Curves are making a comeback thanks to such high profile actresses as Mad Men’s Christina Hendricks, Kim Kardashian, and singer Beyonce. But while this trend may be new for American women, Houston plastic surgeon and native Latin American Dr. German Newall says Latin Americans and Europeans have always prized feminine curves.
South American women, he said, are more concerned about having curves throughout the body, whereas the ideal in America tends to be more of a top heavy, slim-hipped figure. But with famously curvaceous celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez and Scarlett Johansson in the media spotlight, procedures to recontour and increase the buttocks through fat grafting are on the rise in America. Statistics published by the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery showed butt augmentations increased by 37.3 percent in 2009.
Dr. Newall says the trend reflects what he has always considered his body contouring goal, one that was influenced by his Latin American upbringing: to create a well-proportioned frame while enhancing feminine curves. Though he is considered an expert at performing large-volume liposuction to remove up to 22 pounds of fat, he makes an effort to preserve pleasing aesthetic proportions and contours, rather than focusing solely on fat removal. Selectively removing the fat allows the surgeon to reduce bulk where it is undesired while leaving behind right amount to achieve an ideal feminine or masculine shape.
“What attracts a males to females is what males do not have: curves, “ said the doctor, who left his native Peru at age 18 to attend medical school in the United States, and later received his plastic surgery training in Houston. “The concept of making a female more boyish looking by removing her natural curves is the wrong approach. The eye perceives beauty as a proportional whole.”
Women of the 1950s and 1960s would have agreed, at a time when the physical ideal was represented by such voluptuous film stars Marilyn Monroe and Sophia Loren, the Italian actress who declared, “Everything you see, I owe to spaghetti.” This trend began to shift in the late 1960s when English model Twiggy, with her 5’6”, 91-pound frame ushered in an era of runways and fashion magazines featuring models with straight hips and fat-free frames. Though some received their thin figures due to genetics, for others it was the result of extreme calorie restriction.
The comeback of the hourglass figure represents a more attainable goal for many women, allowing them to embrace their natural curves while pursing a more balanced approach to exercise and diet.
For additional information on this body contouring article, please contact:
Sherri Lopez
(713) 799-9999
sherri@mybeautifulbody.com
Source: Sherri Lopez
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