10 Kilos Weight Gain in One Year: Is It the Hormones’ Fault?
A patient who suffers from a sudden strong gain in weight asks us: I have gained almost 10 kilos within a year. About a year ago I also started the intake of the pill again. Measurements revealed that my body fat increased, but muscle mass did not. Can bioidentical hormones help? How can I proceed? […]
Liposuction or Facelift in the Face?
A patient with undesired facial fat pads writes us: I am interested in a liposuction in the face, especially on my cheeks and chin. I am 55 years old and my skin still looks relatively elastic. I don’t want to make a facelift. A facelift would in have a completely different indication than a liposuction […]
Kim Basinger: Too many Beauty Surgeries?
Kim is known from films like 9½ Weeks, L.A. Confidential or Final Analysis – after her career as model the US actress made her final breakthrough 1983 side by side with Sean Connery in the movie Never Say Never Again. The film was a remake of Thunderball, almost of the same plot. The Bond Girl, […]
The Age of Adaline – Forever Young?
In the legendary “Golden Ages” people did not mature, but spent their very long lives as vital adults, hardly scarred by life, such as through graying hair, from which there was even then not yet an escape. At this legendary time Kronos, Zeus’ father, was yet ruling over gods and mortals, this is what the […]
Emma Roberts: What to Do in Very Light Skin?
For Emma Roberts, niece of Hollywood star Julia Roberts, acting is virtually something she was born with. Already at the age of 10 she made her debut as child star in the drug film Blow next to Johnny Depp and Penélope Cruz. She was also getting hold of star roles in her childhood, such as […]
Are We as Old as We Feel? Biological versus Chronological Aging
“How old are you, may I ask?” – “Well, have a guess!” – We all have once already found ourselves in such a difficult, often slightly uncomfortable situation. Indeed people seem to age at a different speed, so that the chronological age – defined as the lifetime starting on the date of birth – is […]
Skin Tanning: Combining UVA and UVB Light with Melanotropin?
A patient who has a light skin type wants to know about tanning treatment: Tomorrow I will have an appointment with a dermatologist who offers radiation therapies with UVA and/or UVB light. Is it useful for tanning to combine this treatment with melanotropins? It is better to use melanotropins under the natural sunlight. Radiations with […]
Thinning Hair in Women: Can Stem Cells Help?
A patient who suffers from thinning hair writes us: I live in Berlin and I am very interested in a treatment of hair. I have thin hair on my middle parting for years. Partially you can see the scalp. What is the course of treatment and how many sessions are necessary? We now suppose the […]
Medea and Rejuvenation through Fresh Blood
The Argonaut Saga tells that the Greek hero Jason heads out at king Pelias behest together with his fellow campaigners, among them Heracles, across the Black Sea to the country Colchis (today Bulgaria) to rob the Golden Fleece there. In Colchis Jason falls in love with the king’s daughter Medea, with whose magic help he […]
Are We in Fact as Old as We Look?
Most of us think we are as old as we feel, but now there is evidence to say otherwise. We might be biologically as old as we look! A recent study published in Cell Research analyzed over 300 faces of individuals ranging from 17 to 77 years of age to identify distinctive facial characteristics that […]