Components of Face Loft
• You receive the most effective set of facial exercises for a balanced strengthening of fifty seven facial muscles, so that you'll look naturally younger. You can't overbulk or distort your appearance.
• You receive Face Loft supplements, the only muscle supplements formulated into transdermal treatment creams. Active building blocks of muscle are delivered transdermally twice daily - through the skin of face, neck and hands - directly into the muscles that need them. You don't have to take handfuls of pills and powders all day, as bodybuilders do. No hormones are involved, just recognized building blocks of muscle and skin, such as creatine, co-enzymes, vitamins, anti-oxidants, glucosamine and energy substrates.

Simplicity of Face Loft
Here’s what’s involved. You can throw away your toners, exfoliants, alpha/beta hydroxyacids, dermabrasion or other skin care systems. There are no office treatments. Instead, you simply:
• Perform Dynamic Facial Muscle Exercises at home, fifteen minutes a day, three to five days a week;
• Apply Face Loft transdermal supplement creams morning and night. Yes, you can still use your favourite moisturizer and cosmetics.

Clinical Trials
In this doctor-developed and tested system, patients looked about five years younger after only three months. Patients followed over the course of one year displayed progressive improvement in appearance. They looked less tired and more youthful, even though their chronological age was increasing! Here's what evaluating doctor and patient consistently observed:
• eyes became more open;
• cheeks filled out and lifted;
• jaw definition increased;
• jowls decreased.
Because the supplements must pass through skin to reach muscle, there were dramatic skin benefits as well:
• face and neck skin tightened, becoming smoother, more radiant, less blemished, less wrinkled;
• acne and rosacea improved;
• hands showed decreasing age spots and venous ropiness.

Are There Alternatives to Face Loft?
No. Face Loft™ is the only system that actually rebuilds muscle and additionally improves skin. This is because it employs the first effective transdermal supplement delivery system. It really does turn back the clock. Here’s why. We appear old only partially because of thinning, less elastic skin. The primary cause of the aged face is mid-face sag. As we "mature", everything sinks; our cheeks flatten and move downwards, creating hollows under the eyes, jowls around the mouth and loss of chin definition. This downward movement of tissue makes us look more tired, less energetic and definitely less youthful. Weak facial muscles combined with the downward pull of gravity are the real culprits behind drooping facial contour. Unfortunately, current medical and surgical treatments focus on wrinkling skin, rather than on weakened muscle. Worse, current wrinkle treatments don't repair mid-face sag. They may actually accelerate it. Here's why:
• Treating wrinkles by paralyzing underlying muscle with botulinum toxin can actually speed up mid-face sag, by reducing the number of neuro-muscular junctions that permit muscles to contract and strengthen. A weakened muscle cannot resist the pull of gravity.
• Injectible fillers do not lift or bulk up muscle. Fillers injected into or just beneath skin are only a temporary way to puff up a groove or a crease. Fillers injected into muscle may actually weaken or scar muscles.
• A face lift that pulls skin over flattened muscle does not raise the cheeks; rather, it can create a tight, cadaver-like appearance. A face lift combined with cheek implants may work, but is highly invasive and results are unpredictable.

Safety
The basic Face Loft transdermal supplement creams do not contain any hormones or drugs.
In addition, they are hypoallergenic and free of fragrance. Safety is paramount. Every biologic, active ingredient of our transdermal creams is currently available as an oral supplement.

We offer a prescription-based option for perimenopausal/menopausal women. Many women over forty find it more difficult to restore muscle and skin health as a result of declining estrogen levels. Therefore for our own medical patients who choose to use it, we formulate an additional prescription, transdermal supplement face cream containing the correct amount of natural, bio-identical estrogen for facial skin support. This ‘touch’ of estrogen is not to be confused with total body HRT.

As developers of a variety of medical, transdermal delivery systems, we’ve also designed a number of home-based therapeutic innovations which we employ in our aesthetic medicine/surgery practice including:
• analgesic, anti-inflammatory transdermal creams,
• a novel acne treatment system,
• a skin tightening/smoothing system to enhance liposuction results,
• a safe, effective bio-identical HRT protocol for total body hormone support, which we can share with you and your health professional.

For more information, visit http://www.lipidoctor.com/rejuvenation.asp

The whats, or established causes of death in liposuction surgery comprise (i) a blood clot or a piece of dislodged fat traveling to the lungs (instrumentation), (ii) malignant hyperthermia reaction (genetic), (iii) an irregular heart rhythm, usually ventricular fibrillation (from either pre-existing heart dysfunction or damage or from a reaction to intraoperative medications), (iv) congestive heart failure (intraoperative fluid overload), (v) heart attack (a random and totally unpredictable event). A new, unexplored, potential cause of death is a bolus of liquefied fat and cellular debris – arising from the use of devices which burst fat cells and liquefy fat prior to suctioning – traveling to heart or lungs.

The whos, or contributing factors include: (i) the patient’s underlying physical status (pre-existing organ damage or dysfunction), (ii) medical acts of commission or omission by the surgeon and/or anaesthetist prior to cardiac arrest, (iii) medical acts of commission or omission by the surgeon and/or anaesthetist immediately following cardiac arrest. (These medical acts could range from errors in judgment – which happens to most doctors during their careers - to medical negligence - falling below the accepted standard of care).

An intra-operative death can occur in the hands of any doctor, no matter how skilled or experienced. I will never forget a day during my anaesthesia training, when a healthy young man died of a massive heart attack under a routine general anaesthesia in a Toronto teaching hospital, during a simple toenail extraction. The senior anaesthetist remained devastated for months, even though he had done everything correctly. The senior surgeon who performed the most trivial of surgeries was severely affected. When a patient suffers a medical misadventure, it is horrible for everyone: family, doctors, doctors’ families. There’s great pressure to identify a villain. Let’s remember that the cause of death can only be determined by autopsy. The contributing factors, if any, will be identified at a Coroner’s Inquest. It is grossly unfair to the patient’s family and friends to speculate that were it not for the actions of the attending doctor, the patient would have been alive today.

It is even more unfortunate that blame is prematurely being attributed by some plastic surgeons to the physician who performed the procedure, simply because she is not a member of their sub-section of the medical community. When a liposuction-related death occurred in Toronto some years ago, the identical invective from plastic surgeons was directed at the esteemed ear, nose and throat specialist who performed the surgery. Their argument is simple: Only plastic surgeons should have the right to perform cosmetic surgery. They insist that regardless of training or expertise, no other category of physician (including ear, nose and throat specialists, dermatologists, general surgeons, gynecologists, anaesthetists, general practitioners) should be permitted to perform cosmetic procedures. This blatant vested-interest attempt to establish a monopoly failed decades ago and is now being resurrected by the new generation of plastic surgeons.

Are they not aware that some of North America’s most respected experts in cosmetic surgery, in terms of both innovation and skill, are from Toronto and notably come from fields outside of plastic surgery? To name a few, Walter and Martin Unger, dermatologist and surgeon, Peter Adamson and David Ellis, ear, nose and throat surgeons, David Seager, GP, have made significant contributions to advancements in the field of cosmetic surgery. This non-monopoly policy is historically consistent with other fields of medicine. Without being Royal College-certified obstetricians/gynecologists, doctors deliver babies, perform Caesarian sections, tubal ligations and hysterectomies. Similarly, Ontario boasts very competent GP-anaesthetists, GP-surgeons, anaesthetist-surgeons, dermatologist-surgeons.

A most telling and ironic argument against limiting the field of cosmetic surgeons to plastic surgeons, be it for liposuction or any other cosmetic procedure, is the case of Jeffrey Klein. Dr. Klein is a California dermatologist who, in the mid-80’s, single-handedly invented and introduced tumescent technique, the greatest advance in safety in the field of liposuction. Klein’s 4 innovations were:
(1) Eliminating the greatest risk of surgery, general anaesthesia. Klein’s liposuction is performed under local anaesthetic on a conscious patient.
(2) Decreasing the risk of bleeding and infection. Immediately prior to removing fat, large volumes (1-4 litres) of very dilute, buffered local anaesthetic combined with tiny amounts of vasoconstrictor are infused.
(3) Decreasing the risk of fat embolus. Klein’s technique employs much finer, blunt cannulae (hollow tubes) to remove fat.
(4) Decreasing the risk of venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolus. The ability of the awake patient to mobilize immediately rather than lying in bed for days, prevents blood from sludging in the legs and clotting.

Post-operative morbidity and mortality dropped dramatically as a result of the Klein technique. Ironically, while Klein’s tumescent liposuction was readily and eagerly embraced by the various branches of the cosmetic surgery community, plastic surgeons were last to make tumescent liposuction the norm. Many plastic surgeons modified the Klein technique, calling it “the wet technique”, rather than giving a dermatologist the credit he deserves. To this day, they rely on this technique for safe liposuction.

I mourn Krista’s untimely passing. Right now, I feel deep compassion for her family. I equally sympathize with the medical professionals who treated her. Even without the public and professional scrutiny they will surely undergo, I’m sure they are tormented by regret and self-doubt. To the plastic surgeons who are so quick to castigate, I caution: Only last year, a similar liposuction catastrophe occurred in Montreal, in a highly respected, private Plastic Surgery Clinic. Rather than use this tragedy for political reasons, stop speculating and casting aspersions. Respectfully await the results of the inquest. Cosmetic surgeons of all disciplines would better serve their patients by collaborating on how to make liposuction – a relatively safe procedure – even safer. Be humble, for there, but by the grace of God, go you.

• safety: minimally-invasive; no general anaesthesia
• convenience: no downtime; no exercise restrictions, no heavy post-op garments
• comfort: minimal intra-operative and post-op discomfort
• rapid results: visible volume  and shape change in only two weeks
• significant skin tightening
• cost: about 2/3 the cost of traditional liposuction
• sustainability: fat won't return and skin remains tight as a result of transdermal treatment creams.

However, there are also two major benefits which are not as evident. First, our treatment               creates a positive feedback loop which promotes long-term healthy lifestyle change, for two reasons:

• We urge our patients to exercise right after the procedure and to continue regular activity, as well as good nutrition. The rapid results obtained with Mini-Lipo plus the continuing volume shrinkage and skin tightening/smoothing achieved with our transdermal treatment creams creates excitement and positive energy in our patients. They continue looking after themselves because they see continuing changes!

• Our treatment is an active intervention, whereas traditional liposuction is passive. With conventional lipo, something is done to you (while you’re asleep) You have no responsibility for change. With LIPIDOCTOR Mini-Lipo, not only are you awake and actually helping us during the procedure, but also you’re applying treatment creams daily after the procedure. You are exercising to get the most fat-burning benefit from the creams and to leverage fat-burning by building muscle. You are monitoring your progress along with us, by reviewing measurements and clinical photos over time. In short, you have both responsibility and commitment, because you are actively participating in your treatment.

Second, our treatment corrects body image distortion. Most people visualize themselves as larger than they really are. Defects become distorted and magnified in your mind’s eye. One problem area can easily translate into the feeling of general unattractiveness. When we recontour the main problem areas with Mini-Lipo, not only is image distortion corrected in the treated areas, but throughout the entire body! We can prove this to you in just 30 seconds. For objective evidence, simply visit http://lipidoctor.com/mini_lipo5.asp

Eyes:
Resistance to refractive changes: (Estrogen-dependent)

Vocal Chords
Voice  strength: (Estrogen-dependent)
Voice range (ability to hit and sustain high notes): (Estrogen-dependent)
Voice timbre (lack of tremulousness): (Estrogen-dependent)

Bones
Posture (erectness): (Estrogen-dependent)
Height: (Estrogen-dependent)
Strength/thickness (resistance to fracture): (Estrogen-dependent)
Flexibility: (resistance to fracture): (Testosterone-dependent)

Skin
Thickness: (Estrogen-dependent)
Elasticity: (Estrogen-dependent)
Hydration: (Estrogen-dependent)
Resistance to damage from solar and environmental oxidative stresses: (Estrogen-dependent)
Resistance to wrinkling: (Estrogen-dependent)
Resistance to brown spots: (Estrogen-dependent)

Fat
Body fat distribution: (Estrogen-dependent)
Resistance to change from pear to apple shape: (Estrogen-dependent)

Skeletal Muscle
Resistance to loss of muscle bulk and strength: (Testosterone-dependent)

Smooth Muscle
Resistance to bladder muscle weakness (urine leakage or incontinence): (Estrogen-dependent)

Mucous Membranes
Resistance to eye dryness: (Estrogen-dependent)
Resistance to mouth dryness: (Estrogen-dependent)
Resistance to vaginal dryness: (Estrogen-dependent)
Resistance to bladder/urethral wall thinning (infections): (Estrogen-dependent)

Ligaments
Resistance to loss of bladder support (leakage or incontinence): (Estrogen-dependent)

Heart
Resistance to heart attacks: (Estrogen-dependent)

Uterus
Resistance to uterine cancer: (Progesterone-dependent)

Sexuality
Arousal/Desire: (Testosterone-dependent)
Performance: (Estrogen-dependent)

We’ve created simple, safe and effective transdermal bio-identical hormone treatment protocols for our patients, based on LIPIDOCTOR proprietary transdermal drug delivery systems. TransderMagic bio-identical hormone replacement consultation and monitoring for perimenopause, menopause and andropause is offered without charge to our cosmetic surgery patients, because we believe it is so important for their continued health and welfare. TransderMagic custom-compounded natural progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone transdermal creams are prescription items, the cost of which is covered by most drug insurance plans.

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We’ve created simple, safe and effective transdermal bio-identical hormone treatment protocols for our patients, based on LIPIDOCTOR™ proprietary transdermal drug delivery systems. We only provide hormone consultation and management for patients undergoing Infusion Lipolysis™, Mini-Lipo™, or Face Loft™ procedures. TransderMagic™ bio-identical hormone replacement treatment for perimenopause, menopause and andropause is free of charge to our patients.
TransderMagic™ custom-compounded natural progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone transdermal creams are prescription items, the cost of which is covered by most drug insurance plans.

Our philosophy about the importance and safety of bio-identical transdermal HRT is available as a PDF download, "A Primer on Bio-Identical Hormones for Pre-Menopause".
Visit http://lipidoctor.com/rejuvenation.asp?pg=10 for an informative approach to this controversial topic.

In addition, we're the only exercise-friendly cosmetic surgery intervention. Not only is there no downtime with our procedures, but we get patients back to the gym the same day and actively promote exercise as part of both the short term treatment and long term maintenance. We create a positive-feedback loop about exercising. People whose workout results have plateaued see a dramatic improvement in sculpting by continuing the identical exercise program AND simultaneously using our treatment creams. This is not only because they are achieving skin tightening, but also because the acceleration of fat breakdown and fat burning over and above what they had previously been achieving, kicks them off of their plateau and increased toning is visibly apparent within weeks. They see results from exercise, so are happy to continue. This applies not only to athletes, but to the average Joe (or Joan), who usually drops out of an exercise program within 3-4 months of commencing, because of the absence of VISIBLE positive feedback.

Who's a candidate: Any woman with cellulite, who desires a minimally-invasive corrective procedure.
What's involved in the procedure: Cellulite is a honeycomb of fibrous tissue filled with fat. The lumps and bumps are caused by fat poking up into the undersurface of the skin. The pits and valleys are caused by skin being tacked down to the walls of this honeycomb structure. Cellulite worsens over time as fat builds up. NO TREATMENT can eliminate underlying honeycomb structure. Infusion Lipolysis dramatically and uniquely reduces cellulite by (i) breaking down fat and thereby shrinking fat cells within the honeycomb pockets, so the lumps and bumps flatten; (ii) freeing up (detacking) skin from the honeycomb; (iii) tightening freed-up skin, so the pits and valleys smooth out. This is accomplished by a one-time, minimally-invasive office procedure performed under local anaesthesia, followed by 10 weeks home treatment with LIPIDOCTOR transdermal treatment creams. The procedure both stimulates fat-breakdown and detacks skin, preparing it for tightening. The procedure: a fine, hollow tube injects medication under the skin and at the same time frees up fibrous bands that tack it down to underlying tissue. The daily use of treatment creams continues to promote a high rate of fat breakdown and visibly tightens overlying skin. Results are sustainable with Maintenance treatment creams (2-3 times per week).
Duration of the procedure: 30 minutes.
Recovery time: None. Patients are encouraged to exercise the same day and return to work the next day.
Pros: A one-time office procedure. Everything else is done at home by the patient. Results are sustainable long-term. Other methods of skin tightening involve repeated office visits for machine treatments (lasers, IF/radio wave technology) which create a minor burn to the skin, stimulating collagen production. Infusion Lipolysis causes no skin injury. Infusion Lipolysis is the only procedure which also detacks skin, creating uniform skin tightening and smoothing. Infusion Lipolysis is the only clinical treatment for cellulite that guarantees results.
Cons: None. Certain patients are not candidates, based on medical condition and medications.
Cost: $2300 (average fee) for office procedure, 14 weeks of treatment creams and follow-up visits. Maintenance creams: $2.50-$2.80 per day.

LIPIDOCTOR Mini-Lipo

Who's a candidate: Men and women who: (i) would never consider traditional liposuction, (ii) who want a minimally-invasive procedure (iii) who require repair of traditional liposuction irregularities, (iv) who require skin tightening along with volume reduction, (v) who have areas of fat that are resistant to exercise that they wish eliminated: post-partum tummies and love handles, saddlebags, inner thighs and knees, (vi) who want increased abdominal muscle definition.
What's involved in the procedure: LIPIDOCTOR Mini-Lipo is a new, unique form of liposuction that not only has no downtime whatsoever, but also tightens skin! It is performed under local anaesthesia, followed by 10 weeks home treatment with LIPIDOCTOR transdermal treatment creams. The procedure spot-removes fat and prepares overlying skin for tightening. preparing it for tightening. Skin tightening and smoothing is accomplished with our proprietary treatment creams. Under local anaesthesia, a fine tube frees up fibrous bands that tack skin down to underlying tissue. Then, with a fine, hollow tube attached to a small syringe, fat cells are slowly and carefully removed, layer by layer. The patient then goes to the gym and exercises, wrapped only in a light binder and begins applying our treatment creams the next day.
Duration of the procedure: 60 minutes.
Recovery time: None. Patients are encouraged to exercise the same day and return to work the next day.
Pros: The procedure is very different from and superior to traditional liposuction in a number of ways: (i) local anaesthesia is used. (ii) There are no large-bore tubes, no suction machines, no aggressive tunnelling of fat. Mini-Lipo uses fine bore cannulas, the procedure is done by hand with low-vacuum syringe suction. (iii) We remove fine layers of fat from the surface down, so we can see the shape change as we work. (iv) No heavy, constrictive post-op garments are required; only a light binder and only for 2 weeks. (v) There is no exercise restriction. Our patients are encouraged to exercise the same day. (vi) There is no downtime. Our patients return to work the next day. (vii) There is minimal bruising and swelling and pain compared to traditional liposuction. (viii) Patients see results in only 2 weeks. (ix) Skin tightens significantly after LIPIDOCTOR Mini-Lipo. No other form of liposuction tightens skin. In fact, the reverse usually occurs. The more fat removed, the more the risk of loose hanging skin after liposuction. (x) LIPIDOCTOR Mini-Lipo is an ideal repair technique. Because of large bore instruments, high suction and rapid movement, it is easy to remove too much fat in an area with traditional lipo. Our fine instruments and skin tightening techniques can reduce these irregularities. (xi) LIPIDOCTOR Mini-Lipo minimizes the risks of liposuction: No general anaesthesia and associated risks, no periods of immobility, exercise restriction and constrictive garments which increase the risk of venous thrombosis, no large-bore instruments which increase the risk of pulmonary embolus. (xii) LIPIDOCTOR Mini-Lipo is guaranteed. (xiii) LIPIDOCTOR Mini-Lipo costs about 2/3 the fee of a traditional liposuction (even less when you factor in no loss of work time).
Cons: LIPIDOCTOR Mini-Lipo is not a weight-loss technique. It is not appropriate for removing large volumes of fat. It is not a replacement for a tummy-tuck: if there is a lot of excess skin as well as fat, a tummy tuck is required. Certain patients are not candidates, based on medical condition and medications.
Cost: $3900 (average fee) for office procedure, 14 weeks of treatment creams and follow-up visits. Maintenance creams: $2.50-$2.80 per day.

LIPIDOCTOR Face Loft

Who's a candidate: Men and women who want to: (i) rejuvenate the skin of their face, neck and hands, (ii) decrease wrinkles, reduce pore size, dark under-eye circles and blemishes, (iii) rebuild their facial contours, (iv) strengthen their facial muscles, (v) do not want to require a face lift in the future.
What's involved in the procedure: LIPIDOCTOR Face Loft is a new, unique form of face/neck rejuvenation that is the diametric opposite of Botox and fillers. Rather than paralyze muscles and inject foreign material under the skin, we strengthen and build muscle and repair aging skin. Our approach is similar to bodybuilders: build up facial muscle with resistance training and muscle-building block supplements, restore skin health with skin supplements. This is accomplished by a home facial exercise program, use of LIPIDOCTOR Skin Djinn transdermal treatment creams daily and an optional minimally invasive wrinkle-release procedure for deep wrinkles.
Duration of the procedure: Home exercise programme: 15 minutes, 5 days/week. Application of creams: 1 minute. Optional Face Loft wrinkle-release procedure: 20 minutes.
Recovery time: None.
Pros: (i) There is no bone between the orbit and the jaw, only muscle. As facial muscles weaken (with age, gravity and Botox injections), facial contour flattens. Just as breasts droop with time, so do cheeks. Hollows develop under the eyes. Proper facial exercises can reverse this. Skin Djinn transdermal muscle supplements enhance the muscle-building process. In addition, they provide both anti-oxidant support and hormone support (for peri-menopausal women), rapidly rejuvenating aging skin. This minimizes wrinkles, thickens and repairs skin. The wrinkle-release procedure for deep wrinkles is much more physiological than injecting fillers. (ii) Save money! You can throw out all your toners, exfoliants, and other skin treatments.. All you need for your face is one Skin Djinn cream in the morning, one at night, your usually moisturizer and make-up!
Cons: Post-menopausal women who are not on hormone replacement therapy are not candidates.
Cost: $500 (average fee) for dynamic face exercise programme (on DVD/CD), 3 months of Skin Djinn treatment creams and follow-up visits; $275 for 3 months of Maintenance Creams.
Optional Face Loft Wrinkle-release procedure: $500 per area; $2000 full face.

Who will Benefit from LIPIDOCTOR Face Loft™?
Here’s a simple test. Look in the mirror and pinch your cheeks. Can you grab more tissue than you could a few years ago? Does that skin look or feel less firm than it used to? Now, examine the areas just below your cheek bones. Are they less full and round than they used to be? Have hollows developed beneath your eyes? Gravity affects your cheeks exactly as it affects your breasts by pulling them down!
We can help reverse these facial problems. Visit www.lipidoctor.com/rejuvenation.asp for complete information.

View a Mini-Lipo in action. For further information and more procedure videos, visit www.lipidoctor.com/mini_lipo.asp

In all these cases, you have exercise-resistant fat. Exercise-resistant areas contain an abundance of alpha adrenergic receptors on the surfaces of the fat cells. Exercise-responsive areas, on the other hand, contain an abundance of beta adrenergic receptors. When the adrenaline produced by exercise attaches to beta receptors, the enzyme systems that promote fat breakdown (lipolysis) are activated. When that same adrenaline attaches to alpha receptors, the enzyme systems that promote fat accumulation (lipogenesis) are activated. Whether an area of adipose tissue is exercise-responsive or exercise-resistant depends on the beta/alpha ratio, as well as the sensitivity of the receptors.

Infusion Lipolysis™ normalizes the metabolism of exercise-resistant fat cells, allowing them to respond to exercise just like exercise-responsive fat. This is accomplished by blocking alpha receptors and at the same time activating the lipolytic enzyme systems (the lipolysis cascade). Within a few weeks of a one-time injection procedure followed by daily application of our transdermal treatment creams, most of our patients notice a response in the treatment area. Fat thickness decreases; overlying skin tightens, muscle definition improves. Thereis usually also an improvement in exercise-endurance.
Results are sustainable long-term with twice-weekly application of LIPIDOCTOR™ treatment creams.

The Treatment: Infusion Lipolysis™
This medical treatment not only reduces fat thickness over the course of 10 weeks,   by shrinking engorged fat cells to normal size, it also smooths and tightens skin.
• Step 1 is a one-time injection process, both to kickstart fat breakdown and to free up (detack) skin  from underlying tissue. (Skin is detacked so that it will tighten uniformly).
• Step 2 is a 10 week home daily treatment program with LIPIDOCTOR™ custom-compounded (topical and transdermal) treatment creams. They will continue to promote a high rate of fat breakdown, block new fat accumulation and tighten overlying skin in the treatment area.
• Step 3 is a maintenance program to sustain results: home use of treatment creams 2-3 times per week will keep the skin tight and maintain the fat thickness reduction.

LIPIDOCTOR Mini-Lipo™
This minimally-invasive procedure is the first "no downtime" liposuction. It is an optional, add-on treatment performed at the same time as Infusion Lipolysis™. It removes extra fat cells. It is appropriate for larger fat pads that require recontouring: saddlebags (outer thighs) and inner thighs. It is also an excellent technique to repair irregularities caused by previous, traditional liposuction. This is the first "no-downtime" liposuction.

Depending on the degree of the problem, patients can choose Infusion Lipolysis™ or Infusion Lipolysis™ plus LIPIDOCTOR Mini-Lipo™. For full information, visit www.lipidoctor.com.

Infusion Lipolysis™
This medical treatment reduces fat thickness by 34% on average, over the course of 10 weeks. It shrinks engorged fat cells to normal size and tightens skin. It is appropriate for areas of exercise-resistant fat (bellies and love-handles), post-partum tummies, backs and bra-lines.
• Step 1 is a one-time injection process, both to kickstart fat breakdown and to free up (detack) skin  from underlying tissue. (Skin is detacked so that it will tighten uniformly).
• Step 2 is a 10 week home daily treatment program with LIPIDOCTOR™ custom-compounded (topical and transdermal) treatment creams. They will continue to promote a high rate of fat breakdown, block new fat accumulation and tighten overlying skin in the treatment area.
• Step 3 is a maintenance program to sustain results: home use of treatment creams 2-3 times per week will keep the skin tight and maintain the fat thickness reduction.

LIPIDOCTOR Mini-Lipo™
This minimally-invasive procedure is the first "no downtime" liposuction. It is performed in conjunction with Infusion Lipolysis™. It removes extra fat cells. It is appropriate for larger fat pads that require recontouring: saddlebags (outer thighs), inner thighs, larger tummies and love handles. It is also an excellent technique to repair irregularities caused by traditional liposuction. This is the first "no-downtime" liposuction.

Depending on the degree of the problem, patients can choose Infusion Lipolysis™ or Infusion Lipolysis™ plus LIPIDOCTOR Mini-Lipo™. For full information, visit www.lipidoctor.com

When I became a cosmetic surgeon in 1983, liposuction was the most exciting and popular cosmetic surgery procedure ever. It seemed to offer a quick fix for just about everybody: the chubby, the obese, the cellulite-afflicted, the disproportioned, even athletes. As with every wonder-cure, it usually takes years to refine the procedure and understand its limits. Dr Jeff Klein, a California dermatologic surgeon, introduced the first major advance in the mid-80’s: the tumescent technique. Injecting large volumes of dilute local anaesthetic into fat, prior to removing it, not only allowed liposuction to be performed under local anaesthesia, but also improved fat harvesting, expanded the target areas and decreased patient discomfort and post-op risk. Yet liposuction was still far from perfect.

As a doctor, I felt it was being promoted as a panacea for too wide a range of problems, resulting in disappointed (and sometimes deformed) patients.
• liposuction is not a treatment for obesity. The removal of large volumes of fat is not only dangerous, it leaves excess hanging skin. Similarly, because it does not tighten skin, liposuction is not an appropriate treatment for very large areas. Removing litres of fat can create an unsightly apron of skin. The proper surgical treatment for large bellies is a tummy tuck (removal of fat and excision of excess skin at the same time) and it should not be undertaken taken lightly - this is major surgery with longer general anaesthesia, more medical risks, a prolonged recovery period, discomfort and the possibility of long, wide scars.
• liposuction is not a treatment for cellulite. Cellulite represents excess, engorged fat cells stored within a honeycomb structure of fibrous tissue below the skin. Because it is impossible for an equal amount of fat to be removed by suction from each “room” of the honeycomb, liposuction can leave cellulite areas more irregular than before treatment.
• removing fat cells from one area of the body doesn’t guarantee that fat is gone for good. Regular exercise and good nutrition are still required. A couch potato will first accumulate fat in areas adjacent to the liposuction site and ultimately fat cells will repopulate the surgical area. Lazy abdominal liposuction patients soon notice increased thickness in love handles, low back, bra-line and pubic areas.

As a surgeon, I knew the distinct medical risks and downsides to the procedure.
• aggressive liposuction is cosmetically risky. With large cannulas and powerful suction machines, it takes a fraction of a second of poor judgement to remove too much fat from an area, creating gouges, grooves and irregularities.
• liposuction requires not only technical skill, but also surgical artistry. The ability to visualize what a body should look like after recontouring and then to consistently achieve that goal is the hallmark of a gifted cosmetic surgeon. Your result depends in large part on the surgeon you choose.
• large, sharp cannulas used with aggressive technique can dislodge pieces of fat, push them into the bloodstream and ultimately into the lungs, causing life-threatening fat emboli.
• constrictive post-operative garments worn for weeks, plus immobility, predisposes to blood clots in the legs and lungs.

Understanding those concerns, I myself chose to undergo liposuction in the mid-nineties and only then learned first-hand the ground zero problems with liposuction from the patient’s perspective. For 2 weeks after surgery, I felt like I had been run over by a truck. I couldn’t work. I couldn’t look at red meat. I had to wear an uncomfortable abdominal binder 24 hours a day for 2 months and was prohibited from exercising during that time. Noticeable swelling and tenderness persisted for 6 months post-op. I was really irked at paying thousands of dollars to suffer! There had to be a better way to balance vanity with sanity–more predictable results, less discomfort, inconvenience, downtime and risk – and I became determined to find it.

Through many years of research I’ve developed a minimally invasive form of liposuction and in 2003 I introduced Infusion Lipolysis and my new Mini-Lipo to Toronto patients. I believe it represents a significant advance in patient comfort and safety. The key is gentleness. A Mini-Lipo is quite different from traditional liposuction. Under local anaesthesia, I slowly remove about half the fat cell volume of traditional liposuction by hand, using only syringe suction and fine cannulas. Then, I shrink the remaining, engorged fat cells to normal size and tighten overlying skin, over the course of weeks, with Infusion Lipolysis. The cosmetic result of these combined procedures appears to be at least equivalent to that of traditional liposuction with added benefits;
• no downtime; patients exercise after their procedure and continue with normal activity and work routine the next day.
• minimal discomfort, swelling or bruising compared to traditional liposuction.
• minimal inconvenience; the patient wears a light body slimmer for only 2 weeks.
• fewer surgical and cosmetic risks.
• skin tightening and smoothing (which doesn’t occur with traditional liposuction).
• a rapid shape change within 2 weeks, then a more gradual recontouring over the course of the next 8 weeks;
• no surgical incisions, sutures or heavy binders, so no one need know.
• long-term sustainable results, obtained by combining an activity/nutrition program with transdermal maintenance medications.

Infusion Lipolysis is also a stand-alone treatment for areas of exercise-resistant fat, particularly post-partum tummies, love handles and cellulite. You can combine the Mini-Lipo with Infusion Lipolysis for saddlebags (outer thighs), hip rolls, larger tummies and love handles. Either way,  you’ll need only one minimally invasive office procedure lasting approximately an hour, followed by 10 weeks home application of medications formulated in transdermal creams. There are no ‘machines’ involved. Patients really appreciate the convenience of not needing repeat office treatments.

The Mini-Lipo is meant to be a refinement to, rather than a replacement for, conventional liposuction. It’s geared for people who desire a rapid, visible recontouring but would never undergo the inconvenience and risks of conventional liposuction. It is ideal for smaller areas where traditional liposuction is ‘overkill’, like saddlebags and love handles. It can used it to improve irregular liposuction or tummy tuck results. In short, the Mini-Lipo is the kind of liposuction I would have undergone myself, had it been available ten years ago.

Further information and before-and-after photos can be found at www.lipidoctor.com.

LIPIDOCTOR Medical Clinics is a Toronto, Canada-based cosmetic surgery/cosmetic medicine practice developing new technologies for the spot-reduction of fat and cellulite and for non-surgical facial/neck/hand rejuvenation. Our technologies are based on transdermal drug delivery: delivery of medications through the skin into the body.

WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM SPOT-REDUCTION OF FAT? 

Women and men who:    
  * would never consider conventional liposuction,
  * seek an alternative to conventional liposuction,
  * require repair of pre-existing liposuction,
  • have  exercise-resistant fat: areas that just
     won't respond to exercise. 

WHAT ARE THE TECHNOLOGIES?

  * Infusion Lipolysis™   The Non-Surgical
    Alternative to Liposuction    

  * LIPIDOCTOR Mini-Lipo™   The First No-Downtime Liposuction

WHO WOULD BENEFIT FROM FACE/NECK/HAND REJUVENATION? 

Women and men who:    
  * would never consider a face lift,
  * seek a medical alternative to a face lift;
  * refuse to get to the face lift stage in the first place;
  • reject temporary fixes like repeated injectibles and machine treatments;
  * seek a logical medical alternative to Botox and injectible fillers;
  * want a home-based, self-administered treatment.   

WHAT IS THE TECHNOLOGY?

  * Face Loft™   The First and Only Transdermal Medical Treatment for Skin and Muscle    

  * Face Loft rebuilds face/neck muscles: lifts and round cheeks, fills in hollows under the eyes, smooths the jawline. It regenerates tighter, smoother, more radiant skin: decreases pore size, minimizes blemishes, flattens wrinkles.


HOW CAN I LEARN MORE?

  • Visit www.lipidoctor.com for comprehensive
     information and an expanding portfolio
     of before and after clinical photos.

  •  Subscribe to LIPIDOCTOR Medical Slimming Clinics