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At home dumbbell workouts are better for reaching your fitness, fat loss and physique building goals than gym machines. It is hard to believe that these hand held weight training tools can replace a room full of expensive equipment. But it is true, which is welcome news to some exercisers.

In tough economic times, the gym membership is one of the first things to go. Many gym members calculate the cost of each gym visit and realize it is just not worth it and that the money can be best used elsewhere. But what are they to do? Should they give up their dreams of a fit, lean, athletically muscular body along with their gym card?

Absolutely not! As a matter of fact, ex gym goers should look at this as an opportunity, not a drawback. Now they are free to take responsibility for their fitness, fat loss and physique and explore highly effective training methods they may have previously overlooked… like at home dumbbell workouts.

Exercise Is About Movement

Walk in to any commercial gym and… listen. Just listen to other exercisers to see what they are saying. Inevitably, you will overhear talk of what MUSCLES a certain exercise works. You'll hear a trainer explain to a new client that this gym machine “works the glutes” or “hits the lats”. And you'll hear enthusiastic gym rats talk about “pumping up their pecs” or “blasting their bi's”. It is clear… they are concerned with specific muscles the exercise works.

But focusing on muscles is the wrong focus. Exercise is about movement, not muscles. You performance improves because of your ability to better MOVE either your own bodyweight around, or a weighted object. And ironically, training to move better strengthens the muscles needed for the movement and makes them grow… resulting in the athletic, lean, muscular body most exercises strive for.

Dumbbells are better for training weighted movement than gym machines. Therefore, they are better for creating the physical changes that lead to higher performance and a more attractive appearance. Let's look at gym machines first…

Gym Machines Restrict Your Movement

Strapping yourself into a machine and working against resistance in a predetermined movement pattern is a lousy way to train. Even if you can get the machine set right for your body type and size, the movement is completely foreign to any movement you'd find in the real world. This makes if less effective!

Oh, but I forgot. You are training muscles, not movements, right? If that is your only concern, sit down, put on a seat belt and push and pull in these foreign ways. But if you want to improve the way you perform (and look) OUTSIDE the gym, you need to train movements. And that's where dumbbells come in.

Dumbbells Train Your Body Like It Moves

Dumbbells are an extremely versatile training tool. You can use them together, one limb at a time or in an alternating fashion. This means they closely mimic movements you'll find in real world activities, sports and work. This means more physical improvements you can see, feel and USE!

Now, just don't think that by switching to dumbbells you are free from the “muscle vs movement” problem. Most dumbbell workout are designed by bodybuilders who are ONLY concerned with muscles. And they use the versatility of the dumbbells to “isolate” specific muscle groups. This is not the way to get the most from your dumbbell training!

A well constructed dumbbell routine uses a wide range of exercises to train every movement imaginable. And it does it in a way that most closely relates to movements you'll find in the real world. Using a full body workout that uses dumbbells in unison, one at a time and alternating is one of the best ways to improve fitness, burn fat and build an athletic body. If those are the reasons you use gym machines, it's time to quit the gym and get yourself some dumbbells.
If you are considering quiting the gym to save some money, this could be a blessing in disguise. Take this opportunity to break out of the “training muscles” mindset, and start using dumbbells to train movements. I think you'll be happy with the performance, health and appearance RESULTS you get. At home dumbbell workouts will become your new best friend.

If you want to look and perform like a Modern Day Gladiator Now is your chance.

About the Author:

Coach Eddie Lomax knows training for high-performance is the real way to get the lean, muscular body you want. He combines bodyweight calisthenics and dumbbells into a workout system that would make an Ancient Warrior proud in:GLADIATOR BODY WORKOUT . If you want to look and perform like a Modern Day Gladiator Now is your chance.

Part of the Health Care Fraud Task Force initiative in Miami, Houston, Detroit and Los Angeles has met with some success, and not so coincidently some of the cases have Miami roots. The FBI press release related to a plea in a in a $10 million infusion fraud case which mirrors frauds extensively prosecuted in Miami, a Miami resident plead guilty with regard to the fraud in Detroit.

One of the more bizarre stories to appear on Health Care Renewal just resurfaced.  To summarize, in June, 2008, we posted about the strange case of four Japanese men, allegedly affiliated with Yakuza criminal organizations, who received liver transplants from the UCLA Medical Center, apparently with some alacrity. All likely paid full list prices for their procedures, and two later donated $100,000 each to the medical center. The case raised concerns by several notables (including Senator Charles Grassley, and Professor Arthur Caplan) about the integrity of the transplant system. Presumably these concerns were based on suspicions that the four may have received a higher priority than others on the list. More concerns should have been raised after it was revealed that shadowy characters threatened a reporter who started to investigate the case in Japan, and the reporter’s family (see post here).  Later, the Chancellor for Medical Sciences and Dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine’s public response to the case side-stepped all the important concerns while deploying a series of logical fallacies (see post here).

Then, despite all the colorful details and ethical concerns presented by this story, it faded from view for a year and a half. 

Last night, the US investigative reporting television show “60 Minutes” aired a follow-up on the Yakuza transplants, following closely on the publication of a book, Tokyo Vice, by Jake Adelstein, the reporter who first broke the story.

The web-based version of the 60 Minutes story reprised the main points, but added emphasis to a few of interest to Health Care Renewal. 

First, the 60 Minutes piece raised suspicions that the Yakuza members paid a premium to jump the UCLA liver transplant priority list:

Getting into the U.S. was one thing, but getting a liver transplant at a leading American medical center like UCLA was something else altogether.

‘What’s the average waiting time for someone in California waiting for a liver transplant?’ [CBS correspondent Lara] Logan asked California attorney Larry Eisenberg.

‘It’s probably realistically three years. And it could be much longer,’ he replied.

Not for Tadamasa Goto, who got a liver in just six weeks. Eisenberg finds that surprising, especially since Goto was number 80 on the waiting list.

‘It should not be possible that an unsavory character from out of the country, with ties to organized crime, comes into the United States and gets a priority and obtains a transplant,’ Eisenberg said.

Two families, Eisenberg’s clients, both lost loved ones waiting for livers at another transplant center in the same area: Salvador Ceja was number two on the waiting list; John Rader was number five.

‘Do you think, for one second, that this was legitimate? That they stood in line and waited just like your husband did?’ Logan asked Rader’s widow Cheryl.

‘Absolutely not,’ she replied. ‘No. Because nobody gets a liver that quickly.’

‘I think they were playing God,’ Yolanda Carballo, Ceja’s stepdaughter, added. ‘Now, I think they were picking and choosing who they wanted to give a liver to.’

‘So, in your minds, what was this about?’ Logan asked.

‘Money,’ Rader said. ‘Spoke loud and clear. And they listened.’

‘That’s what it was all about. Money,’ Carballo agreed.

Three of Goto’s Yakuza cronies also got liver transplants at UCLA. For them, money was no object. UCLA says each of their transplants cost about $400,000 dollars; the Yakuza all paid cash.


The hospital also acknowledged Goto and another Yakuza each made $100,000 donations to the transplant center.


Adelstein says Goto paid even more. ‘According to police documents and sources, a million dollars for Goto. A million dollars,’ he told Logan.

‘A million dollars for one liver?’ she asked.

‘A million dollars for one liver,’ Adelstein said.

Second, 60 Minutes emphasized the risk Mr Adelstein faced after he drew attention to the story of the Yakuza liver transplants at UCLA:

Tadamasa Goto returned to his life of crime as a Yakuza godfather and it all stayed hidden until Adelstein was tipped off. It took him years to piece together the details for a newspaper story. Then, when word got out that Adelstein knew, the Yakuza tried to buy his silence, offering him half a million dollars.

Asked if he was tempted by the cash offer, Adelstein said, ‘Of course I’m tempted. You know? When someone offers you half a million dollars not to write something, but then again, you know I don’t want to be owned by organized crime the rest of my life.’

Adelstein wrote the story for ‘The Washington Post’ and it eventually made its way back to Japan. The news infuriated the Yakuza bosses. For Goto, it was a humiliating blow from which he would never recover.

‘I heard from someone very close to him that as he was leaving and getting in his car he said, ‘That goddamn American Jew reporter, I wanna kill him,” Adelstein said.

Japanese and U.S. law enforcement agents took Goto’s threat seriously.

Adelstein now lives alone, under Tokyo police protection; his wife and children are in hiding.

‘Are you concerned that there is an American citizen here whose life is at risk?’ Logan asked the U.S. Embassy’s Mike Cox.

‘Very much so. I mean, we think the Japanese police are doing what they can to make sure that no harm comes to Mr. Adelstein. I mean, we certainly don’t want to see anything happen to him,’ Cox said.

‘What do you have to do in your daily life to stay alive?’ Logan asked Adelstein.

‘You have to keep your rooms shuttered, because you don’t want a sniper to pick you off across from somebody’s house,’ he said.

Asked if he lives in darkness, Adelstein said, ‘When I’m up in my room typing, yes. All the rooms are shuttered. You gotta be very careful on rainy days. Because when Yakuza take people out, they like to do it on rainy days, because fewer people are on the streets and the rain washes away trace evidence.’

Even in disgrace, Tadamasa Goto still has a small army of loyal soldiers and a hit out on Jake Adelstein. The Yakuza say he will never be safe.

‘When someone does something that causes them (Yakuza) to lose face, they will use any means possible, legal or illegal, to crush the person who has gotten in their way, who has humiliated them,’ the disguised Yakuza boss told Logan.

Finally, 60 Minutes found that the UCLA Medical Center continued to be uncooperative, cloaking its refusal to categorically refute allegations that it sold a liver for a million dollars in concerns with patient confidentiality:

Asked if UCLA knew who these people were, Adelstein said, ‘When you see guys with lots of tattoos, missing fingers, wouldn’t it occur to you, like, ‘Oh, this guy is a gangster.’ I can’t believe they didn’t know.’

Attorney Eisenberg says transplant rules require extensive background checks on every patient. Yet, UCLA insisted to federal investigators they had ‘no knowledge’ that Goto or his cronies had ties to Japanese organized crime.

UCLA declined all of 60 Minutes’ requests for interviews. The only thing the medical center will say on the record is that their program has been reviewed and found to be in ‘total compliance’ with liver transplant rules.

The hospital told us, ’state and federal patient confidentiality laws prohibit UCLA from responding to the…issues raised by 60 Minutes.’

‘In my opinion, the medical center has a moral and ethical obligation to determine the source of those funds,’ Eisenberg said.

‘A moral and ethical obligation, but apparently no legal obligation?’ Logan asked.

‘Well, it’s not addressed in the rules specifically,’ Eisenberg said

As I wrote in my first post on this case, you just can’t make this stuff up…

However, the colorfulness of the case should not distract from its very serious implications.  We have written a lot in this blog about the anechoic effect, how cases with important implications about ethics, governance and leadership in health care often fail to attract the attention they deserve.  We have opined that academics and professionals have realized that it is simply “not done” to discuss cases which might offend the powerful leaders of health care organizations.  We have written about whistle-blowers who have lost jobs or been theatened with lawsuits.  But in this case, the journalist who wrote about the case allegedly has received death threats and lives in hiding under police protection.  This may be the most serious case of the anechoic effect known.

Furthermore, we have written a lot in this blog about how leaders of health care organizations ought to uphold their organizations’ mission and the core values to which physicians and other health care professionals have sworn devotion.  The continued disinclination of UCLA leadership to respond to charges that its medical center accepted $1 million to put Japanese gangsters at the head of the liver transplant list may reflect fear of gangsters who also allegedly threatened the life of the journalist who reported the case.  But by failing to rebut such charges, the leadership leaves the impression that they cannot claim to be better than the moral equivalents of gangsters.  Institutions that aspire to join “the ranks of the nations [sic] elite medical schools” ought also to aspire to have leaders that have better ethics than Yakuza bosses.  

Transparency International has suggested that health care corruption is a global scourge that costs lives.  Serious health care reform cannot ignore health care corruption as a cause of excess costs, denied access, and poor quality.  Health care organizations ought to be held to a higher standard of ethics, and be less prone to corruption than, for example, garbage hauling firms.  Health care organizations ought to subscribe to rigorous codes of ethics, impartially enforced, which apply to all within the organizations, including top leaders.  While the accused need to be afforded due process, whistle-blowers must also be protected.  In my humble opinion, true health care reform requires so confronting health care corruption.  Maybe the leadership of the Gefen School of Medicine might want to consider setting an example in this regard. 

Note: Jake Adelstein’s book is available here, and it was reviewed by Reuters here and by the AP (via the Canadian Press) here.

One of the favorite debates people involved in IT seem to like to have is over the meaning of “failure” of IT projects.

Merriam-Webster dictionary:

Main Entry: fail·ure
Pronunciation: \?f?l-y?r\

Function: noun

Etymology: alteration of earlier failer, from Anglo-French, from Old French faillir to fail

Date: 1643

1 a : omission of occurrence or performance; specifically : a failing to perform a duty or expected action b (1) : a state of inability to perform a normal function <kidney failure> — compare heart failure (2) : an abrupt cessation of normal functioning c : a fracturing or giving way under stress
2 a : lack of success b : a failing in business : bankruptcy
3 a : a falling short : deficiency b : deterioration, decay
4 : one that has failed

Only 175 people using flagship NHS software, says minister

Lorenzo care records system is likely to be costing taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds per user per year

Written by Tom Young

Computing.co.uk, 30 Oct 2009

There are only 174 clinicians using Lorenzo patient software across the five early adopter trusts, according to Mike O’Brien, minister for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT).

Five Boroughs Partnership, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay, Hereford Hospitals and South Birmingham have only ever had 19 clinicians using the systems at the same time.

Lorenzo is one of two software packages being used to set up centralised electronic health records as part of the £12.7bn National Programme for IT. This part of the programme is already running four years late.

Lorenzo is being supplied by services company CSC to trusts in the north of England and by its developer iSoft directly to trusts in the south after Fujitsu was fired from the programme.

The other patient software package is Cerner Millennium, being supplied by BT in London and a handful of trusts in the south.

Right.

I have a bridge in Brooklyn, NY for sale. Perhaps the UK teams responsible for this debacle would be interested. After all, the cost per user of the bridge would be remarkably low, far less than USD $118 million – and the users could even be made to pay a toll for each use:

For sale: a bridge in Brooklyn.

Perhaps in our own U.S. national health IT initiative, we’ll come in at a lower cost per user than $118,690,571 - perhaps about $118,690,570.99 ?

After all, those Medical Informatics specialists act like know-it-alls about healthcare IT, and since domain-specific education and expertise are irrelevant in healthcare management, why should anyone listen to them?

– SS

In 2008, according to The World Health Organization (WHO), heart disease was the leading cause of death in the entire world (number one in the U.S. as well), accounting for 30% of total deaths worldwide! That means roughly one out of every three people in the world died of some sort of heart ailment.

In the United States, public awareness of personal health over the last few months has dramatically increased, and many people want to know what are the causes of high blood pressure. There are certain risk factors involved that many people neglect that can attribute to hypertension.

The following factors can lead to an increased risk of high blood pressure:

Smoking
Obesity
Too much salt in your diet
Poor nutrition habits
Neglecting exercise
Stress
High cholesterol
Heart defects
A family history of high blood pressure

With talks of universal health care and an overhaul of the health care system, more and more people are becoming aware of the need to take care of themselves in order to avoid costly medication, time-consuming doctor visits, and in the worst cases, an early death.

According to the American Heart Association, in 90 to 95% of high blood pressure cases, the exact cause is unknown. If we can't figure out the exact causes of high blood pressure, it is vitally important that we take steps to do our best to lower our chances for high blood pressure, and that is going to mean making some important lifestyle changes. I don't know about you, but I don't want to have to rely on high blood pressure remedies in order to live a fulfilling life.

While there is really not a whole lot you can do about your genetics playing a role in your blood pressure, there are plenty of choices you can control if you want to reduce blood pressure. Healthy living is not as hard as it seems, and can not only help to lower blood pressure, but it can lead to a variety of other benefits as well.

Here are just a few of the ways you can help to lower your blood pressure:

Quit smoking
Avoid fried foods
Exercise daily
Eat foods that are low in cholesterol
Reduce your sodium intake
Take time to relax
Avoid stimulants

A healthy diet is an obvious lifestyle change that many people need to make. This does not mean that you can never eat a burger and fries ever again, but it does mean that you need to be more aware of what you do eat. Eating foods that are lower in saturated fat, reducing your salt intake, and avoiding fried foods can all lead to lower blood pressure. Doing these things in conjunction with one another is a great way to keep your heart healthy and strong, and can be much faster than simply doing just one or the other.

Not only will the above diet changes help your blood pressure, but they can also dramatically impact other aspects of your body in a positive way. Healthy eating can lower LDL (the bad cholesterol) and raise HDL (the good cholesterol). Higher levels of HDL can even reduce the risk of heart attack.

I know it's not an easy task, but if you can quit smoking, not only will your heart thank you, but your lungs will as well. Secondhand smoke also contains a number of toxins that not only affect you, but those around you as well. I'm not one of those people that thinks smoking is evil, but it is a proven fact that it does lead to many detrimental aspects. With the cost of cigarettes going up, even your wallet will see the benefits of quitting smoking.

A regular exercise routine is also key in helping to lower blood pressure. This does not mean you need to be spending hours upon hours lifting weights in the gym, it can simply mean going for a walk on a regular basis. With the obesity rate in America steadily rising, physical activity is of paramount importance in maintaining a healthy heart. Exercise is also a great way to alleviate the stress we all deal with in our day to day lives.

So while the debate over health care rages on, it's high time we take responsibility for our own health. Your heart is the strongest muscle in your entire body, but even it has limitations and will give out on you if not taken care of. Take the necessary steps to reduce your blood pressure, and you will find that you can lead a happy and healthy life well into your golden years.

About the Author: Tim Mielke is a former competitive bodybuilder, article contributor for http://www.i-supplements.com and published author. His book "The Book of Supplement Secrets: A Beginner's Guide to Nutritional Supplements" is currently available through http://www.amazon.com and http://www.barnesandnoble.com.

Finding a Carlsbad exercise workout program that will change your life. Locate a place where you will love to go, where the people are friendly, and you never feel out of place. You have choices of where you can start your exercise program. Just keep in mind they will differ in cost and benefits that you will receive with membership.

Starting a workout program at home will be the least expensive, but will it be the best option? It's very hard to always make yourself workout when you're at home. A favorite show might be one you want to watch, or a friend may call you on the phone. Unless you can place those other things aside a home workout program will show you few results.

Gyms are another choice that will be available for your Carlsbad exercise program. The cost will be more than what you would pay for home exercise. However, you have more machines, and classes available that you will be able to take. Some gyms will offer special prices when you join them, so look into a great way to save some money.

If you join a gym you can up your exercise turnout by adding a personal trainer. Some gyms will include this as part of your membership even. The personal trainer is there to motivate you more than you can on your own. They also help set up a workout program that includes cardio, weights, and nutrition. Motivation is what a personal trainer is there to help you with, and they will push you to workout harder and longer than you may have before.

A fitness center is close to the choice of a gym, but with a bit more offered. This Carlsbad exercise program will give you personal trainers and fitness classes, but also some camps that are specialized. In order to find out what all is included in the cost of membership you need to contact some local fitness centers.

Those specialized camps from a fitness center can come in the form of a boot camp. A Carlsbad exercise program that can give you results in as little as four weeks. Some programs will be offered that last for six weeks as well. Intensity is the main key to success in your boot camp.

If you want more choices of what you can do for exercise, look into a health club. Many things are offered in this type of location. Not only fitness rooms, but normally courts you can play basketball on, tennis courts, and pools. They also have services that offer nutrition information as well as professional personal trainers on staff.

Do you need anything extra in your membership to motivate you more? There's so much to offer here that it'll be hard for you to say no. Just remember, do it for yourself and your health. Ask those questions and you should find your choice easy to make. A place where you will be happy and see great changes in your body and to your health.

About the Author: Finally your choice of Carlsbad exercise programs are many as you can tell. Which will you feel the most comfortable in? Where will you make sure you show up to exercise?

When it comes to a href=”http://www.advancedhairstudio.com” hair loss a most people think that it is a problem related, only to men. Do you know that more than 2/3rds of all women experience hair loss and undergo treatments for the same? The only difference between male and female hair fall is that in women, hair fall doesnt result in total baldness.

Before we discuss about the role of oestrogen in hair fall, you need to know the role of testosterones. Men with high testosterone levels experience more hair loss than men with lower levels of testosterone levels.

The Role of Oestrogen

Unfortunately, as far as the problem of hair fall and baldness is concerned, the role of this hormone is still not clear. Physicians often prescribe both oral as well as topical oestrogens for this purpose but even with repeated studies, its still not been proven that oestrogen can treat hair fall and all other related problems.

Two Common types of Hair Losses in Women

These are androgenetic alopecia as well as alopecia areata.

Before we elaborate on both these conditions, women need to know that they should be very careful while choosing oral methods to treat hair fall. Women with androgenic alopecia should stay away from using androgen or testosterone precursors.

Alopecia Areata

This immune disease is known to be affecting around 2% of the women in USA. This condition is equally severe in both men and women and will lead to hair loss in the form of:

2.Small patches of hair fall which may even regrow without having to undergo any kind of medical treatment and 3.Extensive hair fall, leading to baldness.

This condition can be treated with various therapies such as topical immunotherapy, glucocorticoids, anthralin or through the use of various bio-response modifiers. The mode of treatment will also depend on age and the intensity of hair fall.

Androgenetic Alopecia

Its common in men and is referred to by the name of male pattern baldness. Women who suffer from polycystic ovarian syndrome may develop this condition.

Myths and Facts

Myth " The problem of hair fall is inherited from males (father). Fact " Genes of both parents are the factor.

Myth " Female pattern hair fall is the cause of abnormal bleeding. Fact " Menstruation as well as menstruation cycles are not the case for it.

Myth " Treatments require detailed hormonal evaluation. Fact " Its required if the subject is suffering from other problems such as infertility, irregular periods, cystic acne and glactorrhea.

Myth " Using hair care products like hair colour and frequent washing leads to hair fall. Fact – Hair care products (besides some chemical products) do not catalyse hair fall.

We hope you found this article informative. For details on other hair fall diseases and complications, please visit the internet and make a search.

(ALBANY/SARATOGA, NEW YORK) " The Center for Plastic Surgery & Laser skin care and The University Ear, Nose & Throat of Northeastern New York located on 35 Hackett Boulevard in Albany and 1 West Plaza in Saratoga is now waging war in the battle against acne and actinic keratosis. Acne is the most common disease in the world. It is also a major cause of self-esteem issues, depression and social anxiety. This could also lead to subclinical PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) and in extreme cases – suicide.

The results have been astonishing. Teenagers coming in with lowered heads ashamed of their skin – are leaving a few weeks later with a new found sense of confidence, said Facial Plastic Surgeon and Ear, Nose & Throat Specialist, Dr. Arthur Falk. This company creates light based devices, that harness the “positive” energy of light rather than the destructive element such as lasers which selectively destroy various elements of the skin. In contrast, LED lights, specifically the blue spectrum light, is great for acne because the light is selectively absorbed by targets inside bacteria that live on the skin surface and contribute to infectious acne.

Omnilux Light Based Therapy attacks the p. acnes bacteria, a key bacterium responsible for skin inflammation. These bacteria produce natural chemicals that are sensitive to light at different wavelengths. Once the skin is stimulated by the light, those natural chemicals help neutralize the bacteria which clears up the inflammation. The combination of both blue and red lights eradicates the bacteria and the redness of the lesions to promote healthier skin. Acne is best treated with Omnilux in a 4-6 week series, twice a week. Each treatment runs an average of 20 minutes. There are no reported side effects and no pain associated with the treatments. According to clinical studies, you can expect more than 70% improvement when used with other acne protocol therapies such as prescribed medications and salicylic acid.

Omnilux light therapy treatments are available at The Center for Plastic Surgery & Laser skin care in Albany and Saratoga. Single treatments start at $100. The Light-based therapy is also used for other skin irritations such as rosaceous and would healing. The red spectrum has been effective in a quicker heal time for post-laser surgery and post-surgery as well as healing women with comprised tissue from undergoing radiation treatments for breast cancer. Both red and blue lights are also used to treat hair loss.

The Center for Facial Plastic Surgery and Laser skin care team prides themselves in being true facial experts, specializing in facial aesthetic and reconstructive surgery, and laser skin treatments. Arthur N Falk MD, FacialPlastic Surgeon and Laser Specialist, is directly involved with all facets of patient care. He is the Chief of Facial Plastic Surgery, in the Otolaryngology section of Albany Medical Center and is dual-board certified in head and neck surgery, and facial plastic and reconstructive surgery.

About the Author:

Dr Falk combines artistic vision with surgical expertise and cutting edge technology for a truly forward looking approach to skin care – an approach that maximizes results while minimizing down time. www.aboutfacedoc.com.