ISSUE: Summer 2006
Anti-aging & Wellness
Hormone Therapy and Aging
Of all the causes of aging, that of hormone depletion is the most obvious and the most attractive because it is the easiest to fix. The other considerations of oxidative damage, toxic overload, circulatory impairment, telomeric (gene) shortening, and life stresses are hard to assess and even harder to repair. We can measure hormones; we know their levels decline with age, sometimes acutely, and we can replace them easily. Added hormones create effects rapidly. Changes begin in days to weeks, and they are often profound..
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Dermatology
Radiesse and Other Soft Tissue Fillers
For physicians wishing to expand the scope of their aesthetic practice, it is difficult to imagine how timing for achieving such an objective could be any more propitious. The generation known as “baby boomers” has come into late adulthood. This population group is still young at heart and generally healthy. In addition, its members constitute the first wave in our culture of self-affirmation, self-help, and, particularly pertinent to our profession, self-improvement. Finally, these baby boomers have likely kept their portfolios in durable investment arenas. They have some financial wherewithal for expenditures which could have been seen as “frivolous” or “too costly” in their younger years..
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Laser & Light Technology
Analytical Report: HOYA ConBio MedLite™ C6
HOYA ConBio (Fremont, CA) has developed a tattoo removal laser which has four wavelengths in one laser, the only laser of its kind currently sold. The purpose of these wavelengths is to treat the numerous colors of which contemporary tattoos are often comprised. The MedLite C6 is a nanosecond laser designed to reduce pigment particle size so they may be removed by the immune system of the skin. In addition, other applications for the C6 have been documented, and these will be discussed in brief later in the article.
Legal Case of the Month
The Importance of Lobbying
In the May/June 2006 issue we covered a very contemptuous topic, pending legislation in California and Florida. We mentioned political clout and made reference to efforts to affect legislation. There is no more powerful way to achieve this other than lobbying. Collective bargaining has been the most powerful way for certain areas of business to achieve the ability to shape their own destiny. Professional sports would be a tremendous example of the power of collective bargaining. However, physicians have had historically limited benefit from collective bargaining. Over the years, efforts have been made to allow physicians to collectively bargain..
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Medical Spas
Skin Tightening Part 2
Non-ablative, non-surgical skin tightening is the rage. Each of the major laser companies offers a skin tightening device. The media enthusiastically finds and promotes these emerging technologies. Consumers, armed with talk show anecdotes and anti-aging how-to articles, will invariably come to your office requesting the procedure. If you are considering adding this service to your practice, this article will help you muddle through the hype and answer four important questions:.
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Men’s Aesthetic Procedures
Market Your Practice
Today’s consumer is inundated with advertising messages like never before. Open your local newspaper, listen to your local radio stations, watch your local TV news stations, and I’ll bet you see your colleagues promoting themselves as the best, the cheapest, or the most up-to-date providers of aesthetic treatments. Surf the Internet as well. “Google” a procedure and see thousands of choices pop up....
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Plastic Surgery
Taming the Tanning Addiction
Before 1920, style and society dictated that pale skin was the epitome of wealth and power. The paler your skin was, the higher your status in society. It separated the ruling class from the working class. A person of means was someone who did not have to expose his or her skin to the elements to make a living. Women went to great lengths to shield their skin from the sun and secure their status in society.
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