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First 2 Weeks on the hCG Maintenance Diet

I know it has been a long time, but I’ve been traveling quite a bit lately. I wanted to let you all know that I’m now going into my third week of “no sugar and starch” hCG maintenance phase, and things are great. I’ve actually lost 3lbs since my last day on hCG. I’m still having a a challenge eating 1,500+ calories a day, but its great to have peanut butter and cheese! (not together of course).  As of yesterday, I was 174 (starting weight 204). I did meet with a surgeon who is going to do the new Palomar SlimLipo procedure to remove the excess skin and the last bit of fat deposits around my abdomen and flanks. This machine uses a laser beam to zap the remaining fat (which they then suck out), a great side affect is that it heats up your insides and your skin tightens (takes about 2-3 months to see the actual results). I’ve seen some amazing results with this new machine. Read more

               

hCG Weight Loss Training Program - March 26, 2010

Presented by the IAPAM, the new hCG Weight Loss training program will give you the information you need to successfully incorporate a medically supervised weight loss program for your patients. The IAPAM has added a special session to the Aesthetic Medicine Symposium on Medical Weight Management. This session will cover hCG for weight loss, prescription appetite suppressants, ketogenic diet based programs, meal replacement and B6/12 injections.Included in this session:

• hCG program protocols & best practices, including:
  • Consent forms
  • Detailed Program Protocols
  • Patient selection criteria
  • Common medical contraindications
  • Legal/Insurance considerations
  • FDA status
• VLCD/LCD diet programs
• Meal replacement diet programs
• Ketogenic based diet programs
• Utilizing B6/B12 injections in weight loss
• Using prescription appetite suppressants in weight loss (Xenical®, Meridia®, Orlistat®)
• Laser & Ultrasound assisted lipolysis

The IAPAM’s Medical Weight Management Program includes:

• Weight Control Counselor training
• Counselor Certification (certificates for display)
• Operation’s Manual
• Medical Manual
• Advertising & Marketing assistance
• Patient Charting: forms and documents
• Business reporting and management system
• Ongoing Business “Coaching”
• Complete nutritional protocols

After completing this session, you’ll have an understanding of the latest medical weight programs available to physicians.

For more information, or to register visit: www.AestheticMedicineSymposium.com or call 1-800-219-5108 x 705.

               

FDA Law Enforcers Crack Down on Illegal Botox Scammers

In November 2004, when four people became paralyzed after purportedly receiving Botox Cosmetic injections at a medical clinic in Oakland Park, Fla., the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Criminal Investigations (OCI) was called to investigate. The four victims were hospitalized with severe botulism poisoning. The paralysis was temporary—a result of being injected with potent, unapproved botulinum toxin. The doctor who injected the toxin had passed it off as Botox Cosmetic, an FDA-approved drug to treat forehead wrinkles.

What began as one OCI investigation of a Florida medical clinic escalated into 210 investigations of health care professionals throughout the United States. As of July 2008, the work of OCI has led to 31 arrests and 29 convictions of individuals who purposely injected an unapproved, cheaper substitute toxin for FDA-approved Botox Cosmetic into nearly 1,000 unknowing patients.

Under federal law, no form of botulinum toxin may be commercially distributed for use on humans unless it has been approved by FDA. At this time, Botox Cosmetic, made by Allergan Inc. of Irvine, Calif., is the only type of botulinum toxin approved by FDA to temporarily soften the frown lines between the eyebrows. Botox Cosmetic is a sterile, purified version of the same toxin that causes botulism, a severe form of foodborne illness. In both cases, the toxin is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. The injectable form of sterile, purified botulinum toxin, when used in small doses, locally affects the muscles’ ability to contract, smoothing out frown lines to make them nearly invisible. Read more

               

IAPAM Aesthetic Medicine Symposium with Botox Training - March 27-28, 2010

Presented by the IAPAM, the Aesthetic Medicine Symposium is designed by physicians for physicians who are looking to add aesthetics or medical weight management to their existing practice, open a medical spa, or work as a medical director. This is the only aesthetic medicine conference program available that combines the business and clinical aspects of incorporating aesthetic medicine procedures into your practice, along with one year unlimited practice support. Read more

               

Statutory regulation of Botox ‘rejected due to cost’ in UK

Instead of mandatory regulation of the industry, a voluntary register run by the private sector is being set up.

Unscrupulous practitioners have been administering Botox injections and wrinkle fillers at parties and in their homes and complaints of botched treatment have increased.

Voluntary register for Botox practitioners is not good enough and statutory regulation must be brought in, critics have said.

Experts have been calling for statutory regulation for years but ministers have again rejected the move and are backing the voluntary scheme instead.

The voluntary scheme will see doctors, dentists and registered nurses who have had extra training in Botox and other injectable cosmetic drugs display a quality mark.

To qualify for the mark they will have to sign up to professional standards and be inspected.

Those holding the quality mark will not be able to administer Botox at parties or prescribe the substances for patients they have not seen. Beauty therapists and other untrained staff will not be allowed to hold the quality mark.

But it will then be up to customers and patients to check they are using a practitioner with the quality mark.

Critics said the scheme was better than nothing but did not go far enough and an independent regulator for all cosmetic procedures and drugs should be set up called OffCos. Read more

               

Merz to complete acquisition of BioForm Medical

Merz Pharma Group has reported that the subsequent offering period of the tender offer by Merz GmbH & Co and its acquisition subsidiary to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of BioForm Medical at a price of $5.45 per share, net to the seller in cash expired as scheduled on February 18, 2010.

Based on final information from the depositary for the tender offer, 45.4 million shares, representing approximately 95.7% of the outstanding shares of common stock of BioForm Medical, were validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the subsequent offering period. All such shares have been accepted for payment in accordance with the terms of the tender offer, and Merz has or will promptly pay for all such shares. Read more

               

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Face value: Why more men are getting Botox

February 23, 2010

A growing number of males are turning to injections and laser treatments in an effort to maintain job security.

Like many realtors, 60-year-old Toronto agent Sean had a tough 2009, but it wasn’t just a recessionary market and skittish buyers that preoccupied him.

A couple of decades older than many of the brokers in his circle, he felt that his younger colleagues had developed an edge over him when it came to attracting and keeping clients. To compete with them, however, he didn’t send out more pamphlets or bombard computer inboxes with e-blasts. Rather, the veteran broker decided to update a more personal calling card – his face – with regular laser treatments.

“It’s basically a facelift without the cutting,” says Sean, which is not his real name. (For privacy reasons, he preferred that his identity not be disclosed.) “The people at work didn’t notice I got anything done. They just noticed that I looked better.” Read more

               

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IAPAM Aesthetic Practice Startup Workshop - March 29, 2010

February 21, 2010

Event Date: March 29, 2010

Event Location: Scottsdale, Arizona

Presented by the IAPAM, the Aesthetic Practice Startup Workshop will prepare you for all the steps needed to add aesthetic medicine to your practice. This session is lead by medical spa industry expert, Jeff Russell, and will certainly help you avoid some of the common pitfalls of the medical spa / aesthetic medicine industry.  If you are going to open a medical spa or incorporate medical aesthetics into your existing practice, you can’t afford to miss this workshop.

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HCG Diet

February 19, 2010

Is it the next big weight loss miracle? A hormone found in pregnant women could help you drop the pounds.

It’s called HCG. And if you haven’t heard of it, it’s probably because it’s new. It’s not exactly FDA approved for use in weight loss programs either, but people using it swear by it.

DJ Fink is one of those patients. The Chicago-area man is on the move a lot of the time, shooting his TV show in venues across the country. But lately, he said his bulk was slowing him down.

“I was just continuing to grow and being on TV, TV already adds 10 pounds and it was continuing to add,” he described his slow but steady weight gain.

Fink and his wife decided to try something new– A weight loss program offered at Complete Clinics in Gurnee. The difference between this program and everything else he’d tried is a hormone called HCG. It’s the chemical that makes the stick turn pink when you’re pregnant.

Dr. Scott Morris is one of just a handful of physicians offering an HCG program.

“HCG elevated in pregnant women had an association with weight loss, or at least with fat loss,” he explained. “It basically seems to mobilize those fat stores. The metabolism is increased by some of the dietary changes we use, but then it’s able to get to those fat stores especially around the waist more readily than without the HCG,” he continued.

Dr. Morris couples the HCG injections with a diet low in carbs and refined sugar, and recommends exercise.

DJ Fink and his wife started the program six months ago and have already seen a big difference.

“I am down 12 pants sizes and almost 58 pounds,” he said. “She’s down about 50 pounds.”

Skip, another patient, is also having success with the HCG diet. Recurrent spine injuries left him lethargic and overweight. Then he started the HCG injections.

“I’ve tried like every kind of diet in the world,” he told us.

But nine months into the new regime, he’s feeling great. “I lost 30 pounds in the first four months and six inches off my waist.”

So if it works this well, why haven’t you heard of it yet? HCG is approved for use as a fertility drug. But it’s not FDA-recommended specifically for weight loss. But Dr. Morris thinks that may change.

“In terms of really studying, researching for weight loss and other benefits, i think it’s just not become that popular and that common yet,” he said.

That could soon change. DJ Fink is so happy with his progress, he’s telling everyone he knows.

“My pants are still going down, I’m wearing t-shirts, big guys don’t wear t-shirts, if they do they wear a shirt over it.”

HCG could have other uses. It’s being tested right now as a way to prevent some types of breast cancer.

For more information, contact Complete Clinics. 
By Courtny Gerrish for www.todaystmj4.com

               

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hCG Weight Loss Program – Day 34 and Beyond

February 18, 2010

Well, I’m on day 34 and I have a decision to make. I’ve lost 25.8lbs since I started this program, and the almighty BMI says I’m now “normal,” so do I end it now or keep going? Well I take a look at my calendar, and if I end now I will be able to spend most of the spring break holiday in the slowly add sugars and starches phase versus absolutely no sugar and starches. Since I know one of the most critical parts of the hCG protocol is locking in your new weight during the maintenance phase, I decide to end it today! What is the maintenance phase? For the first 3 weeks you can eat anything, but no sugars and starches; then you slowly add starches and sugars into your diet for the next three weeks. This process is going to lock in my current weight as my body’s new “normal” weight. Which is one of the key benefits of the hCG program. Read more

               

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