Interview with DDr. Heinrich about face and skin rejuvenation
DDr. Heinrich is available to the media from all over the world on a regular basis for queries regarding types of treatment and trends in the field of aesthetic surgery. Only recently, DDr. Heinrich was interviewed by a European magazine about therapy for face and skin rejuvenation: Has Botox become obsolete? Are there any new therapeutic options? Read the whole interview below:
Journalist: What do you think about different types of tissue fillers?
DDr. Heinrich: I personally advise patients to avoid artificial tissue fillers especially in the face in most cosmetic cases, as they often make faces look uneven and odd. In some cases tissue fillers are recommendable though. However, we exclusively use autologous fillers, mostly the patient’s own fat, often enriched with stem cells for enhanced durability, to augment breasts and to even out dimples and irregularities. Many patients from around the world are travelling to our clinic in Vienna to have breasts augmented with stem cells and/or irregularities (that often had resulted from unsuccessfully performed liposuctions in other clinics) corrected with stem cell-enriched fat.
Journalist: And what’s about Botox? What are your experiences?
DDr. Heinrich: I use Botox only in cases where mimic muscles have got to be temporarily calmed after facial injections/surgery and also in hyperactivity of the sweat glands of the hands or armpits. Using Botox regularly in the face makes the skins muscles and glands shrink. This makes the skin dry, thin, and pale, and thus makes the patient (even if wrinkle-free) look older.
Journalist: What do you think about treatment with autologous substances?
DDr. Heinrich: I recommend using only the body’s own substances, like fat and connective tissue. We have excellent results with it. Hyaluronic acid is best administered orally and/or as a topical cosmetic; we avoid injecting it. We also avoid injection of other fillers.
Journalist: What do you suggest to keep the face looking young?
DDr. Heinrich: Wrinkles, as well as aging in general, are symptoms of deficiencies both of the body’s hormonal glands and of the skin cells on the cellular level. Thus we treat wrinkles, depending on the age of the patient, by replacing bioidentical hormones (Hormonal Regeneration®) and by injecting stem cells or cellular growth factors into the skin with micro-needles. To provide to the skin the material needed for repair and regeneration we also recommend a blend of amino acids and peptides: Perfect Skin. In patients around 30 to 35 just taking Perfect Skin is usually sufficient to make wrinkles disappear. In patients from 40 we add Hormonal Regeneration® and stem cells for optimal results.
Journalist: Which direction does research for the wrinkle-free face take?
DDr. Heinrich: In the near future it will clearly be bioidentical hormones, the body’s own adult stem cells, and peptide growth factors that can be made by measure in special laboratories. In the far future maybe genetic therapies that can make the hormonal glands as well as the skin cells more durable.