Rejuvalife Vitality Institute
Beverly Hills CA

Oral Supplement To Optimize Botox

Here’s an interesting piece of news you may want to keep in mind prior to booking your next appointment for injectables. A research conducted by Dr. Charles Soparkar at The Methodist Hospital in Houston has proven that 93% of patients taking a dietary supplement of organic zinc and the enzyme phytase four days before receiving botulinum toxin injections responded more strongly than usual to the treatment.

Dr. Charles Soparkar’s research has resulted in a patent-pending dietary supplement combining zinc and phytase (trademarked as ZYTAZE™) to be available to patients as early as this month. Forty-one of the 44 patients who took the oral supplements prior to botulinum toxin injections (Botox®, Dysport®, or Myobloc®) showed improved results. Many of the patients in the study were being treated for a rare form of eyelid spasm called blepharospasm and had previously responded poorly to botulinum toxin injections.

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6 Rules To Help You Choose The Best Filler For Your Needs

Bad cosmetic surgery is a common reality – articles and images are there to prove it all over Google. Truth is, many people go to the doctor’s office with a set mind – for instance, they’re thinking: “I just want my lips or my cheeks filled.” That’s just like a consumer going to the market thinking if they buy a head of lettuce, they’re going to be able to make a perfect salad. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple; many different elements need to be taken into account in order to achieve optimal results. Follow these six simple rules to avoid making costly and dangerous mistakes.

Rule # 1

When you decide to get injectable fillers, don’t think about it as a commodity. Rather than setting your mind on a specific brand or treatment, think of what’s going to work to make YOU look better. If you focus on what’s good for YOUR face, then you’re most likely getting realistic expectations. What’s the best product or combination of products to pick and where do I put them? That’s the right question to ask your doctor… which brings us to the next rule.

Rule # 2

A mistake many consumers make is thinking that they have the knowledge of what the defect is. Most of the time, they don’t. When we look at ourselves in the mirror, we often focus on certain things that other people don’t even see. Do you want to make a correction that’s most obvious to you or a correction that everyone else will really notice? Do yourself a favor and leave it to your trusted doctor to guide you in the process. Forget the ads you’ve seen in magazines and your friends’ recommendations. Unless you’ve got the exact same issues, you most likely don’t need the same treatment.

Rule #3

For true, long-lasting improvements, choose a doctor who’s going take a good look at the whole picture before giving a recommendation. Your problems need to be addressed as a whole. First, you need to understand the anatomy of your face and, as you age, what the changes are and where they occur. This is slightly different in men and women. A good doctor will inform you about that and ask you about genetics, smoking habits, stress, lifestyle, nutrition and illnesses.

Rule # 4

Choose a fillers program with hopes of achieving a nice general contour rather than a Picasso-like face with one exaggerated feature. Proportions are everything.

Rule #5

When they say for instance: Restylane lasts for a year, it means that the effect of the filler can last UP TO a year. There will be a gradual loss of volume in the course of the last several months. No matter what type of filler you pick, it is highly recommended to go back to the doctor every 3-4 months. If anything has been lost, then it’s time to add a little more. This allows you to harness the maximal effect of the filler.

Rule #6

It’s super important for people to understand that just like weight, you can’t treat your face like a yoyo: full / depleted / full / depleted. It is much better to go for a “refill” more often with less material and keep a constant improvement. Once you get to your goal, the key is maintenance.

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Solutions for Acne and Chickenpox Scars

Anyone who’s suffered with scars as a reminder of teenage acne, chickenpox or measles, knows the  embarrassment those scars and pock marks have upon them as adults.  Facial pits are the pits but modern skin laser and filler treatments can help them disappear or, at the very least, fade.

These kinds of scars can be filled with dermal fillers or smoothed down with microdermabrasion or laser resurfacing, depending upon the scar’s depth. The laser that I use the most, the Pixel, is very effective for acne scars and pock marks, as well as a variety of fillers. A combination of laser treatments and fillers provide an excellent solution with minimal or no downtime involved.

Could Green Tea & LED lights replace Botox??

German scientists claim that a combination of LED lights plus green tea extract cream will result in “less pronounced wrinkle levels, shorter wrinkle valleys, and juvenile complexion.” I don’t know about you, but having a more “juvenile complexion” sounds mighty good to me!

It’s been known for over 40 years that light therapy will heal wounds and I’m sure you’re familiar with light therapy for skin rejuvenation in the form of IPL (intensed pulsed light) treatments. However, high-intensity LED’s such as those in computers and auto tail lights, have been shown to reduce skin wrinkles if applied every day over several months. However, there’s a nasty side-effect with the high-intensity LEDs—they can generate byproducts that damage the cells. Again, science to the rescue—apparently when the potent antioxidant, epigallocatechin gallate, found in green tea, is placed on the skin in a cream form, it negates the side-effects of the LEDs.

Furthermore, the combination of LEDs and green tea cream showed excellent results in only 10% of the time it took for the LED therapy alone to reduce wrinkles! Therefore, it’s both rapid and painless!

We’ll be following this fascinating discovery over time, and fill you in on the updates as we’re made aware of them! In the meantime, the liquid facelift is an excellent treatment while waiting for the LEDs+Green Tea to appear as an alternative.