD.
YOUR OPINION?
>> I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN
REALLY SAY YET.
OBVIOUSLY, STRONG SUTURES, A
TAKEOFF ON HOW WE USED TO PUT
WIRES IN PEOPLE'S FACES TO SORT
OF HOLD FRACTURES TOGETHER.
FIVE OR SIX YEARS OUT, WE'LL
START TO KNOW.
>> HOW PREVALENT IS THIS?
>> NOT COMMON YET.
SIMPLE OUTPATIENT PROCEDURE.
NOT VERY COMPLICATED BUT I WOULD
NOT SAY IT'S COMMON PRACTICE
YET.
>> COST?
>> $3,500, A LOT OF MONEY FOR A
SIMPLE OFFICE PROUD YOU ARE BUT
A STANDARD FACELIFT, NOW RUNS
ANYWHERE FROM $700 TO 10,000.
>> THERE'S A CUTTING EDGE
TECHNIQUE.
TOMORROW?
>> TOMORROW, A FASCINATING
TREND.
WHAT POPULATION DO YOU THINK
WOULD BE GETTING MORE PLASTIC
SURGERY THAN ANY OTHER GROUP?
>> MEN?
>> NO, PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF
65.
THEY CALL IT DOWN AGING.
YOU GOT A LONG WAY TO GO.
PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 65, THEY
CALL IT DOWNING SO TOMORROW WE
WILL LOOK AT THAT TREND.
ANDRI REDUCTION MAMMO PLASTY,
REDUCING THE SIZE OF ONE'S
*** WITHOUT BIG
INSIGNIFICANCES.
I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE PROUDER.
I WAS DOUBTFUL.
>> SHE'LL BE WITH US TOMORROW
AND FRIDAY.
IF YOU WANT MORE ON PLASTIC
SURGERY AND TO CHAT WITH DR.
NANCY SNYDERMAN -- I'M SORRY,
DR. GREGORY KELLER HE WILL BE ON
ABCNEWS.COM.
THE HEALING POWER OF PETS, STAY
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