Do you know what the best beauty secret is? Drinking water keeps our bodies hydrated and acts as an internal moisturizer. Water helps prevent pre-mature aging. Make sense?

The human body is made up primarily of water. During the course of the day, we lose much of that water by perspiring, breathing, and peeing. We need to be sure to replenish water every day. It is recommended that people drink as much as two litres of water per day. Waiting until you feel thirsty doesn’t cut it. By the time you are thirsty, you are already dehydrated.

Avoiding beverages with caffeine or alcohol will help keep you hydrated. If you just have to have your three cups of coffee every morning, like me, make up for it by drinking extra water. Your skin will thank you for it. In addition to dehydration, alcohol causes other problems that lead to premature aging. For instance, consuming alcohol overtaxes the liver, the organ that helps to purify the body. It can lead to broken capillaries, especially on the nose and cheeks. You don’t have to quit drinking for the sake of your skin, but you should definitely be mindful of its damaging effects. Drinking in moderation may be okay for you.

By exercising and taking care of yourself you can reduce the signs of aging. Regular physical activity helps your body and your mind stay healthy. I will never tell you to quit eating chocolate no matter what size you are. This is another area where moderation is the key. Make sure you are eating a nutritionally balanced diet. Everything you put in your mouth is reflected in your skin. Foods rich in vitamin C and beta carotene prevent pre-mature aging of the skin. Vitamin E, selenium, and zinc help maintain tissue health, preserve skin elasticity, and slow the aging of cells.

The best way to look after yourself is to make sure that you take regular exercise and diet and try to avoid factors such as smoking, drinking and late nights plus too much sun exposure. If it is too late and the damage has already been done then it might be time to think about plastic surgery or some kind of non surgical treatment as sometimes the only way to repair the damage is a drastic solution.

Breast augmentation is a type of cosmetic surgery to either reduce or increase breast size, as well as balance out uneven breasts. This procedure is performed by a qualified plastic surgeon who is experienced in augmentation and often in reconstruction surgery also. Before the surgery is scheduled, the surgeon will speak with you about how much of a cup size you would like to increase to. For example, if you are presently a 34 B, increasing to a 34 D will result in significantly fuller, more rounded breasts. Once the size is agreed upon, your cosmetic plastic surgeon will draw with a black marker on the area of your breasts where he will make the incisions for inserting the saline implants. If one of your breasts is smaller than the other, he will even them out with different sized implants.

Expect your surgery for breast augmentation to take approximately two hours. Most cosmetic surgeries can be performed on an outpatient basis, but in many cases the patient will spend the night in the hospital. Some surgeries require only local anesthesia, but a more involved surgery will warrant general anesthesia, meaning you will be knocked out completely and won’t remember a thing. To begin the surgery, the doctor will make an incision in the armpit, an area outside the areola, and in the fold of skin beneath the breasts. After making the incisions, he will pull the skin back, and either place the implant in front of the muscle wall or behind it. He may or may not insert a drainage tube. He will however put stitches in. You will wear a support bra and in about a week, the stitches will be removed. Your breasts will feel bruised and they will be swollen, but should subside within a few days. The fine scarring that occurs in breast surgery will appear red at first, but with time, it will fade and no longer be noticeable.

The risks involved with any cosmetic surgery can be mild to severe and with a procedure like breast augmentation, some of the after effects to watch for are, bleeding, fever, infection, and a numbness or high sensitivity to the nipple. Another rare but correctable problem is when the scar around the implant hardens causing lumpy looking breasts. Surgery will correct this by replacing the implant. Other side effects are leakage. This may cause joint pain, fever and fatigue. In this case, the only thing to do is remove the implants.