Monthly Archives: August 2010

Cosmetic surgery belongs to all medical fields!

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On a routine basis, representatives of a particular surgical group that was created 20 years or so ago insist that only they should be allowed to perform cosmetic surgery.

It is understandable that these doctors would like less competition when it comes to performing liposuctions, facelifts, and breast augmentations. But the decisive factor herein must always be the patient’s interest in receiving optimum care. This means that cosmetic surgery must continue to receive impetus for improvement and new developments from all medical fields. Cosmetic surgery belongs to all medical fields entitled to perform it!

Cosmetic surgery procedures cannot be taught in any medical hospital internship, as teaching hospitals obviously address very different types of medical cases. Hence doctors from all medical fields wishing to specialize in cosmetic surgery must complete private advanced training courses abroad. How well a doctor then performs a special procedure depends solely on talent and practice, no matter what professional group the doctor belongs to!

Having said that, it would be very detrimental to the development of cosmetic surgery if the practice thereof were limited to representatives of a single surgical group.

The crux of the development in cosmetic surgery lies in the replacement of invasive reconstructive interventions with scalpels, scars, and anesthesia by gentle, minimally invasive interventions, preferably with no permanent scars. It comes as no surprise that trends toward less surgery often come from doctors who aren’t surgeons in the strictest sense, but general practitioners, dermatologists, even internal medicine specialists and endocrinologists specializing in cosmetic surgery. This interdisciplinary cross-section is essential to the advancement of our methods and hence in the patient’s best interests!

We owe this interdisciplinary cross-section to the gentle methods of New Cosmetic Surgery: breast augmentation with stem cells, Hormonal Regeneration® with bioidentical hormones, as well as minimally invasive interventions such as microcannular liposuction. In many cases the latter are able to replace invasive reconstructive interventions with scalpels and general anesthesia.

What do you think? We invite you to share your thoughts on this with us by writing a commentary on this blog entry!

Heinrich, MD

Sex and Berlusconi…

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During a recent presentation, a very well-known politician in Austria asked me if I would perform the same kind of rejuvenations that Italian prime minister Berlusconi and the entrepreneur Stronach had evidently undergone. Whether Hormonal Regeneration® could make you feel and look like a 30-year old again.

Among other things, Mr. Berlusconi is remarkable because he has 18-year old girlfriends. But in genuine old-fashioned Italian macho style, he does not limit himself to teenagers, but is also a great admirer of beautiful women between the ages of 30 and 50. His numerous affairs have inspired much juicy gossip, and not just in Italy. Countless persons have undoubtly asked themselves how a man over 70 manages to keep it up. After all, libido is usually the first thing to go as the body ages and the endocrine glands grow weaker.

Our sexual vitality and potency are dependent on the performance of our endocrine glands. When this declines, the first signs are a drop in sexual performance, followed by dwindling tissue resiliency and increasing skin and connective tissue atonicity; in short the very signs of aging that make us appear less attractive sexually. But if we supplement the lacking hormones through Hormonal Regeneration®, not only do we soon begin to look younger, but our vitality and potency increase as well. Our appeal to the opposite sex likewise increases noticeably, as not only our appearance but also our body odor regains its sexual appeal due to the hormonal by-products secreted in sweat.

Gonadotropins, DHEA, and testosterone in men and estrogen in women are the sexual pick-me-ups. However, they also interact with other hormones. Hence if optimum results are desired, a radical sexual regeneration demands the administration of numerous other bioidentical hormones. Obviously a proper nutrition rich in high-quality protein is also important.

We can definitely assume that Mr. Berlusconi regenerates himself with Hormonal Regeneration® in order to keep up his physically demanding lifestyle without suffering massive burnout and exhaustion. Hence he is not only able to enjoy the love life of a 30-year old, but is also better able to withstand the constant assaults of public prosecutors who have no sense of humor as well as the divorce war with his wife, who has no tolerance for his escapades.

Heinrich, MD