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With an 88% increase in male Plastic Surgery procedures in the last 15 years, you may have noticed that it has become more acceptable and common for men to keep up with their appearances just as their wives have done for years. You may have also noticed that couples like Brad Pitt and Angenlina Jolie, Jay-Z and Beyonce, and the Beckhams continue to look refreshed and even younger as the years roll by. It seems that the new trend is for couples to have Plastic Surgery procedures together.

In the younger years, Liposuction is common for couples to undergo together to maintain their figures. As the couples age together, electing for couples Face Lifts is very common. Often times, the wife will go first and then coach her husband through the healing process based on her own experience. Dr. Walden recently appeared on Good Day Austin on Fox 7, an Austin News Station, to discuss this. See what she had to say about Good Day Austin’s anchor Joe Bickett:

New pictures recently surfaced of famous mom of 8, Kate Gosselin, and time seems to be reversing for her. Who ever thought that having eight children to take care of without having a job would not cause a single wrinkle or stress line on your face but in fact make you look young and refreshed? We’re not buying it either.
While it may be easy to figure out what she’s done to her hair (not to understand it though), it’s sometimes hard to see exactly what she has had done. That’s why Hollywoodlife.com asked Dr. Walden for her expert opinion to weigh in on what procedures she thinks Kate has had to look so good. This is what she had to say:

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They’re calling it the wedding of the century. No, I’m not talking about Will and Kate. The ‘they’ I am referring to is the first family of reality TV: the Kardashians - and ‘they’ are referring to Kim’s upcoming wedding to Kris Humphries as just that. So it should come as no surprise that Momager Kris Jenner would want to look her best for her daughter’s HUGE day. (Side note: I can’t wait to see this wedding and of course the dress).

Kris Jenner, who clearly takes great care of her skin, has recently admitted to undergoing a mini face lift. Her surgeon, Dr. Garth Fisher, says the name of the procedure is the ‘Format Face Pinnacle Lift’ and that it ‘is a natural face rejuvenation procedure designed to freshen up and open the eyes, elevate the cheeks, and provide youthful contours to the jawline and neck’. Just like everything else that the Kardashians do, the procedure was recorded and video can be viewed on the E! website:

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Check out the before and after photos:

Before:

After:

I think it is great that Kris owns the fact that she has had a little nip/tuck, which is more than can be said for most celebs. Love em or hate em, you have to admit those Kardashians have got genetics on their sides when it comes to their looks. Mama Kris looks pretty fantastic for 55 years old and 6 kids, and a mini face lift is a perfect way for her to feel extra glam on her daughter’s big day.

Check out this article below where Dr. Jennifer Walden is asked for her expert opinion about the new one stitch facelift on NY Daily News!

Is the so-called “one-stitch face-lift” really a fast pass to a youthful appearance?

The wrinkle-free results may not be as long-lasting as with a traditional operation, but the minimally invasive procedure is a hot ticket right now in cosmetic surgery.

Two reasons. It’s quicker and cheaper than a traditional face-lift, which requires more inpatient care time.

“There’s a strong trend right now to perform less invasive procedures for facial rejuvenation,” Dr. Jennifer Walden, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital told the Daily News. “People want instant results and minimal down time, so there is a demand for these procedures. No one can take two or three weeks off from work to recover.”

The “instant” face-lift consists of four stages, Walden explained: the insertion of the barbed thread, then the deployment of the suture material, followed by the anchoring of the soft tissues and then the fixation into place.

There’s one superlong, supersneaky suture. And yes, the needle is big.

Angelica Kavouni, 47, told the Daily Mail that she was unhappy with her “increasingly jowly” appearance. She decided to give the “one-stitch face-lift” — also called a thread lift or an iGuide — a try with plastic surgeon.

Hardy experienced minimal side-effects from the 40-minute procedure and said that with makeup, she could return to work that day.

So can one stitch hold up, or hold back all those years?

Not exactly, according to Angelo Cuzalina, president-elect of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery.

The face, he notes, “has a lot of ligaments and tissues that tend to pull back down, so it’s not like a single suture could ever hold up a face or a portion of the face.”

But the technique is getting better and better all the time, Walden says. “Our methods are getting better so they will last longer.”

In the meantime, Hardy told the Mail that if she didn’t like her “new” face, the surgeon had said that the face-lift was reversible. Basically, it was a matter of pulling out the suture.