Paula's story and the process of her makeover with LMR Plastic Surgery and Dois Às 10 TVI.
BEFORE AND AFTER PAULA
Facelift, Blepharoplasty, Face Fat Grafting, Mastopexy with Implants, Lipoabdominoplasty
Face procedures
Dr Luísa Magalhães Ramos, specialist in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, registration no. 42810:
- FaceliftTo remove excess skin from the face, reposition facial muscles, improve the appearance of wrinkles and provide a more defined, harmonious and rejuvenated facial contour.
- BlepharoplastyTo remove excess skin and fat pockets from the upper and lower eyelids, giving the eyes and face a more rejuvenated appearance.
- Face Fat GraftingTo improve the appearance of the face, giving it volume and a more rejuvenated look.
Body procedures
Dr Mariana da Rocha Martins, specialist in Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, registration no. 55124
- Mastopexy with implants: After having children, Paula's breasts sagged, with excess skin and a lack of volume. We therefore carried out a Mastopexy with Prostheses in order to reshape and lift her sagging breasts, giving them more consistency and volume.
- Lipoabdominoplasty: Paula had excess localised fat on her abdomen that she wanted to remove. In addition, her skin had lost its elasticity, becoming more flabby and forming folds, which bothered her a lot. In order to improve her body contour and make it more harmonious, we performed an abdominoplasty combined with liposuction.
Paula's story
Paula, 59, is proof that you can be reborn no matter where life takes you.
She has a very complicated life story, largely due to her depression, loneliness and the bullying she suffered for being obese, especially during her childhood. She has seen the scales swing dramatically during life's challenges. After reaching 88 kilos, followed by a drop of 49 kilos. To this day, she still carries deep insecurity and sadness.
Her life was marked by altruism, especially towards her family. However, this came at the cost of neglecting herself, because she didn't feel worthy of attention or care. Loneliness and regret were constant companions, intensified by the tragic loss of her mother in 2014, which left her without her greatest emotional and physical support, having been left to look after her father who suffered from profound Alzheimer's.
Over the years, Paula faced “severe burnout”, “nervous exhaustion” and “major depression”, which led her on a painful pilgrimage to doctors and therapies. Tired of the ineffective treatments that tried to cure her on a mental level, Paula sought a reverse approach: improving the outside in the hope of curing the inside. She expresses disgust at her own image, the result of years of heartbreak and an inferiority complex, and sees a change of look as a way of regaining her lost self-esteem.
Today, with a new image, she is a happier, more self-confident woman with a hopeful path ahead of her!
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About
Dr Luísa Magalhães Ramos / Plastic Surgery
DOCTORS' ASSOCIATION: registration no. 42810, specialising in Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, specialising in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, He specialised in University Hospital Centre Lisboa Central - St Joseph's Hospital.
Throughout his training, he sub-specialised in the area of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, He has worked in world-renowned centres. At the same time, he also worked on breast reconstruction and the reconstruction of facial malformations.
He is currently working mainly on Aesthetic Plastic Surgery of the Face (eyelids, nose and cervical-facial lift), Breast Surgery and Female Genital Surgery.
About
Dr Mariana da Rocha Martins/ Plastic Surgery
DOCTORS' ASSOCIATION: registration no. 55124, specialising in Reconstructive and Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.
He graduated from Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Porto and completed his speciality in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at the University Hospital Centre Lisboa Central - St Joseph's Hospital.
During his specific training in Plastic Surgery, he worked at internationally renowned institutions such as the Kaplan Institute (Barcelona), in La Clinic (Montreux) and Great Ormond Street Hospital (London).
