What kind of results can I expect and how long will they last?
Just as all surgery is customized to the individual patient, so too are the results. People should expect a natural, harmonious and attractive result that blends with their natural body shapes and contours. Attention should be directed not a surgical result, but to the person themselves! This has been described as emphasizing words ending in "er" and avoiding words that end it "t". Realistically it may be impossible to make anyone perfect, but just about anybody can be made better. A deformed, crooked nose cannot be made straight, but can be made much straighter. Every person who has surgery should realize that their surgical results will be a marvelous improvement and also that all people are a little different from one side of the body to the other so that no result can be absolutely perfect.
In case you are interested, start looking at the faces in magazines, or even better some of their candid shots, and it will be surprising how many of these supposedly perfect images carry flaws when closely examined.
The permanence of results varies with surgery performed and the patient. A person who has his/her nose corrected would expect the results to be permanent. If course, if they have an injury, all of this could change. Eyelid surgery will keep the puffiness from returning, but every now and then a few fine wrinkles or "crow's feet" will show up many years down the road. These can often be corrected with a much smaller surgery. In fact, that pretty much sums up the nature of what a patient can expect. By initially reshaping and optimizing the foundations, any touch ups that are needed, either early or years later, are simpler, less extensive and less costly.
If a man is planning liposuction around the middle, the operation can take just as long as it does for a lady but recovery can be shorter. Usually there is less swelling if the area for treatment is limited to the middle and does not include hips, thighs or knees.
Since men have not had the muscle stretch associated with children, the tummy tuck for a man requires removal of loose, hanging skin and not muscle reconstruction. Most men having this have had large weight gain and weight loss so there usually is a lot of tissue for removal and recovery for this is just as long or longer than for the ladies.