Aug
31
Back to School Again by Sandi Dan, R.N., L.E. at Belleza in Wheaton, Illinois
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It’s that time of the year. With all the fever of getting ready for the new school year, let’s not forget about your skin. If the summer months had your mind and your skin on a lousy schedule, you need to get back into a daily skin care routine that will make your skin look flawless.
Start with a good cleansing twice a day with an appropriate face wash for your skin type. A good cleansing product for the face should leave the skin refreshed, moist, and clean and should not strip out all the skin oils to make it feel uncomfortable dry. A toner should always follow the face wash as this will rehydrate your skin, balancing its own acid mantle (the skin pH). Then follow with a moisturizer. Even if it’s still warm outside, we still need to moisturize. Just make sure you’re choosing a sheer moisturizer more like a lotion or serum and save the creams for the winter months. Finish the morning routine with the sunscreen SPF 30 or higher.
At Belleza we offer treatments and products that will help your skin get back into good shape just in time for you and for your son or daughter to get ready for this fall season. Based upon your skin needs the esthetician will customize a treatment plan. Skin care education is also offered within the complimentary skin consultation.
For example, if you have a mild to moderate acne condition, treatments like Isolaz, chemical skin peels or acne healing facials will be recommended. Isolaz is an innovative laser acne treatment that combines a vacuum and a painless broad band light to deep cleanse and purify your pores from the inside out. It’s a good choice to treat acne without downtime. The chemical skin peel is a great option for not only an acne condition, but also for anti aging benefits. A superficial exfoliation (removal of the dead skin) is provided by applying on the skin a salicylic, a glycolic, or a blend of different acids that have the ability of fighting acne bacteria, calming the inflammation, cleansing the pores to even out the skin tone. Acne healing facials and acne extractions are treatment options for those individuals with skin congestion that need extractions. During these treatments black and white heads are removed individually with minimal discomfort and downtime.
And for those Moms free again when kids are back in school, this is a perfect time to get pampered after a summer-on-the go. Microdermabrasion, hydrafacials, chemical skin peels and photorejuvenation treatments are only a few examples of anti aging treatments that we offer here at Belleza.
To schedule an appointment or a complimentary consultation, please call 630-547-5000. Visit Belleza’s website at www.bellezaskincare.com.
Aug
19
Naperville Sun Recognizes Dr. Mark Fisher for Utilizing Robotic Surgery
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Dr. Mark Fisher, an urologist with DuPage Medical Group, gave a demonstration, at the Edward Heart Hospital on Thursday, August 15, 2010. The demonstration illustrated the beneficial advancements of robotic enhanced surgeries, namely the ‘da Vinci Si Surgical System.’ Although Edward Heart Hospital has only been using the da Vinci since July, Dr. Fisher has been utilizing the system for a number of years. There are many benefits to using this machine for operations, such as shortened recovery, minimally invasive, less trauma to bodily organs and no lengthy scars. In addition the robotic machine is very accommodating toward the physician; the machine inhibits any hand tremors the physician may experience, which could harm the patient, also, the machine’s mobile eye piece and controls allow for the physician to sit comfortably through the procedure.
To read more about the demonstration, performed by Dr. Mark Fisher, as recognized by the Naperville Sun, click here.
Aug
16
Dr. Steven Sigalove Featured in Glancer Magazine, August 2010
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Board certified Plastic Surgeon, Steven Sigalove, M.D., F.A.C.S., was featured in the August issue of The Glancer Magazine, Glen Ellyn and Wheaton edition. His article titled, “Mommy Makeover” discusses breast augmentation and mastopexy, abdominoplasty, blepharoplasties, as well as other body contouring procedures that can be used to help a woman achieve her pre-pregnancy look that diet and exercise alone can’t achieve. Read the entire article below:
Mommy Makeover
If you’re a mother, you know that pregnancy permanently changes your body. Your abdominal skin and fat stretches, your abdominal muscles separate, your hips widen, and your breasts sag. When diet and exercise fail, the Mommy Makeover can reverse this inevitable process.
A breast augmentation (implants), mastopexy (lift), or a combination of these can reverse the effects of breast feeding and child rearing by replacing lost volume or repositioning the breast in the proper anatomical location to achieve a youthful and “perky” look.
An abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) rids your body of the loose and redundant skin and fat of the abdominal region. The abdominal muscles are repaired along your midline as the abdominal wall is reconstructed to its pre-pregnancy state, achieving amazing tone and regaining that six-pack. This can be combined with ultrasonic liposuction of the “love handles,” back, inner or outer thighs to recontour and shape your entire body!
These body contouring procedures can be added to facial rejuvenating procedures such as Botox, Juvederm, and Radiesse injections or even a facelift, blepharoplasties (eyelid lifts), or liposuction of the neck.
All of these procedures are performed as an outpatient, with minimal postoperative pain and downtime. You’ll be working out within several weeks and will regain your pre-pregnancy body in no time! So if you are tired of looking flabby, droopy, or saggy, and sit-ups and Pilates are just not giving you the results you desire, consider a Mommy Makeover. Call 630-348-3000 for more information or to schedule a complimentary Mommy Makeover consultation this summer.
Dr. Steven Sigalove is a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon practicing at the Institute of Aesthetic Surgery, a member of DuPage Medical Group. He has offices in Glen Ellyn, Warrenville, and Naperville. Visit www.canteraplasticsurgery.com to learn more.
Aug
13
A Successful Ladies Night 2010!
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DuPage Medical Group’s 2nd Annual Ladies Night Out event took place on Thursday, July 29th at our Optique department in Glen Ellyn. Attendees enjoyed clothing and accessories provided by AliKat and makeup and aesthetic services provided by Licensed Aestheticians Elizabeth Weiler and Izzie Flynn. Board certified physician, Dr. Steven Sigalove, provided demonstrations on Botox, Juvederm, and Radiesse.
Three women modeled frames from Optique, makeup from the Institute of Aesthetic Surgery(IAS), and clothing and accessories from AliKat. Optique’s own Optometrist, Dr. Danielle Pooleparticipated as a model. Each woman that attended Ladies Night was entered in a raffle for aesthetic services from IAS and AliKat giveaways, and they also received a goody bag filled with coupon offers, giveaways, and information. Thanks to all who attended and we hope to see you next year!!
Aug
6
Back Surgery, Not a Long and Difficult Process at DMG
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P. Ronjon Paul, M.D., is a spine surgeon with DuPage Medical Group and performs a number of minimally invasive surgeries that, due to improvements in technology, no longer take as long and are not as difficult. Dr. Paul performs extreme lateral interbody fusion, minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion, interspinous lumbar fusion, and anterior lumbar interbody fusion. He has been practicing for nearly seven years and has educated more than 200 surgeons, in the US and United Kingdom, regarding various surgery procedures. Dr. Paul’s expertise was appraised by the Trib Local, of Naperville; to view the article click here.
The Medical Web Times also included this article on Dr. Paul.
Visit Dr. Paul’s Spine Center’s Website for detailed information.