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Monday, April 21. 2014
Category : New Treatments
Monday, April 21. 2014
Voluma by Allergan may make surgical cheek implants obsolete.
It has been about 12 months now since I have been treating my patients with Voluma. This Hyaluronic acid based filler has drastically transformed my filler practice. The results look natural and last for 2-3 years. Even more importantly; unlike traditional cheek implants there is no downtime or risk of infection or migration as there is with traditional silicone implants.
What is JUVÉDERM VOLUMA™ XC injectable gel?
JUVÉDERM VOLUMA™ XC injectable gel is the first and only filler FDA-approved to instantly add volume to the cheek area. It gives you a subtle lift, helping to restore contour and a more youthful profile, for up to 2 years, in patients over the age of 21. It's different than JUVÉDERM® XC and works on a different area of the face. JUVÉDERM® XC smoothes out moderate to severe wrinkles and folds around the nose and mouth, like parentheses. JUVÉDERM VOLUMA™ XC, however, adds volume to the cheek area.
What else should you know about JUVÉDERM VOLUMA™ XC?
- First and only Hyaluronic Acid (HA) filler FDA-approved to instantly add volume to the cheek area, resulting in a subtle lift
- Clinically proven to last up to 2 years with optimal treatment
- JUVÉDERM VOLUMA™ XC is from the makers of the #1 family of fillers
- After 24 hours, you should be able to resume your normal activities
- Side effects are moderate and generally last 2 to 4 weeks. Common side effects include temporary reactions at the treatment site such as tenderness, swelling, firmness, lumps/bumps, bruising, pain, redness, discoloration, and itching.
Hyaluronic Acid (HA) is a naturally occurring, hydrating substance found in your skin. As you age, you start to lose HA, which causes the skin to lose structure and volume.
Category : General Advice
Monday, April 21. 2014
You can not control where you lose your fat; here is the proof.
This is a really important article
Please read
I see this all the time in my practice. Patients that lose too much weight still suffer from disproportionate fat deposits in the hips. The other extreme is that diets and weight loss cause wasting of the face and hollowness that makes the person appear older.
The solution is judicial laser liposuction with Smart Lipo.
Can you really control where you lose fat?
They're called "comfort" foods for
a reason -- they bring back warm memories, tickle your taste buds, and
soothe your soul. Though some comfort foods are deep-fried, covered in
cheese, or packed with sugar, some can actually help you lose weight. Beat the battle of the bulge with the following cozy eats.
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(upwave.com) -- The rumor: You can spot-reduce to lose body fat
Legend has it that, by targeting specific parts of your body through exercise, you can laser-focus where your body burns fat.
Heck, the guy in the TV commercial for that abs thing lost 60 pounds around his midsection by doing three minutes a day on what looks like an assisted twerking machine. And popular wisdom says there's no problem getting washboard abs if you do enough crunches.
But are the rumors true?
The verdict: You can't control where you lose fat
Sorry, but where your body loses fat has more to do with genetics than with that weekly "Six-Pack-A-Palooza" class at your gym.
"Asking your body to lose fat in one area is like trying to remove a cup of water from one corner of a filled bathtub," says personal trainer Lecia Whitlock, an instructor at The National Personal Training Institute. "The overall water level will go down, but there won't be a divot in one corner of the tub."
A 2013 study measured the effects of exercise on the fat mass of a targeted body area. Subjects did a ludicrous number of leg presses using their nondominant leg over the course of 12 weeks.
Despite performing between 960 and 1,200 reps (!) three times a week against very light resistance, participants saw no significant change in fat mass in the exercising leg. There was a decrease in fat mass in the upper body, but nada in the leg that did all of the work.
upwave: The best fat-loss workout
So, where does this leave you if you want to lean out through the middle?
First off, we just saved you anywhere from $19 to $199, because now you won't be tempted to go out and get the latest "fat-burning" abs gizmo. And that's only the beginning of the good news.
If you're serious about losing your gut and are following a sound exercise and diet program, there are some things you can do to decrease the appearance of your waistline while your body leans itself out.
"Strength training the muscles of the upper body -- especially the shoulders and back -- will improve your posture and change your body's proportions," says Whitlock. "This will make your waistline appear smaller."
Your improved posture will get you standing taller and appearing thinner, and the added muscle you'll be building will help increase your overall metabolism and speed up the rate at which your body is burning calories and shedding body fat.
upwave: Quick 5-minute upper body workout
Ultimately, the key to a more ripped midsection isn't doing a zillion crunches. It's working the entire body and eating correctly.
Strength training will increase the calories you burn 24/7. High-intensity cardio will let you burn big chunks of calories in a small amount of time. And a healthy diet will ensure that you're taking in the proper number of quality calories.
You might not lose three pants sizes in a week like the guy in the ad, but you will eventually reach your goal. "And as a bonus," says Whitlock, "the rest of your body will look and feel better as well."
This article was originally published on upwave.com.
