In October’s first blog we had some issues with body mass index, BMI. This ubiquitous tool for measuring weight is used to classify each of us as being at a normal, healthy weight or being overweight, obese, or morbidly obese. It’s likely the costs of your health insurance can be directly linked with your BMI. […]
Body mass index, colloquially known as BMI, has been around seemingly forever as the guide to tell a person if they are or aren’t overweight. You can find BMI calculators all over the web, and your health insurance provider coverage could be predicated upon your BMI. But BMI stinks. BMI only uses weight as a […]
Dermal fillers such as Restylane Silk and Juvéderm Volbella are popular options for our patients who want to add some volume and definition to their lips. But many patients aren’t thrilled at the prospect of returning every nine months or so and doing it all over again because hyaluronic acid fillers eventually are absorbed by […]
Most of us have a scar here or there on our bodies. It may have occurred from a fall when we were kids, or it could be the reminder of a traumatic injury or a former surgery. Some of these scars can be in unfortunate areas where we can’t cover them and keep them out […]
That headline surely looks like it belongs atop one of the ads in the back of Popular Mechanics magazine, right next to the ad for the guy who gets sand kicked on him on the beach before becoming a muscle-bound hulk with the Charles Atlas Workout Program. Ah, but even the sculpted bully on the […]
With the passage of time, all the tissue on the human body begins to slacken. The culprit is the decline in collagen production that drops one percentage point every year after we turn 20. We also lose elastin. This combination causes the skin to sag and develop lines and wrinkles. The skin also thins and […]
All women have peach fuzz, clinically known as vellus hairs, all over our bodies. But they’re not a big deal because they are very fine and usually light colored. But what’s up with the dark coarse hairs that have been showing up on the places men usually get hair: the upper lip, chin, chest, stomach, […]
