Doctor808 Dr. Pasquale
Time passes fast as one gets older. Each day seems to merge into the next and there is no end to the amount of work that I need to do. I will be leaving back to Thailand in 10 days or so for some business and to attend a aesthetic conference and later in May an anti aging conference. This brings to mind what has the medical establishment really done in this field called anti aging? Well in my humble opinion a lot and very little. The main advancements have been in healthy living, exercise, good diet, no smoking and proper common sense like not to take job in active toxic waste dump. So in common sense measures I would say we as doctors have done very well. Yet in term of scientific advances like some miracle with super anti aging drugs. There is simply no proven by science medication, injection , pill or other miracle potion which I know of. As a plastic surgeon I do things to reverse or hide some the effects of aging appearance but the DNA is still damaged, older people will still grow more extra skin that we cut off and illness will prevail ultimately.
Face lifts in Hawaii I do , for example can change the lines of aging and the remove the jowels of the jaw line . They can really make one look better , more rested and in turn make one feel better which may give the illusion of being younger. Yet in final analysis your still getting older as depressing as it may be. It can be done well or done poorly as for me I plan to do it well. The one organization which seems to toot the whistle year after year is A4M which is the short name for the American Academy of Ant Aging Medicine ( see the 4 A’s). This organization I was a member of at one time just like I was member of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. I was also a member of the American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery as well and about 1/2 dozen of other professional groups. All of these organizations I allowed my membership to lapse for various reasons. They were all good organizations I suppose , but seemed so politically controlled by a few and the same thing being said year after year I guess I was tired of the same old stuff. Lets take A4M for example.. The same names appear over and over year after year as leadership. Not that this bad as I suppose as they are the ones who stay most involved. Yet its not my cup of tea. What I want to see is new really NEW advances and some progress in anti aging. Please Dr. Goldstein and Dr. Katz show me something new in the field. Maybe its my bitterness with aging that makes me say this but I thought by now A4M would have me 24 years old again ! I say this all tongue in cheek so please accept my apology at A4M as the reality is , at least you are trying !!! So congratulations on your persistence. When I attend the meeting in Bangkok this year maybe I will be surprised and I will come back to Hawaii with ways to make myself 2o years younger ! Nothing would please me more. This meeting will be held in Bangkok Thailand , May 2010. I will stay at a condominium there.
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The meeting in January this year is the International Congress of Aesthetic Dermatology January, 21 to 23, 2010 in Bangkok. I leave next week for that and other business as well. It will be along the lines of skin care , treatment and I believe some scientific care. There may be some anti aging but little plastic surgery in the traditional surgical venue. What I hope to learn is the latest treatments for age spots which affect so many of my asian patients. These age spots can be tough to treat, yet my Asian patients are lucky as they can be treated with patients and finding the proper treatment which may vary. Its a bit of trial and error. The same cannot be said about aging in general , as plastic surgeons we find ways to hide that but we cannot stop it.
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