Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Jason Pozner recently spoke with theplasticsurgerychannel.com about new technologies available for fat removal. The technologies included Ultrashape, Liposonix and Zeltiq. Dr. Pozner is currently performing Zeltiq treatments in his Boca Raton office now and is seeing great results. Click here to view the video.... continue

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Cheryl Staurowsky, SMAC's medical aesthetician was featured in the latest issue of New Beauty Magazine. In the story, Retinol: The Secret to Perfect Skin, Cheryl gives her recommendations for over-the-counter formulas that her patients can use at home.... continue

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Dr. Jason Pozner Sanctuary Medical Aesthetic Center, Boca Raton Sanctuary Plastic Surgery, Boca Raton Dr. David J. Goldberg Sanctuary Medical Aesthetic Center, Boca Raton Skin Laser Surgery Specialists of NY/NJ... continue

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Ulthera has been a hot topic on our blog and is a technology that we've been tracking for a long time. I'll quote our post on this in November of last year: "They have some major ultrasound patents that they are using to combine facial imaging and tightening into one package. First, they use the ultrasound handpiece to create a sonogram looking into the patient's skin and everything underneath. After reviewing that information, the same handpiece can be adjusted to send low levels of heat energy to a precise depth below the outer layers of the face. The energy causes to tighten, and then grow new collagen over time. Pending FDA approval, this could be really good for the "SMAS" (i.e. the facial suspension system of the face that is targeted by traditional facelifts), the sub-skin muscular layer, and also the neck." Stay tuned, we're getting this machine soon and I'm volunteering to be... continue

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A Scientific American article on a recent study published by the Proceedings for the National Academy of Sciences found that it is possible to use fat, usually obtained via liposuction, to obtain pluripotent fat cells. In English: the traditional way of getting stem cells is to scrape skin cells, mess with their internal clocks for a few weeks, and then get some of them to be usable. If you're using liposuctioned fat, you have stem cells that are ready to go. Stem cells have many exciting possibly future applications in cosmetic surgery. More research is required for them to be reliably used, but some of our patients are already banking their stem cells from liposuction by freezing them at a facility, so if they need them someday, they are ready to go.... continue

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