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Topics - September 2002:
Overweight and localised fatty deposits
Young Look
News in the field of Plastic Surgery
Skin Care and the modern Woman
Overweight and localised fatty deposits
The problem “Overweight” is a product of the industrialised
world. Different factors like lifestyle, nutrition, hormonal influences
and also to have the tendency to put on weight influences the weight of
the body. On a long term basis, overweight is a risk factor for different
complaints like diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke, degeneration of
the joint and so on. Some people’s fatty deposits are located in
specific places, so-called problem zones.
The surplus fatty deposits are not only influencing the health, but also
the aesthetic. That’s why, people are more and more interested in
removing the fat not only because of health reasons, but also because
of aesthetic reasons.
There are different possibilities to remove the surplus fatty deposits,
e.g. diets, tablets and operations. Some fatty deposits cannot be removed
by sport or diets because of predisposition. Only an operation may help
in such cases. Liposuction is the ideal alternative for persons with elastic
skin and without surplus skin. After a 2-3 mm in diameter cut it is possible
to remove the fat through a very thin cannula. Afterwards there will be
a swelling, which will be less day by day. The fat cells never grow again
and the problem is eliminated forever.
The procedure for persons with surplus skin is little different. After
a liposuction the surplus skin has to be removed by a lifting. The scar
is hidden in a natural wrinkle and therefore not shown.
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Our society’s goal is to achieve success and good performance in
the professional life. To reach this goal it is very important to look
young and dynamic. People want to look how they feel.
The skin can age faster than your biological age because of following
reasons: predisposition, lifestyle, protection against UV, hormonal influences
especially women and environmental influences. Some people look older
than they are. The discrepancy between their look and their real age expresses
weariness, although they feel fit.
Nowadays, even the up-to-date knowledge of medicine cannot stop the ageing
process, but it is possible to delay the ageing process. There is a special
concept to estimate the biological age and the risk factors for the ageing
process can be controlled by laboratory examinations. Afterwards the difference
between the chronological age and the biological age can be evaluated
and various measures are recommended, to “brake” the fast ageing
process, e.g. changes of eating habits, eventually medicine e.g. vitamins,
trace elements or even hormonal replacement are recommended.
There are many treatment possibilities for the outer changes of age, starting
with conservative measure like skin renewal by special treatments, small
operations like lid plastic or fat injection ending with rejuvenation
operations in the face like mini lift or face lift and on the body like
breast lift (Mastopexy), tummy tuck, thigh lift or a combination of tummy
tuck, thigh lift and buttock lift, so-called body lift.
I hereby recommend to visit a competent doctor already when small changes
of the body are shown. Small changes can be done with small operations.
It takes only a very short time to be back in the job. Longer operations
need 1-3 week vacation till the end of healing process.
Nowadays, even long rejuvenation operations became routine treatments
with a natural effect.
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News in the field of Plastic Surgery
Patients ask me very often, whether I do also fat injection. Hereby I
would like to say my opinion about this treatment. The fat injection can
be done by using synthetic substances or body own tissue. The industrialised
substances originate from animal products or from synthetic products developed
in the laboratory. There are always risks e.g. allergies and foreign body
reactions by using foreign body own substances. Moreover, these substances
will be decomposed in a very short time. The risks for foreign body reactions
are higher when using substances with long term effect, because they contain
not decomposable substances.
I do not recommend the injection of foreign body substances, but to use
body own tissue. Above mentioned risks are eliminated by using this method.
But there is the risk that the used body own tissue decomposes up to about
30% one year after the treatment. Still, the method is gently and can
be repeated without any health risks.
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Skin Care and the modern Woman
Many of our patients have skin damages, because they do not take care
of their skin in the right way. Sometimes they buy lot of products without
advise of a competent doctor. During the last years we explored and developed
active substances, which can be used for all skin types. Because of the
success of the products a group of companies requested us to transmit
the recipe. The products contain of strong active substances from nature
like grain (e.g. rice) and fruits (e.g. mango) and because of their potency
the dosage used is very low. I have the honour to support the company
as medical advisor and it would be a pleasure for me to inform you when
the products are launched.
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