Don't Waste Your Fat, Bank It!

Wouldn’t it be great to nix those problematic areas of fat while possibly saving your life at the same time?

Even though you may be within your healthy weight range, certain parts of the body may still harbor fatty deposits that cause bulging in all the wrong places. Yet, that muffin top and those thunder thighs can be easily removed with a simple liposuction procedure performed at my East Coast plastic surgery practice, and can also help your health later on down the road.

How can your fat help you?

Your fat happens to contain an abundant amount of stem cells. These particular cells have a unique ability to produce daughter cells that can become more stem cells or any other type of cell they are exposed to, ie: brain cells, liver cells, blood cells, etc. It’s this unique ability that makes scientists hope that stem cells may be able to cure specific ailments such as heart and liver disease, or even cancer at some point in the future. In fact, some people have already opted for stem cell surgeries with success.

Stem cells are even being studied as to whether or not they have a hand in causing fat transfers to be successful. Over the past several years liposuction techniques have evolved. SmartLipo, provided at my East Coast plastic surgery practice, and many other new lipo techniques now allow for more intact fat to be removed. The more intact fat, the more viable stem cells there are. Fat transfers done via any of the new lipo techniques tend to have a higher success rate, and scientist believe it’s due to the stem cell’s special ability.

So how do I save my fat?

Instead of allowing your plastic surgeon to simply dispose of your fat, you could place it in a fat bank for later use. Although the only fat bank currently resides in Dallas, this is bound to grow in popularity as we continue to understand the positive aspects of stem cells. The fact that there is a potential to save your life later on as well as shape your present day body is both promising and conducive to your health.

To your health and beauty,

Dr. Joe Danyo

When Brain and Stomach Collide

Extra fat can be annoying, embarrassing, and, to some, unattractive. In some cases, fat can be removed via liposuction or a tummy tuck, which can be done at my East Coast plastic surgery practice. But patients that are very overweight or obese are not candidates; therefore, it is up to them to get their weight in order.

A healthy diet and exercise regime isn’t easy to follow. It becomes even harder when we don’t see our hard work pay off. And it’s hard to forgive ourselves if we fall off the wagon. But it’s nothing to fret over. In fact, new studies have determined that our brains may have a big hand in our overeating.

Consider the fact that twenty five percent of men and forty three percent of women attempt to diet and exercise each year. Roughly five to twenty percent lose weight and actually keep the weight off. How could so many determined people fall off the wagon? The blame is not on their unending stomach, but on their forever hungry brains.  The stomach has no problem letting us know when we are full, but sometimes our brain isn’t as ready to stop noshing. And no matter how actively you avoid a juicy burger, as soon as you see one your brain can easily coerce you into sampling it.

With this in mind, scientists hope to find out why the brain drives us so powerfully to overeat. Whether it has to do with a hormonal trigger in the brain, or a specific spot in the brain, scientists hope to turn off the trigger so that two-thirds of American adults and one-third of America children and adolescents will no longer be considered overweight or obese.

To your health and beauty,

Dr. Joe Danyo