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Expert sheds light on cosmetic dermatology

Date: 18th July 2006, Source: Hyaluronic News

KUWAIT: Dr Dany J Touma MD, held a lecture about new frontiers in skin care and cosmetic surgery yesterday at Al-Corniche club. Dr Touma received his dermatology training at Boston University and is an associate professor of dermatology at the university's school of medicine.
"The field of dermatology is always in progress and development; ladies are always asking for new methods to make them look young" he said.
He began by talking about the evolution of cosmetic dermatology, including skin care, peeling, and laser treatment for wrinkles, broken vessels, brown spots, as well as botox, fillers, lipo-sculpture and hair transplantation.
Touma's, main advice is to avoid sitting in the sun because it causes 80 per cent of wrinkles, scars and stretch marks. The way to avoid these is to use sun blockers and protection creams.
He said: "My anti-aging recipe is to use sun protection, including anti-oxidant (vitamin c) and then retinoids and then alphahydroxy acids (two to three times a week). The next step is to use moisturisers on the chest and hands. This will produce a huge and rapid improvement".

"The latest technology in this field is the use of lasers in all kinds of treatment. This includes resurfacing the skin to remove wrinkles and acne scars, soft-tissue augmentation, hair removal, removal of facial and leg veins, treatment of birthmarks, and the removal of age spots. Then there is fraxel laser, collagen laser, and laser treatment for pigmented dark circles around the eyes and laser for capillaries", he noted.
Facial wrinkles are caused by a combination of aged, sun-damaged skin and the chronic action of the underlying muscles. One method of treating this is botox, an injection into the muscles to relax the facial musculatures. Botox is given for the neck, between eyebrows and in the forehead. The result is a softening or disappearance of wrinkles. Botox is one of the safest methods used for facial rejuvenation in the world.
Touma said that: "Filling is a gel used to inject places with folds or a depression in the skin, e.g.: lips, nasolabial (the line running from the nose to the corner of the mouth), cheeks, and the chin and to fill in scars left by acne. Fillers can be divided into injectable products and implantable ones".
And he recommends the use of hyaluronic acid and lipofilling with one's won fats.
Hyaluronic acid is a material found in the mid portion of the skin. For long lasting results, however, he uses lipofilling, a multi-step procedure that requires micro liposuction to harvest fat from an area of excess on the body using local anaesthesia and transferring it to the recipient area.
One of the best and most successful methods used worldwide is liposculpture. This process is the re-contouring of the undesired excess fat. It's a process of remoulding the shape and getting rid of undelivered fats. Today, liposuclpture is an outpatient procedure, and can be performed entirely under local anaesthesia. It can be used for the neck, face, abdomen, saddlebags, hips, and breasts. The best candidates for liposculpture are healthy men and women with good skin tone and realistic expectations.

Touma concluded his talk with the thermage process - skin tightening. "This makes the skin look tighter, smoother, and more youthful. It can be used for the eyebrows, mouth, and neck and all over the face and hands. It's a safe procedure and many people tend to prefer it because it is a simple and easy procedure," he said.
None of these new processes for avoiding ageing are expensive and in most cases patients can leave the clinic on the same day.
In conclusion, the art of cosmetic surgery is a method that delays the ageing process and makes both sexes look fresher, younger and healthier.