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Daily Archives : July 21st, 2008

Botox and Dysport

Botox and Dysport usually work well for fine facial lines and wrinkles. Results are quite impressive so long as the skin is not too old or sun-damaged. If your lines can be elimiunated by gentle ‘stretching’ of the skin then treatment results should be good
1. Crows’ feet (wrinkles around the eyes)
2. Forehead lines area
3. Frown lines (between eyes/ over bridge of the nose.
4. Smokers’ lines around the mouth (more…)

Whiplash

Some people who injure themselves whether in a work-related, road traffic or a sports injury heal very quickly. Some individuals heal very slowly. In some patients what was initially a localised injury causing a local pain ends up becoming, sometimes in the more extreme cases, a whole-body pain.
When healing slows down or even stops it is important to ask: Why is this happening? (more…)

Treating Fine Facial Lines and Wrinkles with Botox

Botox can deliver excellent results but patient education and individual patient assessment is an important part of the procedure. First-time patients who live within a reasonable distance of the practice in Drummartin are encouraged to come in for a preliminary consultation beforehand so that I can assess them properly in terms of exactly how good a result I would expect to be able to deliver and then they can go home and mull it over before coming back for the treatment. (more…)

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME)

How Does Chronic Fatigue Syndrome come about ? 
A Brief Outline of Integrative Medical Approaches.
Executives Stress, Fatigue and Serious work Disability/ Long-term disability
A Patient Interview
A Working Diagnosic & Treatment Model 
Contributing Factors to the causation of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or M.E. immune dysfunction. 
Thyroid Problems 
Adrenal Gland Problems 
Depression & Brain Chemistry 
How Does Chronic Fatigue Syndrome come about ? (more…)

Hypothyroidism and Underactive Thyroid

In a nutshell:Hypothyroidism implies an underactive Thyroid gland
Hyperthyyoidism implies an overactive Thyroid gland
 
Some brief comments on possible thyroid gland problems(for more detailed information please see further below):
If a patient is having problems with their thyroid therapy then it is important to measure FREE T3 and FREE T4…sometimes rebalancing the free hormone levels makes a large difference to wellbeing. (more…)