What's New @ Dr. Cherny's office

What's New @ Dr. Cherny's office

Alan R. Koslow, M.D., F.A.C.S., Board Certified in Vascular Surgery

Dr. Koslow will be seeing patients with varicose veins at Heartland.

Alan R. Koslow, M.D., F.A.C.S., has been a vascular surgeon for 19 years and is board certified in Vascular Surgery.  Dr. Koslow graduated from the University of New York, Buffalo Medical School, and did his surgical training at Stanford University and the New Jersey School of Medicine and Dentistry.  He completed his vascular surgery fellowship at the University of Rochester in New York.

NEW TUMMY TUCK DESIGN FOR MAJOR WEIGHT LOSS PATIENTS

Fresh from the spring cosmetic surgery convention is a new tummy tuck design, the "Corset Torsoplasty" or Corset Abdominoplasty, for major weight loss patients. This operation uses a sideways "H" type scar, instead of the single horizontal scar or the upside down T or fleur di lis. The regular or horizontal scar used for tummy tucks are only effective when patients have some fairly decent skin tone. The fleur di lis T scar allows added tightening in the waistline area, by pulling skin not just down but also horizontally to the middle. The downside of the t-incision is that patients with very poor skin tone will still have bulges below their breasts, overlying their ribs, with a bulge also in the lower breast bone area. The Corset procedure adds an incision below the breast, which tightens this upper abdominal skin as well. The upper scar is hidden in the crease of the breasts, where there is often a scar already due to breast lifting or reduction surgery. Our results with this operation have been very, very promising! Consider this if you have a double panniculus or skin hanging from the upper abdomen as well as the lower. (photos pending)

COMING- A NEW DIET PLAN AT DR. CHERNY'S OFFICE

"SEROTONIN PLUS"

This is a medically supervised diet plan, and Dr. Cherny will be the medical director. This is a three month program that has averaged a 30 pound weight loss in women and a 40 pound weight loss in men! This program includes a prediet comprehensive physical, with supplements designed to increase your serotonin levels, which decreases carbohydrate craving. Suitable patients are also carefully placed on a three month course of prescription diet medication. You are closely monitored with weekly visits at the office. This, along with diet and lifestyle changes, can give significant long term results! Call to sign up for our upcoming informational seminar, coming soon! 

Perma Facial Implant

At the recent Aesthetic Surgery meeting, I at last have found a new lip implant that is not only excellent technically, but reasonably priced.  It is called the Perma™ Facial Implant, and is made of soft silicone, making it almost impossible to feel.  As an office procedure, it goes in through a small incision in the corners of the mouth, whether placed upper, lower, or both. 

The implant will increase the volume of the lips, and correct some, but not all of wrinkles, around the mouth.  Fillers are helpful for the wrinkles, but not even close to the Perma™ Facial Implant as far as enlarging thin lips or restoring lips shrunken with age.  Juvederm or Restylane can be added to any remaining wrinkles for a discounted rate of $500/tube.

The excitement surrounding this cosmetic enhancement breakthrough has been immediate and overwhelming both in the U.S. and in Europe.  The implant is made here in the U.S. and consists of soft, solid silicone.  It's an implant that cannot rupture, deflate or degrade over time.  The implants correspond to the dimensions of the lip.  It is an implant and not an injection of silicone.  The implant is available in a variety of diameters and lengths to accomodate the uniqueness of each person's lip characteristics, tapering at both ends to conform naturally to the normal lip.  Although it's permanent, the Perma™ Facial Implant is also designed to be easily removable should a person wish to be larger, smaller or return to their original lip appearance.

Among the most remarkable aspects of these lips are their natural appearance.  Never before has a product made for this use offered so many exceptional qualities:

• Natural appearance
• Soft silicone/but cannot rupture, deflate or degrade over time
• Routine procedure performed under local anesthetic
• Resistant to tissue "in growth"
• Permanent, but easily replaceable or removable
• Does not restrict lip movement

FDA approved device

About the Procedure

The overall procedure time lasts only about 15 minutes, and can be performed in a simple office setting.  The mouth and lips are numbed with local anesthetic (similar to a visit to the dentist).  Then, two small incisions are made in the corners of the mouth.  The implant is then passed through a tunnel in the lip and centered.  The process is repeated for the other lip and the incisions are closed using dissolvable stitches.  Patients do not experience pain and may resume activities the next day.

LATISSE® Solution

Introducing LATISSE® Solution, a prescription treatment used to grow eyelashes, making them longer, thicker, and darker.  LATISSE® Solution is a new product supplied to us by Allergan, makers of BOTOX®. 

Stephanie Brown, our in house esthetician, introduces the Jane Iredale Mineral Makeup Line.  This line is known as the "Skin Care Makeup Line"; its high quality minerals give tremendous coverage with an exceptionally "light" feel.  This line is good for sensitive, acne prone and even Rosacea skin types.  Stephanie offers a full makeover application where you can actually have the makeup applied and see the results for yourself.  There is a $40 session fee that can be applied toward product purchase.  This full line of makeup includes foundations, powders, blushes, eyeshadow, lipsticks, glosses and much more!