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Ten Things You Can Do To Get Ready For Summer - Number 5

April 28, 2011 @ 05:17 PM — by Douglas Mackenzie
Tagged with: Hyperhidrosis Sweaty Armpits

Does underarm sweating interfere with your daily activities? Are you worried about raising your arms in public because of underarm sweat stains? Do you hesitate to buy new clothes because they might be ruined by underarm sweat? Do you worry someone will notice your sweat stains? Well, don’t sweat it anymore! There are treatments that can help! 

In this post Jessica discusses hyperhidrosis.  Many people with hyperhidrosis, and those that just don't want to deal with sweaty armpits, especially with the warmer weather coming, get great results from a very simple and quick procedure - injection of Botox.  Those of you familiar with Botox in the face will be surprised to find out that Botox in the underarm lasts much longer.  I'm really not sure why the word hasn't gotten out on this - it works great, but not many people take advantage of it...

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Ten Things You Can Do To Get Ready For Summer - Number 4

April 26, 2011 @ 04:49 PM — by Douglas Mackenzie
Tagged with: Liposuction Body Jet Liposuction Liposculpture

Liposuction!

Liposuction takes some time to recover from, so if that's what you need to get ready for this summer, you had better get on it!  In this post, Lisa discusses Body Jet Liposuction, the technique I prefer.  (Click on the title for the full article)

Ten Things You Can Do To Get Ready For Summer - Number 3

April 22, 2011 @ 09:13 AM — by Douglas Mackenzie
Tagged with: Skin Care Sunscreen

Skin Care!

Summer is just around the corner, so here are some summer skin care tips...

Properly protect your skin from the sun!  Sunscreen is a year round MUST, but is especially important during the summer months.  To protect your skin from strong summer rays, it is VITAL to use a broad spectrum (UVA AND UVB) sunscreen.  There are many misconceptions about sun protection.  (Click on the title for the full article).        (Click    cccc

Plastic Surgery Procedures Trend Upwards in 2010

April 05, 2011 @ 10:46 AM — by Douglas Mackenzie
Tagged with: Plastic Surgery Trends

The American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery released their annual statistics which show an increase in aesthetic plastic surgery procedures of 9% in 2010.  Perhaps the rebounding of the economy helped people get the surgery procedures they had previously put off.   What was interesting, and somewhat surprising to me, was a decrease of 9% in minimally invasive aesthetic procedures (namely, laser procedures, and injectable procedures like Botox and fillers).  See the full story at http://www.surgery.org/media/news-releases/demand-for-plastic-surgery-rebounds-by-almost-9%25