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July 31, 2007
Don't miss the
chance to meet
Medical Spa expert,
Cheryl Whitman, CEO
of beautiful forever
Medical Spa Business
Consulting when she
is a guest speaker
at the following:
American
Society of Plastic
Surgeons at
the Hilton, New
York, NY on Friday,
September
7th at
9:45AM and Saturday,
September
8th
at 2:40PM, where the
topic is "Cosmetic
Medicine, The
Bottom
Line"
For more information
and show details,
please visit:
www.plasticsurgery.org
International
Congress of
Esthetics and Spa,
Long Beach
Convention Center,
Long Beach,
California, on
Sunday
September
8th,
at 2PM, Executive
Consultant for
Beautiful Forever,
Michelle Bazhaw will
be speaking on
"Bringing
the Med-Spa concept
to Your Spa".
For more information
and show details,
please visit:
www.Ineonline.com
Reed Spa and
Resort Expo
at the Jacob Javits
Convention Center,
New York, NY on
Monday, September
10th at
11AM where she will
speak on
"How to Moo-ve over
the Competition"
For more information
and show details,
please visit:
www.spaandresortexpo.com
If you
would like to
schedule an
appointment to speak
with Cheryl Whitman,
or Michelle Bazhaw
while they are at
one of the speaking
engagements, please
contact our
corporate office at
201-541-5405 or
info@medicalspaconsultant.com
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Landmark Discovery
in Manipulating Fat
Could Revolutionize
Plastic Surgery,
ASPS Says
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS,
Ill. - This week,
physicians and
researchers at
Georgetown
University Medical
Center revealed they
may have discovered
a natural way to
fill-in pesky crow's
feet and get rid of
unwanted fat in the
thigh and abdominal
areas. According to
a study published
online in the July 1
issue of Nature
Medicine, physicians
have been able to
selectively add fat
in targeted areas of
the body in
laboratory animals
by injecting a
natural chemical (neuropeptide
Y) found in the
body. Likewise, they
have found blocking
this chemical (neuropeptide
Y2R blocker) can
prevent the
development of fat.
The study, partially
funded by the
American Society of
Plastic Surgeons
(ASPS) National
Endowment for
Plastic Surgery,
could revolutionize
aspects of cosmetic
and reconstructive
plastic surgery,
says the ASPS.
"This is the first
well-described
mechanism found that
can effectively
eliminate fat,
rejuvenate the face,
or re-contour the
body without
surgery," said
Stephen Baker, MD,
DDS, ASPS Member
Surgeon and study
co-author. "Unlike
current methods,
this natural
chemical could prove
to induce a person's
own body to remove
or add fat. We are
very excited about
the animal findings;
however, we know
more research is
needed and predict
that studies in
humans may not begin
for another two
years."
Patients could say
goodbye to saddle
bags and have
results similar to
liposuction, the
third most popular
surgical cosmetic
procedures, by using
the natural chemical
to block the
pathways that make
cells create fat. In
fact, this discovery
could deliver the
unproven promises of
mesotherapy and
LipoDissolve, which
are touted to
non-surgically
remove localized
fat.
Patients tired of
staring at
marionette lines or
deflated lips could
also see significant
benefits. This
natural chemical
could be used to
induce cells into
making fat in a
specific area. The
patient's own body
would naturally fill
in wrinkles or
augment lips without
the high
re-absorption rate
found with current
fat injection
techniques.
"Through injections
of the natural
chemical,
reconstructive
plastic surgery
patients may be able
to produce their own
fat in a targeted
site, helping to
fill in areas for
breast and facial
reconstruction that
have been affected
by disease or
trauma," said Dr.
Baker. "This
discovery could be a
future option for
the more than 56,000
patients who had
breast
reconstruction in
2006.
http://plasticsurgery.org/media/press_releases/Landmark-Discovery-in-Manipulating-Fat.cfm
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Male Makeovers
It's no surprise
that men in the
entertainment
industry have long
used cosmetic
procedures to keep
them looking young
and fresh. But
doctors say now,
regular men, both
macho and metro
sexual, are
following in their
footsteps.
Gary Uncle isn't a
metro sexual or a
gym rat. He's just a
normal guy and dad
to a brand new baby
"trying to make
myself look a little
younger. I've got a
young wife, and
nothing wrong with
trying to better
your appearance."
Last year he had his
first cosmetic
procedure --
thermage.
Gary says "that was
to tighten up skin
area around here."
Now he's back for
botox to get rid of
frown lines between
his eyes...and is
injected with
restylane to fill in
the hollow areas.
Gary is part of a
growing trend --
doctor dale Isaacson
has seen about a
20-percent increase
in men's cosmetic
procedures over the
last five years.
"The baby boomer
population is aging.
Second, I think the
stigma for having
cosmetic procedures
is eroding" says
Doctor Dale
Isaacson.
Doctors say most
often -- men want to
reduce wrinkles and
lines around their
mouth, get rid of
crows feet and
eliminate dark,
hollow areas under
the eyes.
These procedures
often require higher
doses than they do
for women and have
to be administered
differently because
mens' skin is
thicker and their
faces are shaped
differently.
Doctor Isaacson says
"men have stronger
muscles, and it
takes more botox to
relax those muscles
then it does with
women."
Gary leaves with a
slightly red
forehead, but the
hollow circles under
his eyes are already
disappearing and he
considers that a
good investment.
He says "if you
don't spend your
money on your
appearance, you're
going to spend it on
the golf course or
something else ...
fishing and this
lasts longer."
That makes this dad
feel better and
younger too.
Doctors say another
reason men are
having more cosmetic
procedures is
because a lot of
treatments are quick
and can be done on a
lunch hour, rather
than requiring
surgery or going
under the knife.
http://www.medspapress.com/articles/810/1/Male-Makeover
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Deer's Blood a Spa
Treatment in
Siberian Russia
This patch of
Siberia nestled just
above the Kazakh
steppe beckons
tourists with
awe-inspiring
nature. The Katun
River's rapids are
world-class. More
than 7,000 lakes
adorn meadowy
hillocks and vast
stands of white
birch. Above it all
tower the majestic,
snow-capped peaks of
the Altai range.
For Russia's nouveau
riche, however, it's
the blood of another
natural beauty of
the Altai -- the
maral deer -- that
lures them here.
Every summer,
farmworkers saw off
the antlers of
thousands of maral
deer a few months
before they
naturally shed, boil
the antlers in vats
and use the murky
soup to produce
baths and steam
treatments treasured
by many Russians as
a cure for
everything from
arthritis to
impotence.
For an extra jolt of
health, devotees
swig shots of maral
deer blood sweetened
with fruit syrup.
Like college kids at
the campus liquor
store, they leave
Altai spas with
boxes of bottled
deer blood to ensure
breakfasts at home
don't go by without
a spoonful.
"I drink the blood
of maral every day
in the morning for a
month," said Sergei
Trubchaninov, 46, a
supermarket supplies
executive. Red-faced
as he bastes in a
barrel-shaped
personal sauna that
infuses his skin
with vaporized maral
blood, Trubchaninov
describes his
wake-up cocktail:
"Thirty grams worth,
50 percent blood, 50
percent vodka."
The spa trade is big
business in Russia.
Moscow's moneyed
elite regularly
flock to downtown
spas with Botox,
body wraps and
cosmetic stem cell
treatments on their
price lists. The
blood of the maral
deer, however, has a
cachet all its own.
Russians believe a
substance called
pantogematogen found
in the bloody ooze
from the antlers has
unique curative
properties that work
on a cellular level.
Every year, they
show up at Altai
resorts hoping the
blood baths, steam
treatments and maral
blood-infused
massages will fend
off a laundry list
of afflictions.
Middle-age Russian
men look to
pantogematogen for a
chance at
Viagra-like
virility.
Russian health
researchers say
their studies
support those
beliefs. Scientists
at the Siberian
branch of the
Russian Academy of
Medical Sciences say
years of research
and clinical trials
have convinced them
that pantogematogen
can be used to treat
a range of maladies,
including
cardiovascular
disease, arthritis,
ulcers, impotence
and infertility.
For complete article
go to:
http://www.medspapress.com/articles/804/1/
Deer%26%2339%3Bs-Blood-a-Spa-Treatment-in-Siberian-Russia
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