Eating for Beautiful Skin

Diets rich in anti-oxidants and healthy fats are good for the skin. Low fat or skim milk but not full fat milk is positively associated with acne. A stronger association exists between high glycemic index diets and acne severity. Patients who followed a low glycemic...

Different Dietary Programs

People ask me what is the best diet for them. It is very difficult to decide what is the best program for everybody. The best program is the one that fits them. We spend time with each patient to determine what makes him or her eat. It could be hunger, cravings,...

Do You Want to Live Longer?

If you want to live longer, get treated by a woman doctor. According to to a study published By JAMA Internal Medicine,  32000 lives a year could be saved a year when female physicians were taking care of elderly patients in a hospital setting versus those taken care...

How Much Sleep Do We Need?

How Much Sleep Do You Really Need? If you often feel sluggish in the afternoon or rely on the snooze button, there is a chance that you don’t get enough sleep. Unfortunately, failure to get quality sleep can cause more severe problems than simply feeling...

Aesthetic Clarification

The best way to treat the face and the body is to use a combination therapy. Surgery is now left as a last resource. We have so many other therapies which are non invasive and have very few side side effects like some temporary soreness, bruising and swelling. Radio...

Obesity fit and fat?

Is it possible to be fat and fit Yes — but not forever, according to Prakash Deedwania, MD, of the University of California at San Francisco School of     Medicine. “Obesity is never healthy; it’s just a question of time,” Deedwania said....

Bellafill

BELLAFILL: We carry now Bellafill the filler that lasts 5-10 years. It is ideal for nasolabial folds, cheeks and chin. It is also the only filler approved to fill acne scars. It is recommended to have a free allergy test prior to using the product. There is a $100...
best esthetic practices

best esthetic practices

The upper third of the face requires botox or dysport to eliminate the tiny lines in the face.The middle face fares the best with fillers to put volume in the cheeks and chin. The nasolabial folds and tear throughs do best with fillers. However  for jowls and neck,...

Micro-needling and PRP

Micro-needling and Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) The new micro-needling machines are so improved nowadays that they are more effective than lasers.They work by producing microscopic channels in the skin thus any esthetic product or serum can penetrate the skin deeper....

Fruit sugar

Fruit Sugar For years, many diets have claimed that eating fruit is just as bad as eating candy, because of the sugar – but that may not be the case. Most American adults consume toxic levels, or more than 50 grams of added sugar, each day. What many don’t...