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November 2010

November 22, 2010

Obagi & Clarisonic Luncheon At R Medical Spa

Obagi & Clarisonic Luncheon on Dec 3 at R medical spa Obagi Lunch & Learn

Friday, December 3 ~ 12pm - 1pm

Please join us for lunch and learn how the Obagi skin care system and Blue Peel can transform your skin. Anne and Angie will explain the skin care system that diminishes sun damage while balancing skin tone and texture for all skin types - even the acne-prone and rosacea skin types. We will also be discussing the Obagi Blue Peel and what it can do for wrinkles and skin tone, texture and laxity to more areas of the body than just the face!

Increase the efficacy of your skin care products with the sonic skin cleansing system, Clarisonic. When added into your skin care regime, the Clarisonic will redefine skin cleansing for you with cleaner, healthier skin. Available in facial or body cleansing sizes.

Obagi specials this day only:

Receive 15% OFF your Obagi product purchases when you attend our luncheon and take advantage of our Obagi Blue Peel special: $50 OFF! (treatment to be completed by January 31, 2011).

Receive 10% OFF any Obagi purchase and take advantage of our Obagi Blue Peel special: $50 OFF! (treatment to be completed by January 31, 2011).

Every full Obagi kit comes with 2 FREE Microderms

PACKAGED SPECIAL:
Purchase $200 or more in Obagi & receive 10% OFF Clarisonic purchase.

FREE gift with purchase of a full size Clarisonic*
FREE Obagi gift with purchase of full Obagi kit*
*while supplies last

RSVP appreciated by Wednesday, December 1. Please contact Julie or Stephanie at 636.947.SKIN (7546).

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November 12, 2010

Do I Really Have To Quit Smoking Before Plastic Surgery?

Smoking and Plastic Surgery1 Often I am asked by patients considering cosmetic surgery if they really need to quit smoking prior to their surgery. In order to answer that question, one needs to understand the effects of smoking. Now I am not going to lecture anyone on how bad smoking is, how it causes lung cancer and emphysema or how more that 400,000 people die each year from smoking-related illnesses and diseases. In today's society, you would have to be a hermit living in the mountains of Timbuktu not to have heard these reasons for quitting. I simply want to explain why we, as plastic surgeons, ask patients to quit smoking before their procedure.

Smoking and Plastic Surgery
There are several issues that arise with smoking and plastic surgery. First, there is the obvious dichotomy of improving one's appearance through plastic surgery while remaining a smoker and disregarding the health effects. However, there are more subtle consequences to smoking and those consequences may result from exposure to secondhand smoke, "social smoking," or the traditional 2-pack-a-day smoking. Any amount of smoke inhalation results in a permanent tightening of the blood vessels known as vasoconstriction. This is primarily caused by the nicotine component. Therefore even patients with a history of smoking who quit long ago still have slightly greater risks associated with surgery. In addition, active smokers have the additional problems associated with the carbon monoxide in smoke. Carbon monoxide reduces the blood's ability to carry oxygen to the tissues resulting in more significant risks. Overall the risks of smoking include:

  • Poor or delayed wound healing
  • Poor scarring including hypertrophic or keloid scarring
  • Increased risk of infection
  • Respiratory issues related to anesthesia
  • Skin and soft tissue breakdown or complete loss
  • Increased bruising

Though many of these sound negligible, it can be devastating to the patient that experiences even the most minor complication. For that reason, I frequently ask patients to quit smoking 1 month before and 1 month after surgery for certain procedures. In addition, I remind patients that many of the self help products available over-the-counter like gum or patches still contain the offending chemical, nicotine, that causes the vasoconstriction. This inability to use traditional self help tools makes it even harder to quit something that has become a part of one's everyday routine. For that reason, I offer patients as much help as possible in the form of referrals or anti-smoking medications because I know that it is difficult to quit. It certainly is not that I relish the idea of making patients go through an extra step (a very difficult step at that) before surgery. My priority above all else is to keep my patients safe from harm. I only ask because I care about my patients and their outcome.

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November 08, 2010

Body Contouring Seminar Featuring Zerona, November 18

Body Contouring Seminar November 18

Body Contouring Seminar

Join us for a seminar on Thursday, November 18 at 3pm.  If you have questions about Liposuction, the different Tummy Tuck options, ZERONA or Body Contouring procedures after significant weight loss then this is the place for you to be. Our physicians will provide information about the different surgical and non-surgical options, insight into the latest techniques and details about the pain pump. Plus, get all the specifics about the Tummy Tuck Before & After Picture - Learn More At Our Seminar ZERONA, a ZERO downtime, ZERO surgery, ZERO pain laser that reduces inches all over in as little as 2 weeks! A representative from ZERONA will be here for this seminar, answering specific questions you may have about ZERONA treatments, protocol or national results. Please do not hesitate to reserve your seat now, this one will fill up fast. Private consultations will be offered following the seminar, allowing you to meet with a physician to discuss your specific concerns with absolutely no consultation fee! Just for attending our seminar, we would like to thank you by offering a special discount of 50% off the surgeon's fees of your 2nd body contouring procedure*. Attendance is limited. Please call to reserve your seat today.

*Restrictions apply, please ask for details.

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November 04, 2010

Plastic Surgery is Real Surgery, Video by ASPS

We couldn't say this better ourselves. Thank you American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

  

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November 02, 2010

Find Us On Facebook

Renaissance Doctors & Staff You can now "Like" Renaissance Plastic Surgery and R medical spa on Facebook! Get the quickest updates on Events & Specials directly from us and the manufacturers.  Plus, new or featured products, see what we've been up to and find out who we are linking up with.

We want you to "Love" that you "Like" us!

 

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November 01, 2010

Dr. Mark Boschert Honored at Streetscape's Beyond the Best of St. Charles County

Dr. Boschert with Tom Hannegan of Streetscape Magazing and Dave Glover from 97.1 fm Mark T. Boschert, MD is honored to be chosen by Streetscape Magazine as one of the Top 50 in Business in St. Charles County and proudly accepted this award at Streetscape's Beyond the Best on October 21st.  Dr. Craig and some of the staff were able to join Dr. Boschert at the ceremony. Beyond the Best Marla, Sarah, Dr. Boschert Beyond the Best Dr. Craig, Anne, Angie


We truly enjoyed the evening.  Thank you, Streetscape!

After earning his medical doctorate at University of Missouri-Columbia and completing his fellowship in Miami, Florida, Dr. Boschert returned to the St. Charles area and went into private practice with fellow classmate Stefan B. Craig, MD. A third partner, Paul B. Mills, MD, joined the practice in 2005.  Renaissance Plastic Surgery and R medical spa fulfill their passion of helping people achieve their aesthetic goals with the most advanced non-surgical and surgical treatment options.  “World Class Cosmetic Surgery ~ Close to Home.”

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