Posted July 12, 2011 in Blog, Plastic Surgery in the News, Uncategorized
Today’s newsletter from the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery has three interesting news items. Car exhaust may effect skin health, there is hope for a new plant derived collagen injectable product, and a doc in the UK is using sheep placenta topically on the face (I’m pretty sure that there may be an English sheep farmer joke in the making).
According to Skin and Allergy News, “New evidence indicates that an important cause of extrinsic skin aging is chronic exposure to soot and other airborne particulates generated by motor vehicle exhaust. A strong epidemiologic association has been established between residing near a busy highway and increased skin wrinkling and pigmented spots, and a plausible biologic mechanism for causality has been established. Thus, exposure to traffic-related airborne particulate matter joins solar ultraviolet radiation and tobacco smoke as the third potentially modifiable major factor identified in extrinsic skin aging, Dr. Jean Krutmann said at the World Congress of Dermatology.”
Iowa State University’s Kan Wang, Ph.D. is in the pocess of developing a form of collagen that is derived from maize (figures with all that corn in Iowa). Dr. Wang states, “Producing human collagen in maize seeds is an inexpensive alternative to using animal-derived collagen. The seeds are easy to grow, process and store.” In the past, animal derived collagen had the potential to transmit diseases, and is no longer manufactured. Hopefully we will soon have a new injectable form of collagen.
Lastly, Dr. Roberto Viel’s Harley Street clinic, the London Centre for Aesthetic Surgery, is offering an alternate facial treatment that he claims tightens and lifts skin. Anesthetic cream is applied, then a mechanical dermal roller (think rolling pin with little needles) is rolled over the face creating tiny holes in the skin. Sheep placenta (obtained from Australia) solution is then applied to the face. Dr. Viels claims that patients are happy with their results. At this point, until there is clinical evidence of efficacy, Dr. Persky says, “Baaaaah”, and is recommending Ulthera for his patients who desire lifting and tightening of their face, neck, and brows. Ulthera has been scientifically clinically proven to be safe and effective.
Dr Michael Persky and Dr. Sarmela Sunder are located in Encino, California and Beverly Hills, California but service all of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley. Including, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Hancock Park, Brentwood, Santa Monica, Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Calabasas, Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Westlake, Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills and more
