;1|» HEALTH & WELLNESS An exclusive offering of services and products By Shawna Ginn safely penetrate the skin and disable hundreds of hair folli cles simultaneously. When the gel is removed, much of the BURLINGTON POST Dr. Otto Weiglein is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon hair is wiped off with it. The remaining hair in the treated with over 15 years experience in the Oakville and Burlington area falls out within a week or two. The second service, offered since August, is areas. The Centre for Personal Surgery, an accredited cos Endermologie, the solution for "orange peel metic Surgicentre offering leading techniques skin". 80 to 85 per cent of women are effect and technology of liposuction, cosmetic facial ed by cellulite, due to natural hormonal surgery, breast surgery and laser skin resurfac changes. Women's hormones, as compared to ing has been in business for six years now. men's hormones, often make losing fat more Cosmedica - Professional Skin Care Centres difficult. Inc. has recently moved upstairs, after renovat Endermologie is performed by a trained ing a one bedroom apartment into a three room Endermologist who follows precisely defined full service centre. The new facility features guidelines. The patient's skin is covered by a three treatment rooms boasting state-of-the-art pair of nylon pantyhose, or Endermowear, equipment and clean, com fortable decor. Cosmedica provides an exclusive offering of Before Microdermabrasion which is used for both hygiene and privacy. Typical treatments last approximately 35 min services and products found in no other esthetic utes and are painless. Endermologie works the Centre. Through the natural synergy of skin and underlying tissues in every direction Esthetics and Medicine a client has access to while the Endermologist performs a meticu unique skin care treatments and cosmetic surgi lous massage, in three-dimensions, covering cal procedures in one location. All of the ser the affected zone(s). An evaluation at the vices provided by Cosmedica are non-surgical beginning of treatment will determine the pro and medically supervised by Dr. Weiglein. tocol, the frequency of the sessions, and the The three services which are the focus at this total number of sessions needed. Skin tone is time are the EpiLight hair removal treatments, improved through a stimulation of skin cells M icroderm abrasion and Enderm ologie. that produce collagen and elastin. This is EpiLight Hair Removal System has been avail especially beneficial for skin that has aged and able at Cosmedica for the past 18 months and is After Microdemtabrasion lost elasticity. growing daily in its popularity. EpiLight is a Microdermabrasion, available in the third treat non-invasive light therapy device specifically designed to ment room, is the newest skin treatment available in Canada. eliminate undesired hair from all parts of the body. The principle of microdermabrasion is to remove surface EpiLight used pulsed light to remove hair and impair hair regrowth. First, a cool gel and a hand-held treatment unit are dead cells from the skin, bringing forward plump, fresh, gently applied to the skin. Then, in a flash, pulses of light healthy cells in conjunction with collagen and elastin forma tion. The treat ment is comfort able, takes a p p ro x im a te ly half and hour and costs the same as a facial. A closed-loop v a c u u m s y s t e m s h o o t s c o ru n d u m c r y s t a l s Think Thin 'm e zz* S l e e p H < 2Y "b P o o n H e rb , onto the skin and vacuums up the used crystals and e x fo lia te s the skin. The techni cian custom izes each proce dure by re g u la tin g the flow of crystals and the power of the vacuum. Microdermabrasion is used in conjunction with the Obagi skin care program, including Retin A and Hydroquinone, for healthy, glowing skin. One of the advantages o f the plastic surgeon providing skin care services is the level of sincerity it indicates from the surgeon for the patient's long term welfare. Psychological and esthetic support is provided by Margaret Novosclac, director of esthetic services, and her staff with both pre-surgical and post-surgical skin conditioning treatment, which speed up the skin's rejuvenating process, and post surgical camouflage make-up. Skin health care and cosmetic surgical procedures are available at The Centre for Personal Surgery located at 520 Locust Street in Burlington. To make an appointment with Dr. Weiglein call 634-5573; to make an appointment at Cosmedica call 631-6288. - f ir ie S e c ^ s u p n d S o r v ie b a c o \n l y m S S iv /e b eccrb a tta c h * How to `scale dow n' "If there's one major tip (for losing weight) it's not to make a short term goal," said Sherry Thomson, owner of Argus Medical Diet Clinic on Argus Road. Thomson encourages people to change their mindset when wanting to lose weight, and make a commitment to the maintenance of a new healthy body weight rather than a commitment to losing `x' number of pounds. "It's more significant in your sub conscience that way," she said. "If your goal is to lose 30 pounds by the millennium, your commitment will end on December 31. Like an athlete, you need to carry your commitment through to the next event. Visualization and working on a mental attitude is just as relevant as food and calories." M ost people would agree that there's no point in losing weight if you don't end up keeping it off. And unfortunately, according to Thomson, most programs don't deal with the long term. Support is a good idea for those who are committed to changing their lifestyle. Argus Medical Diet Clinic offers medical support and supervi sion, important when you change the balance of nutrients in the diet. For example, when people drasti cally reduce the fat content o f their diet, they often unknowingly drastical ly increase the sugar intake, "and that's just as deadly," said Thomson. Thomson offers some simple tips for dieters: avoid white sauces avoid carbohydrates such as pasta, sugar, rice and potatoes if you do have bread, have multi grain if you do have rice, have brown if you do have pasta, have whole wheat Taking the sheath off of food lets it cook faster, but takes out nutrition and also lets it change to sugar faster in the body. Thom son's last word, "Balance is important, that's why it's good to be supervised by a medical doctor who knows about proper balancing. This combined with an extensive mainte nance program increases your chances of success." Some popular diets compare us to pigs. Although we don't sit around inactive like pigs eating all day long, we may very well consume too many carbs. But like poor Herb demonstrates, we can't replace carbs with unhealthy fats either. Moderation is always the key to healthy weight loss and maintenance. MEDI CAL ARGUS H Medically Supervised weight Loss & Counselling Services 581 Argus Rd. Suite 202, Oakville Dr CLI NI C 338-7227