Archive for February, 2010

The doctor’s experience also counts when it comes to breast augmentation with stem cells

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

I get a lot of e-mails from interested women around the world with questions on the subject of breast augmentation with stem cells. This method has since become established as a pillar of New Cosmetic Surgery and spares many patients from silicone and plastic surgery. Today I received a letter from an interested English lady, in which she wrote that she had a consultation in a clinic that offered CAL (Cell-Assisted Lipotransfer) for breast augmentation. The doctors at that clinic told her that although they recently started offering CAL (= the stem cell method), they would not recommend it because they weren’t that satisfied with the results.

In most cases such statements come from plastic surgeons who prefer silicone implants and do not like to admit that they are not familiar with breast augmentation with stem cell-enriched autologous fat. Again and again patients are referred to me by foreign clinics, where they also use the stem cell method, but still do not have as much experience with it as we do here in Vienna. Because doctors know that I have operated on more patients in Europe with this method than anyone else, they are always advising patients to fly to Vienna to see me.

Many details are critical to success with this method – including, for example, obtaining fat the right way: standard liposuction with regular cannulas only works with patients who are well-endowed with fat pads. For more slender patients, it is necessary to resort to narrower diameter microcannulas for obtaining fat, as it is not possible to obtain enough fat using regular cannulas without leaving unsightly dents. Liposuction with microcannulas is the only way to obtain enough fat in a minimally invasive manner, also in regions that would be prohibitive for liposuction with regular cannulas.

A critical factor for success with the stem cell method is the doctor having sufficient interdisciplinary training in order to truly understand the process and ramifications of stem cell isolation and stem cell implantation. Purely surgical training focuses on manual reconstructive-operating skills with the scalpel. There is no place for training in the area of liposuction, autologous fat transplantation, or even stem cell technology and tissue engineering.

Only the training as a general practitioner (specializing in cosmetic surgery, anti-aging, and stem cell medicine) guarantees you that your doctor is up-to-date technologically and will not automatically resort to the scalpel and silicone, in spite of the fact that better, more modern, and less invasive methods have been around for some time!

Heinrich, MD

Instant Chi® – Anti-aging and burnout protection in a box?

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

As every reader of my blog knows, I have been working for a long time with Hormonal Regeneration and hence I know how effective an individualized holistic treatment with bioidentical hormones can be in most cases. The effect of this individualized therapy, in which the levels of all hormones are raised to the optimum values of young adults, is superb! In many cases plastic surgery and cosmetic operations such as face lifts and eyelid correction can be avoided, and when combined with microcannular liposuction, it quite often eases the otherwise difficult process of weight loss!

As an important component of New Cosmetic Surgery, Hormonal Regeneration indeed visibly, tangibly, and sustainably rejuvenates. However, it also requires numerous administrations of hormones in the form of capsules, creams, shots, and powders. Furthermore, it is a rather elaborate and also expensive process, which is why it is not an option as a long-term therapy for the vast majority of patients at the present time.

In my mind anyway, a practical solution would be a biodentical hormone therapy, which would cost less and could be administered in the form of a single pill! My research resulted in just such a compact, inexpensive, low-dose therapy with bioidentical hormones: it is produced in a few variants that are suitable for most patients. To put it another way, anti-aging in a box! I came up with the name Instant Chi for this therapy!

Instant Chi is taken in the form of a capsule a day, generally in the morning. Instant Chi contains bioidentical hormones in perfect balance, and when taken regularly it regenerates and strengthens the body! Obviously the regenerative action of Instant Chi is neither as intensive nor as all-encompassing as an individualized Hormonal Regeneration, but it does work so well that anybody can notice the difference in themselves in terms of resiliency, stress tolerance, and good health after taking it for just a few weeks! Furthermore, the success with Instant Chi motivates many of my patients to take the next step and invest more in a complete Hormonal Regeneration rest cure!

In the meantime, Instant Chi provides these patients with relief from “burnout” – namely the consequences of chronic overtaxation of the endocrine glands from stress and an unnatural lifestyle! Many patients delight in telling me how much more radiant and vital they look after taking Instant Chi even for just a short while!

Enough talk – I invite you to try Instant Chi for a few weeks and see for yourself! You too will be convinced after you try it!

Heinrich, MD