Health and Beauty Newsletter - June, 2009
From your editors: Lois W. Stern and Patty Kovacs
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The Stem Cell Facelift: A Promising Plastic Surgery Innovation
By Lois W. Stern
The world of plastic surgery seems poised for innovation once again! How about a facelift without surgery? Sounds too good to be true? Stay tuned.
By lifting the ban on federal funding for promising stem cell research, on March 9, 2009 President Obama brought this highly charged topic to the forefront once again. Although I strongly applaud his stand, I certainly would never support the use of our finite supply of embryonic stem cells for beauty enhancement treatments, but anti-aging specialists and plastic surgeons now have discovered other sources of stem cells - unburdened by moral and ethical decisions. Enter adult stem cells.
Read more.
Breast Augmentation Becomes Natural Through Fat Transfer
By Patty Kovacs
Want to increase your breast size and slim down your mid-section at the same time?
After years of medical research, specialty trained plastic surgeons are successfully increasing a woman’s breast size using the patient’s own fat along with fat stem cells. This revolutionary plastic surgery procedure is opening a new frontier in breast augmentation and causing interested patients to look more closely at their options.
Read more.
Are Herbal Supplements Putting Aesthetic Surgery Patients at Risk?
NEW YORK, April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire
For many people, the words "natural" or "herbal" are virtually synonymous with safety and purity. Products available over-the-counter without a doctor's prescription are often mistakenly believed to be free of significant risks. A report in the March/April issue of Aesthetic Surgery Journal warns that more than 40% of plastic surgery patients use herbal supplements in the two weeks prior to undergoing surgery. And, while some herbal supplements may provide benefits during recovery, commonly used herbal medications such as ginkgo biloba, ginseng, garlic, echinacea, valerian root and others can have deleterious effects when combined with surgery.
Read more.
An Exercise in Clock Watching - The FDA's Review of Allergan's 410 "Gummy Bear" Breast Implants
By Robert Oliver, Jr, MD
The approval of medical devices of all sorts has been heavily politicized. After a number of recent high profile issues with prescription drugs, cardiac pacemakers, and vascular stents (devices used to prop open clogged blood vessels or fix aneurysms), the FDA is under the microscope. Caught up in all this is the fate of the next generation of breast implant devices, for which the FDA has been sitting on the manufacturers approval applications for nearly 3 years.
Read more.
Cosmetic Procedures for Children Pose Ethical Dilemnas
by Medical News Today
More children than ever are undergoing medical procedures for nonmedical purposes-breast enhancement and liposuction, as well as "Westernizing" eye surgery for Asian children and cosmetic interventions to correct physical deformities. An essay in a recent issue of the Hastings Center Report examines what-if any-justifications there are for parents to consent to changing their child's physical appearance.
Read more.
Artist’s Life: Cut, Nip and Tuck
by HOLLAND COTTER
You may remember that the body, the return of beauty and fashion as art were big themes batted around in the 1990s. Last month they all reconverged with a clinical vengeance in a group show called “I Am Art: An Expression of the Visual & Artistic Process of Plastic Surgery” at Apexart, a nonprofit space in TriBeCa.
Read more.
Survey Finds That Women Are More Likely to Consider Plastic Surgery
NEW YORK, March 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire
A new survey shows that more than half (56%) of all Americans approve of cosmetic plastic surgery and
nearly one-third (30%) say they would consider having cosmetic surgery themselves, either now or in the future.
Source: sev.prnewswire.com
Beauty Tip of the Month
(A Beauty Tip That Won't Break the Bank)
Boil a little milk, let it cool down, lift off the film that forms on the surface, and apply it onto your face. Let it dry and wash off with this natural facial wash:
2 teaspoons of sea salt, 1 tablespoon, sesame or safflower oil, 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice. Exfoliates, stimulates, soothes all at once!
Editors' Message Center
From Lois
"On Thursday evening, May 7th - Tick Tock, Stop the Clock - Getting Pretty on Your Lunch Hour made its debut at Book Revue. If you were unable to attend this presentation, you can request a FREE DVD of this videotaped session now. Learn how.'
"With special thanks to Dr. Alan Kisner, who took time from his busy schedule to address the audience and answer their questions. Thank you also to the three other experts who wrote chapters for this book and weathered the rainy evening to attend and contribute. Michelle Martel (Chapter 3: It Takes Experience and Technique), Madeleine Arena (Chapter 4: Your Facial Landscape) and Carol Kur (Chapter 9: Firm Assets). It was wonderful to have you there to contribute to the evening.'
"I had a lively interview with Don McCauley on The Author Show , where we talked about my book, Sex, Lies and Cosmetic Surgery If you missed it the day it aired, it is now posted at Click to listen."
NOTE: You can meet all 11 of the contributing author/experts to Tick Tock, Stop the Clock and learn about the contents of their individual chapters here.
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From Patty
"I have hosted over 800 radio interviews, including those of over 450 New York Times best selling authors, on my Health and Beauty Revolution Show. Some of my most recent guests include:
The Surgery-Free Makeover; Basic Essentials of Skin Care - Interview # 1 with guest, Dr. Brandith Irwin
Brandith Irwin, M.D., Dermatologist, Director, Madison Skin & Laser, Oprah, Today Show, Author, "The Surgery-Free Makeover, All You Need to Know for Great Skin and a Younger Face"
Ins and Outs of Lasers and Fillers - Interview # 2 with guest, Dr. Brandith Irwin
Living Younger, Longer. Tropical Secrets for Supple Skin - Interview # 1 with guest, Cynthia Rowland
Cynthia Rowland, Anti-Aging Expert, CEO of Facial Magic
How can we live younger - longer? Topical skincare – Cynthia tells us what is best for keeping skin supple and wrinkle free - Interview # 2 with guest, Cynthia Rowland
Tips for Keep Your Face Toned and Healthy - Interview # 3 with guest, Cynthia Rowland
How can your facial exercises create such a youthful, toned face at any age? What about pores? Diet? Vitamin D? What’s a woman to do? - Interview # 4 with guest,
Cynthia Rowland
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