Newer is Better When it Comes to Cosmetic Surgery??

Certain new techniques have come into plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery over the years.  Many of them have proved to be unsuccessful and not worthy of further study.  Many lasers have come and gone, many new techniques for liposuction have come and gone, and yet the newer machines and the more expensive machines keep coming and coming and coming.  Occasionally, there is a new laser technique or machine that will work, such as laser hair removals and certain types of new lasers that can help rejuvenate the skin; however, we must not forget there are many much simpler methods to help rejuvenate the skin and give a better texture to the skin that avoid expensive lasers.  Simple things like trichloroacetic acid peels, or TCA peels, at a fraction of the cost of lasers can get a fine result for increasing texture on the facial skin and ridding it of very fine lines.  When it comes to certain types of surgical procedures, such as cosmetic nose surgery (Rhinoplasty), cosmetic eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), and even face lift surgery, some of the newer techniques are worse rather than better.  The open nasal revisional surgery which has come to vogue and is extremely popular, in my opinion, is going backwards.  It is opening up the nose and causing tremendous trauma when all you have to do is make small incisions inside the nose, and you can get excellent results as long as you have a well-trained surgeon who is very familiar with this type of closed rhinoplasty/nose technique.  The same is true of face lifts.  Newer techniques for face lifts have been developed that, in my opinion, distort the face and cause a cat eye appearance, high cheek bones, pulled looks, and looks artificial.  The same for eyebrow lifts.  The same for certain types of blepharoplasty procedures.  The true art of plastic surgery is for one to look natural without pulled or artificial looks.  Some of the newer techniques, in fact, give artificial, pulled looks, which are far from improved.  Some of the older, more restrained techniques that are more conservative yet get great results are better than some of the newer techniques.  Reason -- they give more natural-appearing faces and looks without the pulled earlobe, retracted corners of the eye, or a variety of looks that look typically operated on.