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(Our Super Hero does it again!)
Cosmetic surgeon Dr Roberto Veil says the MACS (Minimal Access Facial Suspension) will be big in 2012. Designed to lift the lower two thirds of the face with minimal inconvenience this type of face lift can be performed with local anesthetic under light sedation. Your own blood platelets are mixed with thrombin, a blood componant, to form a natural gel referred to as the Chicago facelift. Placing the gel on to the wound before closure enables them to clot. There is less risk of bleeding or haematoma while ensuring better healing and faster recovery. The Advanced MACS will become widespread in Ireland this year. It is currently available from select clinics. www.lcas.com
From organic facials to face plumping the IMAGE team has tracked down the treatments that deliver.
TREATMENT ON TRIAL EMINENCE SIGNATURE FACIAL.
THE LOWDOWN: I can count congestion, sensitivity and oily breakouts among my usual skin woes, but with pregnancy 6 months behind me and a stint of breastfeeding too, my skin looked as tired as I felt. Hardly a yummy mummy, I looked more like a slummy mummy (a far cry from Eminence fan Jessica Biel). WHAT Enter Eminence handmade Organic skincare of Hungary. Now, even I (a self confessed organic junkie) didn’t think an organic brand would reverse the damage, but I’ve become increasingly despondent about the countless potentially irritating synthetic components in so much skincare. Eminence is free of nasties like petroleum and sodium lauryl sulphate, it’s hand made so no hydrogenating processes that can affect the potency of natural ingredients, and it pulps and peels in part regenerative and healing powers, plus it also has over forty years of research behind it. THE RITUAL it was love at first smell. This stuff is so natural, you can see and smell the fresh fruit pulps, and the herbs ooze deliciousness. I was cleansed, toned, masked, massaged, extracted and serumed into submission with active ingredients chosen to address my specific problems. VERDICT words like “active” and “natural”, even “organic” are bandied about willy-nilly in a skincare industry, but very few actually deserve the title. Eminence is an exception. The results were dramatic, instant and I loved every last bit of it. Every adjective in the beauty book can be applied: it enriched, firmed, healed, repaired, purified, soothed, detoxed and toned my skin. Because all the products are super/ concentrated, the full Eminence regime I am now enjoying at home looks like like it has barely been used, two months on. It’s no wonder Anne Mc Devitt searched the globe for over ten years to unearth the best organic brand that works BOTTOM LINE signature facial, €100 at Anne Mc Devitt, 13 Wicklow Street, Dublin 2, 01 6777962; www.annemcdevitt.com. SO’B
Our very own facial enhancement super hero; Dr Roberto Veil is also a renowned cosmetic surgeon Dr Veil appeared in this article in Novembers Cosmo, We thought you or your Man might be interested………he is available for private consultations on 17th November 2011
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