'beauty'

The results of a new landmark study published in the March 2010 issue of Dermatologic Surgery, the official publication of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS), confirm that a single, multisyringe treatment session administering facial fillers yields a quantifiable reduction in apparent age.

During the past several years, the use of injectable products to eliminate wrinkles and restore fullness to the skin has increased exponentially, due to sun damage, heredity and age contributing to frown lines and wrinkles. Aesthetic physicians use a variety of fillers to diminish wrinkles and return a more youthful appearance by binding water to the skin and replacing lost volume. Hyaluronic acid fillers are the most commonly used worldwide and have an excellent safety profile. We at FRESHface use only these advanced type fillers.

In this study, ten female patients, aged 42 to 59 with moderate to severe volume loss of the face, received several syringes (6-9 mLs) of injectable hyaluronic acid into the cheeks, tear troughs, nasolabial folds, marionette lines, lips and chin in a single treatment session. No touch-up or alteration of treatment was allowed within the four-week study period.

Three board-certified cosmetic dermatologists assessed age at baseline, week three, and week four in photographs. The median decrease in perceived age at four weeks post-treatment was 7.3 years for the clinical investigators.

According to lead investigator Amy Forman Taub, MD, assistant clinical professor at Northwestern University Medical School, “This is the first study that provides objective data which quantifies how much a patient can improve with fillers.” Co-investigator Deborah S. Sarnoff, MD, clinical professor of dermatology at NYU Medical Center, notes “Patients always ask me, ‘How much younger can I look with fillers?’” Sarnoff goes on to say “One patient recently told me ‘The mother of the bride just got a facelift. I’m the mother of the groom—I’ve got limited time, limited funds, and looking 7.3 years younger without going under the knife is good enough for me. I’ll take it!’”

Other key findings of the study include:

• Post-treatment, the patients always perceived an even higher median change in age than the clinical investigators. For example, the median change in perceived age of the patient at two weeks was 6.1 years for the investigators and 9 years for the patients.
• Similarly, while the investigators perceived a median change in age of 7.3 years four weeks post-treatment, the median change as perceived by the patients at four weeks was 7.8.

This study confirms that multisyringe injections of hyaluronic acid filler into the aging face in a single treatment session can result in a statistically significant decrease in perceived age. Fillers, with or without concurrent awi or laser resurfacing, can rejuvenate the face quickly, safely and cost-effectively, without surgery.

About the study

“The Effect of Multisyringe Hyaluronic Acid Facial Rejuvenation on Perceived Age” was published in Dermatologic Surgery (Dermatol Surg 2010; 36: 323–328). In the study, three blinded board-certified cosmetic dermatologists rated 36 images taken by the VISIA CR system, all of the images were of the lower two-thirds of the face (the upper third was not treated) and included a standardized frontal view and two side views at 45° angles.

The images were scrambled such that there was no indication of which photos were before and after. Each clinical investigator was instructed to look at each image and spend no more than 30 seconds rating the subject’s age. They were also instructed not to compare photos or change any age rating after 30 seconds.

Analysis of the data revealed that multisyringe injection of hyaluronic acid filler into the aging face results in a reduction of apparent age of 6.1 to 9 years younger after two to four weeks.

Well now it’s proven in a study.

Are you ready for a great change?

Dr Young has been invited to the Sydney shows, and will tried to make most of the night shows.

Opening night he saw Aurielia Costarella , and Bec and Bridge at the OPT, then in Alexandria it was Stolen Girlfriends Club.

Closing night, Ksubi, was without animals.

Beauty comes in all shapes and forms. From the hairstyles, to new makeup uses, painted on the body where spashes of paint.

Big cheeks where in, as was intricate eye makeup.

Backstage Mr Perdis, was working his magic for Alex Perry.

Dr Young would like to thank sponsors Harpers Bazaar, Blackberry, and FTV.

Dr Young will be off to Bangkok for meetings with some  local Plastic Surgeons, and assess local clinics this week.

1. Drink eight glasses of pure water a day.
2. Get rid of any junk food in your house. If it’s not there, don’t go get it.
3. Limit your caffeine intake: one to two cups of coffee a day.
4. Plan your weekly meals on your day off.
5. Spend 30 minutes twice a week cutting up fresh veggies to have them ready at all times.
6. Keep seasonal fruit at home and eat it when you’re hungry or when a sweet tooth strikes.
7. Substitute raw nuts and seeds for processed granola bars.
8. Don’t drink alcohol on an empty stomach; it’s hard on your stomach and burns up B vitamins.
9. Eat raw vegetables every day. Raw veggies contain important enzymes that can be lost when they’re cooked.
10. Purchase as much of your food organic as you can. Your body will appreciate it as will our planet.
11. Next time you make cookies or cake, substitute half of the butter with applesauce, pumpkin or prune puree. Less fat; more nutrients.
12. Get at least eight hours of sleep a night.
13. Vary your food; if you eat it today, don’t eat it for four days.
14. Different colored food has different nutrients, so eat from the rainbow: red peppers, orange carrots, green kale, etc.
15. Thicken soups with pureed beans. Delicious and added nutrition.
16. Don’t drink water from plastic bottles. Polycarbonate water bottles (labeled #7) contain bisphenol A (BPA), which leaches from the plastic and has been linked to chromosome damage and hormone disruption.
17. Start your day with a glass of fresh lemon water. 1/2 to 1 juiced lemon in water. Your liver loves it.
18. De-stress. Find out what works for you. Warm baths? Exercise? Reading? Yoga? Walks in the woods? Find out what calms and soothes you and practice daily.
19. Move daily. Find the movement that moves your body and eases your mind and make it a part of who you are. If you enjoy it, you will do it.
20. Eat at a table, cloth napkin on your lap and chew well. Be thankful.
21. Next time you want scrambled eggs (or tofu), sauté some veggies first, then add eggs. Try eating your veggies all day!
22. Dry brush your skin before you shower in the morning. It’s good for your lymphatic system and your skin will be so much softer and healthier.
23. Have at least one day a week without meat. Meatless Monday perhaps.
24. Eat more beans! They’re high in protein, dietary fiber, and taste so good.
25. Use whole grain flour in your baking instead of white flour. Whole-wheat pastry flour is a fine grind and much healthier than the white stuff.
26. Remove white sugar from your diet or at least limit it. Use maple syrup, honey, agave or stevia instead.
27. Don’t eat fake food! No artificial anything!
28. Don’t eat out as much. Cook more.
29. Exercise your mind! Learn a new dance, read a good book. Learn a new language. Keep your mind moving as well as your body.
30. Learn to communicate better. Speak your mind, kindly, and be done with it. Don’t hold grudges. Forgive yourself and others.
31. Make your own vinaigrette for your salads. Olive and/or flax oil, lemon juice or vinegar, a little Dijon mustard, a minced garlic clove and a little salt and pepper.
32. Use sea salt instead of the highly processed salt you find in many grocery stores.
33. Reduce salt intake. Use fresh herbs and lemon juice to boost flavor.
34. Try to stay off computers and away from anything electronic two hours before bed for a better night’s sleep.
35. Use plain yogurt instead of sour cream.
36. Switch to whole wheat, corn or quinoa pasta (there are many selections) instead of pasta that uses refined flour.
37. Don’t eat or drink any food with trans fat. Watch those nondairy creamers!
38. Add more leafy greens to your life—kale, chard, spinach, radicchio, etc. They are wonder foods! Steam the greens for a couple minutes, drain and set aside. In a pan sauté some onions, garlic and shitake mushrooms in olive oil for a few minutes. Add the greens back in, stir and serve. Yum.
39. Use less cheese in casseroles that call for cheese. Instead sprinkle grated cheese on top.
40. Begin each day with a good stretch and some deep breaths.
41. Try new ingredients. Buy a kohlrabi or something you’ve never tried before and go from there. Keep yourself inspired.
42. Don’t reward yourself or your family with food.
43. Try to eat whatever food is in season; it’s more nutritious and tastes better.
44. Don’t go hungry. Eat healthy snacks so you don’t overeat later.
45. Watch what you put on your skin. Many products are loaded with chemicals that you shouldn’t rub into your skin.
46. Bake instead of frying your meats and fish.
47. Increase omega-3 fatty acids in your diet. Sources include walnuts, flax seeds, oil and cold water fish, such as salmon. Healthy fats are important to good health.
48. Increase your intake of legumes: lentils, beans and peas. They are good sources of protein, dietary fiber and blood sugar regulators. Try split pea or lentil soup for breakfast! Think outside the box.
49. Take supplements. Begin with a good multivitamin and speak with your health practitioner about others that may be needed for your optimum health.
50. Watch your portion sizes as well as your plate and utensil sizes. Some forks and spoons look like garden utensils. Try chopsticks and eat slowly.
51. Shop in the outside aisles of the grocery store. Most of the more processed foods are located in the middle aisles.
52. Play! Everyone needs to have fun!

Healthy inside=healthy skin.

No, this is not a blog about the heiress from Bel Air, it’s about one of my favourite cities.

I have been fortunate enough to have visited the place  almost every year since 1998, so I am quite familiar with the “City of Light”. Many times for Conferences, and many for friendly visits.

Like everything, I try to simplify my life, and discover my areas and really get to know them well. Fortunately I have have great friends in Paris, whom over the years have distilled a Parisian sense within me, rather than just French. I am  1/4 French, this heritage is via my maternal grandmother who was a French Hugenot to Cape Town.

• Here are my little snippets of a very passionate, identity driven Paris, who prides itself on heritage, and authenticity.

Hotels- Plaza Athenee, Le Meurice, or Hotel D’Aubusson and Hotel de Crillon.

Restaurants- one must eat! In comparison to Australia, Paris doesn’t really do “fusion”. There is generally the whole cuisine, and no blending with others, but as always there are exceptions.

So, will it be French or non- French, noting that there is so much diversity in French food, that one will still be able to eat only French in a 10 day break, and not get bored. In general the brasserie style places will deliver excellent fare.

In no particular order- Les Ombres, Jules Verne, Tsukizi, Le Train Bleu, El Mansouria, Mama Shelter and then there’s Ze Kitchen Galerie, which is a fusion with Japanese/Thai.

Your local brassierie can easily dish up a simple elegant feast too, oh yes stay away from Maxims, and be wary of Costes and Buddha Bar.

Desserts- all French love desserts! So welcome to heaven at Laduree( long queues), Pierre Herme( long queues), Sadaharu Aoki, Lenotre, and La Parisserie des Reves.

La Bague de Kenza- Algerian cakes.

At your local supermarket, try as many different fridge desserts as possible, eg La Laitiere- Secret de Mousse.

Its all about taste and refinement, don’t worry about the calories, you will walk them off in Paris!

Shopping- its all about the boutique! Avoid Galleries Lafayette, but if you must go to a department store( une Grande Magazin) try Le Bon Marche( cafe is nice too).

So areas you should try- Le Marais, which straddles 3/4th, open sundays, and closed mondays and St.Germain des Pres.

Some notable boutiques-

Mariage Freres- amazing teas since 1864.

Cire Trudon, oldest chandler( candle maker) company continuously open since 1643, amazing candles, they have made candles for Napoleon etc.

Thierry Mugler, beautiful mens wear, great staff, thanks Jean-Paul and Sophie.

Shakespeare and Co- for books, just opposite Notre Dame.

Cameras- rue Beaumarchais (11).

Merci- a wonderful 3 level shop, set in an old warehouse, where all profits are donated to charity.

Museums- Louvre-atleast 3hours, Musee D’Orsay, Carnavalet -a history of Paris, Rodin – a lovely gardin, Picasso, L’Orangerie, Quay Branley- note the restaurant Les Ombres, Fondation Henri Cartier Bresson- for photography, Musee Victor Hugo- set along the lovely Place des Vosges.

Parks- Monceau, Luxembourg has nice sailing boats for children.

Outside of Paris- Versailles. Outstanding free spaces only 20mins outside Paris, upcoming artist- Xavier Veilhan, with his amazing futuristic steel carriage and horses, from september to december.

So just as passion reigns in Paris, so too does it at FRESHface Clinic- we do things because we love doing them!

Feel free to email me on any travel questions at wayne@freshfaceclinic.com.au

How does VOLUM+ work to achieve its results?

According to facial aesthetic expert Dr. Herve Respaldo, ‘an attractive face is characterised by smooth, round contours, high cheekbones, hollow jowls and a thin, well-defined jawline. These features together comprise the “triangle of beauty” or “heart of face”, with its base at the top and summit below.

As we age, facial fat loss, gravity, and loss of the skin’s natural elasticity conspire to reverse this triangle’s composition, leading to a narrower, less youthful forehead and temple area, and a wider, heavier jawline.

Fortunately, VOLUM+ can restore the face’s balance and heart-shaped proportions, revolumising facial hollows and  lost volume and recontouring the cheeks, cheekbones, and nose for a fuller, softer, more youthful appearance. The VOLUM+ helps recapture the facial volume that age and weight loss can diminish. With VOLUM+, an innovative injectable hyaluronic volumiser, you can enjoy a smoother more youthful appearance of your cheeks, cheekbones, and chin.

Enjoy increased confidence with VOLUM+

Perhaps the best indicator of the advantages and benefits of treatment with VOLUM+ is the level to which those who have used it enjoy their results. A clinical study demonstrated that at 6 to 18 months after treatment, all study participants rated their results as positive!

Similarly, the vast majority of study participants indicated that they would recommend treatment with VOLUM+ to others based on their own experience of feeling more attractive, with better self-esteem and greater confidence.

Sample before and after images( post photos are straight after procedure, results will vary)-

The final images 8, 9, 10, are the PRE treatment images, and these show the “sunken” in mid cheeks, and eye bags, which are corrected in the earlier images.

**So who is Volum+ for …. if you are around 40 and above, or have sunken in cheeks/flattened cheeks.

1.Treatment time will take approximately 40 minutes, and the results will be evident instantly, they will improve over the next month,when you will be reviewed again,( first review at one week).

2.Results expected to last up to 18months.

3.Price -depends on  amount of filler required.

So call in now to make an appointment, your nearest clinic, or 1300 46 37 37.

Relax, restore and volumize( VOLUM+)

The best ways to slow facial aging and edit out signs of aging are the three basic tenits-

Relax- using AWI’s, we will endeavour to limit some dynamic wrinkles, and in some cases stop certain areas of movement( we use a graded custom designed scaling to achieve just the right look),

Restore- replace what was missing and adjust various areas, eg. brow heights, and lip volume,

as we age, gravity takes its toll, and the facial tissues descend downward, leading to jowls, deep lines around our nose and mouth, and on our chins. We also lose volume, as the fat pads in our face and cheeks not only fall, they diminish in size. We see a second bag form under the eyes, a diagonal line or depression form from the inner corner of the eye towards the ear, and we see a flattening of the cheeks.

Volumize- finally we can define cheek bones, jawline, and now fill in the midface to really plump up the face.

This is via a wonderful new product, VOLUM+, we will be able to defy gravity and lift your cheeks for up to 18months, the procedure is almost painfree, and will take approximately 40mins.

We have added some before and after pics, to illustrate its effect, these were taken at a training session, they are immediately post procedure, so the result will be even more improved.

So who is Volum+ for …. if you are around 40 and above, or have sunken in cheeks/flattened cheeks.

Think VOLUM+ , think youth.

Call your closest FRESHface Clinic, to make a booking to see how we can slow your aging!

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How do we define “beauty”, is it in the eye of the beholder, (beer holder)?

Is “beauty “ a concept created and influenced by our mother prior to birth, i.e pre-conceived? www.jyi.org/volumes/volume6/issue6/features/feng.html

Can we really make a scientific measurement where a measurement is taken of a persons face and a beauty score given, or a Helen Score( as in Helen of Troy, a high score = lots of ships launched, a low score = not many ships) www.harunyahya.com/articles/70golden_ratio.html

The phi or golden ratio face, of Steven Marquardt.

Do men “see” beauty differently to women? Click here to read a great article from Newsweek, how important is a womens waist- to -hip ratio?

How beauty was /is perceived has changed over the ages, eg Cleopatra, to Chinese foot binding.

Today our thoughts are strongly influenced by the media images we are bombarded with, are influenced by them?

My own feeling is intuitive, and comparative, I have my own inate ideas of what beauty is, or looks like, this may be because I look at all living and inanimate objects for beauty, it may be the wonderful Muon speakers designed by Ross Lovegrove for Kef, click here for a picture www.kef.com/products/muon/, or work by the great Australian Industrial designer Marc Newson eg. Lockheed Chaise , click here for a picture www.designmuseum.org/design/marc-newson.

In terms of human beauty, it is not defined by age, yes we can age gracefully, as Mark Twain said “wrinkles should merely indicate where a smile has been”, www.twainquotes.com/smile.html .Yes they can be “laugh lines”, but I believe softening and preventing the footprints becoming the treadmarks of a long life is another thing.

Also I believe character, as defined by” a lasting impression left by a person’s personality, look”, adds to there individuality and beauty. Some wrinkles/lines can give a false impression- eg anger lines = unnecessary.

Having a nose which is out of proportion to the rest of the features may give character e.g a Roman nose, Barbra Streisand.

How important is symmetry? Are subtle differences a sign of a natural look?

Natural beauty doesn’t necessarily need to mean that you didn’t have cosmetic surgery, it may mean you had excellent treatment that “looked natural” and preserved cultural, familial traits. This in my opinion is good treatment and something I strive for in FRESHface Clinic.

My list of beautiful women-

Grace Kelly (Irish)

Elizabeth Taylor(English)

Charlize Theron(South African)

Alessandra Ambrosio(Brazilian)

Diane Keaton(Irish)
Keep up to date with what happening with cosmetic surgery- join our FRESHlist! Go to the Contacts page to do this.

Next Month-

All about aging.