Robert J Schwartz

Let's face it, no pun intended! We all, given a perfect world, would wish to stay young looking and vibrant. Aesthetic medicine was developed to take care of the way we appear to ourselves and others. It certainly does not claim to address the inner working of our bodies, but just the external appearance.

Facial augmentation and restoration can be accomplished using a variety of products and procedures, for both corrective and cosmetic reasons. Some procedures require only a single visit to the physician and can be performed in the physician's office while others may require numerous visits, surgical correction and/or several different types of treatment to achieve the desired result.

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a special treatment performed with a topical photosensitizing agent called Levulan activated with the correct wavelength of light. It is used to treat sun damage, hyperpigmentation and actinic keratosis. Levulan is used in conjunction with IPL and Blu-Light treatments.

This topic is starting to come to the forefront of medical circles as we are finding more and more cases of metal overloads. The ease and inexpense of new tests are one of the reasons that the overloads are being picked up. Another is the ever increasing numbers of people with autism, aspergers syndrome, ADHD, and neuromuscular disorders.

This is quite a complicated field of medicine but in general all people could eat with a basic formula and modify it as needed. My formula has been taken from studying the older civilizations and drawing a conclusion that most eat the same ratio of foods. They may substitute different vegetables or grains for one another but the ratio is the same.