by Dr. Walter Tom | Breast Enhancement, Facial Fat Grafting, Facial Rejuvenation, Smartlipo Sculpting, Uncategorized, Welcome To LaserBlog
Could your fat save your life: Emphatically YES! But how? Well, we first have to look at the cosmetic medicine field. Yes, in this case the search for beauty may lead to health and longevity! There is a rapidly expanding field of medicine called Regenerative Medicine....
by Dr. Walter Tom | Breast Enhancement, Cellulite Reduction, Facial Fat Grafting, Facial Rejuvenation, Fraxel, Laser Hair Removal, Skin Care Products, Smartlipo Sculpting, Thermage, Vein Solutions, Wrinkle Reduction, Zerona
Recently a recurring theme has been evident during patient consultations at my office. Many patients believe that they are requesting a cosmetic procedure to look better, younger, more attractive, etc. From an evolutionary perspective, we are part of the animal...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Facial Fat Grafting, Skin Care Products, Wrinkle Reduction
Facebook is a very good interactive format for my friends and patients. (My patients are also my friends!) The below is a question and my reply that is based on the concept of the “Liquid Lift” Friend: “Dr T have you heard of Sculptra...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Facial Fat Grafting, Facial Rejuvenation, Smartlipo Sculpting
I have recently had the honor to be a speaker at the 2011 American Academy of Cosmetic Surgeons Fall meeting on the Big Island of Hawaii. It was exciting not only to present our philosophy and technique of facial fat grafting but to learn from my colleagues. To...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Facial Fat Grafting, Uncategorized, Wrinkle Reduction
We have heard it before; “She has such a youthful face, she’s in great shape but her hands give her age away.” But you can have younger hands by Monday. We take our health seriously. We exercise and eat well. We even invest in our looks with various cosmetic...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Uncategorized, Zerona
Ice Cream Truths I am in flight from family reunions in Vermont and Michigan, heading back to my coveted home of Santa Rosa. Feeling lighter of spirit after spending time with my family I am glad there is no additional airline fee for the extra 5 lbs. of luggage on...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Uncategorized
Breast augmentation has now been proven to be safe for women desiring breast enhancement. Yet because of the general public’s increased breast cancer incidence, breast augmentation patients often have understandable concerns. Below is a question I received...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Breast Enhancement, Smartlipo Sculpting
Many women complain of heaviness, back pain and a stigma from having too large a breast size. Recently a novel approach to reduce breast volume has been introduced using liposuction. This avoids the traditional large incision breast reduction surgery. This was...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Facial Fat Grafting, Smartlipo Sculpting, Thermage, Uncategorized, Wrinkle Reduction
Bikini Tuck aka Tummy Tuck under local anesthesia Click on the above link to listen to Dr. Walter Tom on “Ask the Expert” describe the different treatments for tightening loose abdominal skin. In our too fast paced society we want results yesterday with a...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Cellulite Reduction, Facial Rejuvenation, Thermage, Wrinkle Reduction
Thermage Nonsurgical Skin Tightening 3 24 2011 Skin tightening without surgery is still a wish of many patients who desire a single no downtime treatment. Thermage, radiofrequency skin tightening is discussed by Dr. Walter Tom on his Ask the Expert show today. Click...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Laser Hair Removal
Our mission statement is centered around improving our patients self confidence by enhancing their self image through advanced technology and education in a warm secure environment. Some people may wonder how laser hair removal fulfills this mission statement? More...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Breast Enhancement, Facial Fat Grafting, Facial Rejuvenation, Smartlipo Sculpting, Uncategorized
Awake Cosmetic Procedures Patients are increasingly demanding cosmetic procedures with as little downtime as possible. They want to walk out of a procedure without the drowsiness of general anesthesia. Now more than ever cosmetic procedures such as laser liposuction,...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Facial Fat Grafting, Facial Rejuvenation, Smartlipo Sculpting, Wrinkle Reduction
Selphyl platelet rich plasma fibrin matrix or the Vampire Facelift is getting a lot of media attention. I do believe that it’s biggest impact may be how it enhances facial fat grafting as featured on our web link: http://laserandvein.com/facialgrafting.php. A...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Facial Fat Grafting, Facial Rejuvenation, Wrinkle Reduction
vampire lift interview KZST 021511 Brent Farris and Debbi Abrams of KZST maintain a rapid paced, high energy morning show. The Vampire Facelift has generated a lot of media attention. They make an impromptu call to me because I am the first to introduce this...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Facial Rejuvenation, Wrinkle Reduction
01_18_2011_648am_Vampire Treatmen_Walter Tom Vampire Lift is the latest cosmetic technology that has great potential in facial rejuvenation because it uses the patient’s own blood serum so the risks are minimal. The serum that is rich in platelets that signal...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Uncategorized, Zerona
WEIGHT LOSS. We see it everywhere on the covers of magazines at the grocery checkout counter, TV infomercials, and billboards around town. Why is there seemingly such a demand? Nearly two‐thirds of U.S. adults are overweight (BMI ≥ 25) and nearly one‐third of are...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Facial Fat Grafting, Facial Rejuvenation, Wrinkle Reduction
Very thin patients can be problematic in aesthetics especially in the face where natural aging results in fat deflation. In the thin patient this is even more pronounced. A recent email question and answer is printed below. Question Title: 52 and thin…looking...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Facial Fat Grafting, Facial Rejuvenation, Skin Care Products, Wrinkle Reduction
Time for a Vampire Update as we enter 2011! What will be the next hot trend in Cosmetic procedures? I predict it will be using our own tissues to rejuvenate our faces. Selphyl is a unique technique ; one’s own blood serum with concentrated platelets (hence...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Facial Fat Grafting, Facial Rejuvenation, Uncategorized, Wrinkle Reduction
Recycle our blood to enhance our facial appearance. This is the basis of using one’s own platelets (a component of our blood) that initiates cell and tissue growth. The commercial process is the Selphyl platelet rich plasma matrix (PRPM). This is our day #4...
by Dr. Walter Tom | Facial Fat Grafting, Facial Rejuvenation
Well it’s day one after my patient’s facial fat grafting procedure with the addition of her Selphyl platelet rich plasma matrix. She drove herself into our office and she looks quite good. She actually has a little less than typical swelling. Her skin...
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