If you have a double chin, it’s no laughing matter. A double chin causes you to become self-conscious about your looks as you often feel it becomes a focal point. As we age, our skin loses collagen and elasticity, causing a double chin to develop. When you combine the natural aging process with other factors like sun exposure, smoking and poor diet, a double chin can quickly take shape. To get rid of a double chin, many don’t want to undergo invasive surgeries, so they turn to home exercises. While home exercises can be effective to a certain point, they may not fully get rid of a double chin. When exercises aren’t enough, Kybella in Dallas can get rid of the dreaded double chin.
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Look and Feel Young Again Using the Help of a Photofacial
Photofacial, also known as Fotofacial, is a revolutionary treatment to get a youthful look in about a week. Said the be “one of the most amazing laser treatments on the market” by Derma Health, you’ll erase years of sun damage, dark spots, and other facial skin flaws. The Photofacial treatment involves the use of a laser, which targets dark pigment to restore the surface of the skin. This effective treatment can be used for various specific skin conditions to restore a youthful appearance using a safe and noninvasive treatment. Dr. Connie Casad is specially trained to perform Photofacial in Dallas to revitalize your appearance.
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Skin Rejuvenation: A Natural Treatment for Younger-Looking Skin
If the hands of time are slowly ticking away causing the appearance of your skin to appear aged, you have multiple options to reverse the hands of time. With Dr. Connie Casad from Park Cities Aesthetics, you’ll benefit from skin rejuvenation in Dallas. We offer three safe and effective treatments to promote youthful-looking skin by eliminating the appearance of wrinkles, sun damage, fine lines, and much more.
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How to Get Rid of Spider and Varicose Veins
Spider and varicose veins are a very common occurrence, especially among women. The large raised blood vessels most often occur in the legs and face, taking the appearance of red, purple, and blue vessels that twist and turn across the skin. Overtime, the appearance of the veins worsens, causing many to become self-conscious about their appearance. Now, you can reduce the appearance of varicose and spider veins in Dallas with a revolutionary treatment. Dr. Connie Casad of Park Cities Aesthetics provides Sclerotherapy to treat the appearance of dark veins.
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Renewing Skin Without Surgery Through Dermal Fillers in Dallas
As we age, our faces naturally begin to develop wrinkles. Dermal fillers are a popular choice to help reverse the signs of aging. Dermal fillers help smooth deep creases around the mouth and nose to add volume to the area for smoother skin. The fillers can also be used to add thickness to thin lips, while smoothing out vertical lines. You can even enhance the appearance of the cheeks for a fuller look while filling out depressions that may have developed around the eyes. Overall dermal fillers in Dallas allow you to renew the appearance of your skin without the use of surgery.
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How Does Wrinkle Reduction Treatment in Dallas Help Crow’s Feet?
As we age, our skin begins to lose its elasticity. As a result, we begin to develop wrinkles. Among the first place wrinkles begin to appear are around the edges of the eyes, known as crow’s feet. While crow’s feet are a natural sign of aging, now you don’t have to live with the lines. Botulinum is FDA-approved to help treat the appearance of crow’s feet. Dr. Connie Casad offers botulinum in Dallas to help reverse the appearance of crow’s feet.
Understanding the Rising Cost of Healthcare
Patient education about health and wellness is important and involves much more than common topics discussed between a doctor and their patients. Patient education extends to discussing relevant issues that impact a patient personally, such as the rising cost of health insurance. Patients need to understand the dramatic incline of the cost of prescription and generic drugs, such as those used for hormone replacement therapy in Dallas. Recent studies found that one in four Americans opt out of choosing to fill prescriptions due to the cost. This doesn’t include the number of Americans who avoid seeing their physician because they know they can’t afford the cost of medications. If you fall into these categories, you’re not alone.
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Magnesium – The Hero Mineral
At one time or another we have all seen Super Heroes in action at the movies. Is there a “hero mineral” that could prevent you from ever having a heart attack, balance your cholesterol, slow down heart disease and lower your chances of having a stroke? Dr. Glenn S. Rothfeld’s recent article in Nutrition & Healing singles out magnesium as just such a mineral and supports its importance in promoting heart health with a growing body of research that confirms these findings.
Much of what I do in my practice now centers on education. Spending more time with people means I know them better and have the opportunity to share important discoveries like this research on Magnesium. Dr. Rothfeld’s ideas about this lesser known mineral could change your life. Did you know that magnesium can contribute having a good night’s sleep as well as strong bones? Yet potentially the most important benefit according to Dr. Rothfeld’s article is that it could be just what the doctor ordered to stop a deadly heart attack before it even strikes.
Understanding inflammation and how it affects the body is important to recognizing how Magnesium works. For years medical science had a very limited view of how widespread inflammation is inside our body and how harmful it is. Magnesium’s ability to fight inflammation has been largely unrecognized until recently. We are now coming to know that inflammation starts to break down your body’s organs, including your cardiovascular system. When the cells that line your arteries become inflamed, your body responds with messages that harm is being done and the body tries to patch the problem resulting in plaque deposits that can obstruct the artery. Trying to repair the damage actually leads to damage.
Hardened arteries can lead to high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes, and other problems called atherosclerotic cardio-vascular disease, or ASCVD . Dr. Rothfeld referenced a study where rabbits with varying levels of cholesterol were fed a diet either high or low in magnesium. The most aortic plaque formation occurred where there was high cholesterol and low magnesium. But surprisingly, high cholesterol, when coupled with high magnesium, showed that the rabbits were almost plaque –free. Magnesium is also a calcium blocker which is important because too much calcium increases muscle contraction, which is harmful to the heart. Magnesium can also keep your cholesterol in check, can inhibit the enzyme that makes cholesterol in the first place, and can prevent triglycerides from getting too high.
Dr. Rothfeld’s article mentioned another study that showed that as little as 100mg of magnesium daily has been associated with reducing the thickness of arteries and that low levels of magnesium contributed to increase thickness. Several studies showed 100mgs of magnesium daily led to an 8% reduction in the type of stroke caused by blockage vessels that bring blood to the brain. Taking daily supplements and eating a magnesium -rich diet, like spinach, dark leafy greens, bananas, nuts, seeds, fish, avocado and dark chocolate are all good choices to improve health and work toward wellness. Sometimes a little thing can go a long way; a small daily dose of Magnesium along with Magnesium rich foods may be the small thing that can prevent a big heart problem.