Postings in the category Hormones

Renée Zellweger: New Face for Bridget Jones

In 2001 the American actress Renée Zellweger won the audience’s hearts as Bridget Jones: In keeping with the title Bridget Jones’s Diary the then 32-year-old presented herself plump, clumsy, and awkward with chubby cheeks, which she put on for her role to appear authentic. The actress needed less than one month to lose those superfluous […]

Skin Regeneration: “Cosmetics from the Inside Out” Instead of Fillers

DDr. Heinrich, MD gave an interview to Neuen Zürcher Zeitung recently about skin regeneration with artificial fillers. Here the entire interview: Dear DDr. Heinrich, MD, on your blog you write that you are taking no stock in fillers. Why not? Artificial fillers are mostly used for wrinkle treatments. Wrinkles are a symptom that means that the skin […]

Bruce Jenner: From Olympic Champion to Woman

Bruce Jenner’s visible changes keep media on the go already for a long time. It was rumored, it was denied. Now the secret is out: The Olympic champion of 1976 turns into a woman. In front of the camera the former track athlete confessed his transsexuality, which accompanied him throughout his whole life but which […]

Tanning Treatment with Melanotropin

A patient with very light skin wants to know more about treatment for skin tanning with melanotropin analogues: I am very interested in treatments with melanotropin and melanotan substances. How are they actually administered? Melanotropin analogues are either absorbed by nasal mucosa (snuffed) or injected into subcutaneous tissue. The hormone melanotropin stimulates the body’s own […]

Filling up Hollow Cheeks with Stem Cells?

A patient asks about facial regeneration with stem cells extracted from autologous fat: I have got a question regarding facial rejuvenation: Are stem cells able to fill up my sunken cheeks and is it maybe possible that my tiny sagging double chin becomes tightened? Hollow cheeks are often a sign for hormonal deficiencies, especially of […]

Melting Away Fat Pads with Twincretin?

For several years the fitness sector is booming, because both men and women hardly spare any effort to reach their desired figure. However, many of them suffer from persistent problem areas, which can just be reduced insufficiently despite intensive workout. In particularly severe forms of this problem, such as obesity or lipedema, social exclusion, isolation, […]

Tanning Very Bright Skin with Melanotropin

A patient who wasn’t really able to tan her skin is reporting about her experience with a skin tanning therapy with melanotropin: I am now back from South Africa after 3 months in which I was applying melanotropin. At the end of these 3 months it worked very well. My freckles didn’t increase and I […]

Skin Regeneration: Tips for Beautiful Skin in Summer

What can you do to indulge your skin and to care for it optimally? If you love to take a sunbath and let your skin become tanned you should help your skin to regenerate. Mother Nature did luckily equip our body with autologous “substances” which enable natural regeneration – completely without artificial chemicals and foreign […]

How Bioidentical Hormones (BHRT) Can Help

A patient who is interested in bioidentical hormones sent us this message: I am 45 years old and menopausal. My problem is that I am having heath weaves, night sweats, bad mood, zero libido and nearly all the symptoms of declining hormone production, and they are very uncomfortable and annoying, making my life miserable. Symptoms […]

Collagen and Hyaluronic Acid: An Easy Way to More Beautiful Skin?

A patient wants to know: Is it true that you can drink collagen and hyaluronic acid and that the skin becomes more juvenile from supplying it with these substances? Collagen and hyaluronic acid are natural components of our skin, hair, nails, and other body tissues. With increasing age their content decreases, also in our skin […]