Archive for September, 2009

Eliminating Wrinkles With Plastic Surgery

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

I can’t honestly say that I’ve never been against plastic surgery. I am against plastic surgery. I just don’t think that the benefits of plastic surgery weigh up against the virtual risks. But with this in mind, I am willing to give you a fair assessment and give surgery a fair chance.

There are a number of different types of surgeries to choose from. Some are more proven, more FDA approved than others. They can range from a tummy tuck, which is really the only way to get rid of excess levels of loose skin, to a facelift or botox for that matter. Now there are obvious problems with botox ranging from freezing facial expressions in a bad way to even death. But you basically take your life in your hands no matter what kind of surgery you have.

This being said, while botox doesn’t really give you a lot of the results you want, other surgeries can be botched. But if you go to a qualified physician, with a facelift for example, they should be equally pulling back all parts, not pulling things back too tight, etc. In fact, actually, when looking at plastic surgery patients, I will admit I have seen a number of different successful cases of facelifts. They got the right doctor who really did the job right, and they used preventative measures before as well.

However, there are two that I would recommend against every time. I would first of all recommend against botox. Botox is a serious problem and deaths are not just because of risk on the table, it’s because they use toxins. But I also would never recommend chemical peels to anyone. It’s too easy to get it wrong, and frankly you are basically peeling off layers of skin, killing off layers, and making the skin especially prone to further damage.

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Are Peptides effective for dark circles and puffy eyes

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Peptides have been widely known for their ability to produce more collagen and elastin.  They have been widely known for their ability to get rid of fine lines, wrinkles, and for that matter even crow’s feet if you are using the right peptides.  They are naturally occurring substances in the body, and they decrease with age.  The question for many is are peptides effective for dark circles and puffy eyes?  After all, some young people have them, and they are not necessarily caused by a lack of collagen and elastin.

 

To that I would say yes and no.  The simple fact is that the skin around the eyes tends to be thinner than the skin around the rest of the face and body.  The skin isn’t as able to hold onto collagen and elastin, and it’s in part because of this papery consistency that some would say that the staining associated with dark circles is able to show through and for that matter why so much water can build up around the eyes, causing puffy eyes to go with those dark circles of yours.

 

This being said, if you have the right amounts and the right peptides that can target that thin layered skin, you can also get rid of dark circles and puffy eyes.  This is not only in theory.  They have actually proven it.  They have conducted valid and substantiated clinical studies that prove that the right peptides such as eyeseryl for example, can target these particular problems.  This is because, by thickening and strengthening the skin, you are making it more similar to the skin around the rest of the face.  It is better able to repair itself, cover up the blood stains causing dark circles, and keep water from building up under thin skin.  So yes, if you are asking are peptides effective for dark circles and puffy eyes, they can be, if you are using the right ones.

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Botox

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Botox is literally one of the most common ways to deal with your wrinkles in the country.  There are even doctors accepting different imitations of botox, which are often toxic in even greater ways, because they want to save money and frankly they don’t want to buy strictly from Allergan.  This being said, botox is basically a small amount of the botulism toxin in all truth, which is scary in itself. 

I mean you are basically injecting a toxin into yourself.  But they say that because it’s just a small amount, it’s safe.  Well, there would be others that would beg to differ.  Between 1997 and 2006, there have been 180 cases of life threatening conditions, 16 deaths, 87 hospitalized, and you get the idea.  Botox has many uses keep in mind, not just wrinkles.  So 4 of the deaths were actually in children. 

This being said, there have been 658 other reports of adverse side effects and problems, and they keep coming in.  The most common are things like an eye drooping or something like that.  But sometimes it gets into constricting the airways, causing serious irritation, allergic reactions, and things like that which eventually lead to hospitalization or death.  So botox is definitely not something to be taken lightly.

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Placenta Wrinkle Treatments

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

I’ve heard of some crazing things being used in wrinkle care and so on and so forth.  But this being said, frankly placenta cosmetics come extremely close to taking the cake.  They are found in various skincare products, skin patches, acid peels, and otherwise, and they started injecting it a long time ago actually, in the 1930’s.  So it’s not exactly a new thing at all. 

This being said, placentas are obviously the thing that helps to nourish the fetus, and they are thought to be high in everything your skin needs for greater cell renewal among other things.  They have used it in the rich and famous and apparently Jennifer Lopez has used it with injections costing around $5000.  It all seems a bit ridiculous to me at least.  I mean we inject things, but they get eaten away, and frankly none of the injections really have ingredients that reproduce and regenerate themselves. 

So what is the point when it will only last so long?  Maybe a year if you’re lucky, but in most cases a few months at best.  Me personally, I would not pay $5000 or really anything to get placenta injected into my skin or otherwise get some kind of placenta product.  It’s a bit nasty to me.  But there are of course people who would and do every day.

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Oxygen Wrinkle Therapy

Friday, September 11th, 2009

Oxygen therapy has been used in Europe before, and so it has to be the latest craze of course in anti aging and otherwise.  They claim that it can treat everything from zits to wrinkles to more complicated conditions such as autism.  I have my reservations to say the least, especially with autism, there are no known cases of curing autism in any respect for a reason. 

That being said, oxygen is necessary for the brain.  You need it flowing throughout your skin and body in general.  And it can help you to heal wounds to reduce scarring among other things.  It is often used in a hyperbaric chamber, and they expose you to an extremely high level of oxygen.  Of course, with certain patients they use this, but often with those patients their blood oxygen levels are extremely low. 

Those who have normal oxygen levels can greatly benefit from this experiencing greater skin, energy, endurance, concentration, an easier time sleeping, and overall a general sense of wellbeing.  So in other words, in the way of wrinkle and other health treatments, the oxygen therapy method is not a bad way to go.  You should definitely check it out if you can use it.

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