Showing posts with label plastic surgery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label plastic surgery. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 26

Do you know the Lap Band system-answer to weight loss?

It seems I am becoming some kind of a medical consultant. (hahaha)

After my close encounters with rhinoplasty, liposuction and breast augmentation surgeries, now I am face to face with a totally unique kind of surgery (no need for all the usual surgical instruments) to reduce obesity.

I read somewhere that 50% of the Americans are concerned with over weight. (really?)
Over weight people all over the world might have tried just about everything in the medical history to address their worry.

Everyone knows the miracle pills that promise to make you shed excess weight in weeks, the wonder exercise machines that keep popping up in the market, the attractive of flyers of plastic surgeons and so on.

Now the inventors of surgical procedures have come up with an option called Lap Band system.

"The LAP-BAND® System is an adjustable gastric band designed to help you lose excess body weight, improve weight-related health conditions and enhance quality of life.

It reduces the stomach capacity and restricts the amount of food that can be consumed at one time. The LAP-BAND® System procedure does not require stomach cutting and stapling or gastrointestinal re-routing to bypass normal digestion.

The LAP-BAND® System is the only adjustable and reversible weight-loss surgery available in the United States and the only weight-loss surgery approved for use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)."
Acknowledgement:lapband.com
While doing a research on this surgery, I also came to know about a controversy on this issue concerning Travis County Commissioners.

Thats enough of blood and tissues for me.
I hope to find something interesting about Halloween tomorrow.

Thursday, September 21

Go ahead, worry as much as you like!

“We will take care of the wrinkles on your face that result from worry and concentration”, assures Dr. Edwin Williams who advocates the Botox Albany, the non-surgical cosmetic procedure able to improve the appearance of facial wrinkles.

Botox may be used to treat furrows between the brows, forehead wrinkles, smiles lines or ‘crow’s feet’, fine wrinkles around the lips, wrinkling and dimpling of the chin, platysmal banding in the neck, and marionette lines.

Good news for those suffering from Migraine:
The news that Botox is also effective in the treatment of migraine is cheered by my entire family of migraine affected members.

What is Botox?
Botox is a natural, purified protein that is produced by the Clostridium Botulinum Bacterium and it is administered as a very low dose with a few tiny injections directly into the facial muscle responsible for wrinkles and lines.

These are simple procedures that take about ten minutes per area treated. Patients can typically return to work and other normal activities immediately after treatment.

Where Botox is offered?
At the Williams Rejuva Center, you can undertake a simple treatment to rejuvenate your face instantly that is also affordable without the risks and downtime of surgery.

The Williams Rejuva Center also offers a number of minimally invasive procedures including BOTOX®, Restylane, Radiesse, medicated skin creams, medical facial peels, laser treatments, and skin rejuvenation programs.

You can also benefit from The Williams Rejuva Center’s 6-month skin rejuvenation program for treatments that stimulate collagen, improve hyper pigmentation problems (brown spots), and erase redness or spider veins. It improves skin texture, tone and color.

This program consists of two medicated peels, four Lite Touch laser treatments, medicated creams, and a basic skin care regime to maintain your beautiful results.

Visit williamsfacialsurgery.com to learn about medicated peels, Lite Touch laser treatments and medicated creams.