Robots that can detect and classify skin cancer faster and more accurately than any dermatologist. Technology that can assess the optimum circumstances for a specific burn wound to heal. Artificial Intelligence that can assist surgeons in providing patients with the best possible aesthetic treatments. All based on real, live, personalized measurements.  If this sounds like something from a James Cameron film, it’s not. It’s what artificial intelligence (Al) has made possible.

Robotic Aesthetics In The Future

Globally renowned, Professor Johan Reyneke, specialist maxillofacial and oral surgeon operating from Cape Town, explains that having the benefit of AI has unlocked avenues in surgery that would not have been possible otherwise.

“Computer-assisted treatment planning is currently called 3D visual treatment planning,” he says. “First, we obtain a three-dimensional CT scan of the facial soft tissue and bones. The images are then printed to create a 3D model. Let’s say we have a patient with a congenital dentofacial deformity (birth defect).

3D Surgery

 The hard and soft tissue surgical reconstruction is planned, and the required reconstruction implant can now be made on a perfect replica of the patient’s face. During surgery, the implant is positioned in the face, and it would fit accurately.” 

In addition to making surgeries safer, faster, and more accurate, AI helps to take the unpredictability out of the equation. Reyneke uses the example of a patient who has a tumor in the jaw that needs to be removed. 

“We will obtain a CT scan and print a 3D model of the facial structures involved. The surgery is then ‘performed’ on the model, and the reconstructive prosthesis and cutting guides designed. When we then walk into the operating room, we conduct the surgery according to these exact ‘instructions’.

This allows us to resect the tumor and accurately reconstruct the defect, with the prosthesis specifically designed for the patient.” The future of aesthetics is mind-blowing.

 

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Longevity

InMode Ltd. (Nasdaq: INMD), a leading global provider of innovative medical technologies, has filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission ("ITC") alleging ILOODA's SecretRF fractional radio frequency ("RF") microneedling system, distributed in the United States by Cutera, Inc., infringes U.S. Patent No. 10,799,285. Additionally, InMode requested that the ITC initiates an investigation into ILOODA's infringing imports and issue an exclusion order to bar importation of SecretRF.

"As a disrupter in medical aesthetic devices, InMode has committed significant research and development resources to the development of its differentiated RF technologies," InMode's Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Michael Kreindel, commented. "Those efforts have led to an ever-expanding intellectual property (IP) portfolio, a fundamental component of InMode's strategic plan to grow shareholder value. InMode will continue to develop efficacious minimally invasive and hands-free treatments using its patented technology and plans to vigorously defend its IP."

Since its inception, InMode has worked tirelessly to develop state-of-the-art electro-surgical bi-polar radiofrequency devices, bringing breakthrough aesthetic and wellness procedures to the market for the face, body, and skin. Through its ongoing commitment to research and development, InMode has become an innovative leader and has pioneered full body fractional RF technology through the commercialization of the Morpheus8 Subdermal Adipose Remodeling (SARD) device.

About InMode

InMode is a leading global provider of innovative medical technologies. InMode develops, manufactures, and markets devices harnessing novel RF technology. InMode strives to enable new emerging surgical procedures as well as improve existing treatments. InMode has leveraged its medically-accepted minimally-invasive RF technologies to offer a comprehensive line of products across several categories for plastic surgery, gynecology, dermatology, otolaryngology, and ophthalmology. For more information about InMode and its wide array of medical technologies, visit www.inmodemd.com.

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PR Newsire

Every artist has their medium. Caravaggio found light in oil on canvas. Dürer celebrated details in watercolors. Bourgeois brought humanity to marble and bronze.

Alexiades, Idriss, and Subbio sculpt with botulinum toxins and illuminate with hyaluronic acids. They probably won't make it into Janson’s History of Art, but they’re three of the many dermatologists and plastic surgeons who are reimagining the planes of the face (and areas south) with their syringes. When injectables first arrived on the scene, they were viewed as a means to a "liquid face-lift." Today, they’re a way to control light and shadows, to chisel angles, to round curves. And some of the doctors using them to the best effect have credentials beyond medical school. Exhibits A through C: Macrene Alexiades, a New York City dermatologist, is a trained sculptor; Shereene Idriss, also a New York City dermatologist, has a living room adorned with her own abstract paintings; and Christian Subbio, a Philadelphia plastic surgeon, almost headed to art school.

Inside the artist-injector’s toolkit, you’ll find skin-shaping fillers (hyaluronic acid and others), muscle-relaxing neurotoxins (like Botox and Xeomin), fat-sapping deoxycholic acid (aka Kybella), and needles and cannulas of many dimensions — finer points for discreet detailing and blunt tips for broader strokes. With a syringe or two of hyaluronic acid filler, injectors can carve a new jawline, alter the shape of a nose, and build lips to new proportions. By harnessing the collagen-growing potential of Sculptra (poly-L-lactic acid), they can subtly restore lost volume. Tapping into the reductive nature of neurotoxins and deoxycholic acid, they create negative space, tapering the lower face and streamlining the silhouette. And if faces appear overstuffed, they can clear the canvas of too much hyaluronic acid with an enzyme called hyaluronidase. We asked doctors famous for merging imagination with medicine to explain how they’re elevating injectables to an art form — and turning patients into masterpieces.

Changing Shapes

The "liquid nose job" is perhaps the most impressive example of shape-shifting with hyaluronic acid fillers. "Nonsurgical rhinoplasty is the ultimate optical illusion," says Lara Devgan, a plastic surgeon in New York City. In reality, of course, augmenting the nose with filler renders it bigger, not smaller. "But by creating a highlight down the center of the nose, and a delicate point of light at the tip, we can make the nose appear more diminutive and proportionate." (The nose is a vascularly complex area for filler, so it’s best to choose an experienced rhinoplasty specialist to do this.)

The artist-injector also shines when tasked with redefining the lips. Anyone can blow them up like a balloon, but Devgan stresses that an elegant lip augmentation "is not just a volume game — it’s a structure and shape change that you want." Her approach: Use a medium- to high-viscosity hyaluronic acid filler (like Restylane Refyne, Restylane Defyne, or Versa) to build the height of the top and bottom lip to showcase more of their pinkness. "By injecting tiny strands of filler vertically into the lips, I can make them turn out slightly," she says.

 

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Allure

Robert Chelsea needed a new face, having lost most of his in a horrific Los Angeles traffic accident years ago.

But Chelsea is Black, and the process to give him the first-ever face transplant wound up posing novel challenges for his doctors, according to a new report.

It took four times as long to find Chelsea a suitable donor than it typically does for white patients, doctors said, due to a lack of donors and the wider variability in skin tone among Black Americans.

"It's so rare to find a Black face [for transplant]," Chelsea said in an interview with the BBC. "We didn't know how rare it was."

In addition, tracking Chelsea's post-surgery progress proved more complex due to his darker skin tone, with doctors less able to see the redness that serves as an early warning sign for rejection, said lead surgeon Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, director of plastic surgery transplantation at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

"On a white patient, you can see redness as a sign of infection or a sign of rejection. In African American patients, you can't really tell," Pomahac said. "The redness is very subtle, if at all possible to notice."

In August 2013, Chelsea's disabled car was struck by a drunk driver on an L.A. freeway with such force that the vehicle exploded on impact.

Chelsea suffered burns over 60% of his body and face. He lost his lips, part of his nose and part of an ear, and required upwards of 40 surgeries to regain his health.

Doctors recommended a face transplant for Chelsea, and put him on the transplant list.

"To be able to address a person without intimidating them would be a major relief," Chelsea told the BBC prior to his surgery.Robert Chelsea, before his face transplantLightchaser Photography

However, finding a suitable donor was not easy.

 

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Medical Xpress

A new study suggests that those who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 should wait at least 7 weeks before undergoing surgery to avoid a higher risk of postoperative death.

Led by researchers from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, the team looked at data from more than 140,000 patients who underwent surgery at more than 1,600 hospitals in 116 countries in October 2020.

Death rates during the 30 days after surgery were 1.5 percent among those who had not developed COVID-19, and 4 percent among patients who had surgery within 4 weeks of infection.

That rate dropped to 3.6 percent for those having surgery 5 to 6 weeks after surgery, and 1.5 percent among those having surgery 7 to 8 weeks after developing COVID-19.

Published March 9 in the medical journal Anaesthesia, the numbers were consistent across elective and emergency surgery, age groups, fitness level, and whether the operation was considered major or minor.

Evaluating the Risk on a Case-by-Case Basis

After 7 weeks, researchers found patients with ongoing COVID-19 symptoms had a 6 percent death rate, compared with 2.4 percent of those whose symptoms stopped and 1.3 percent of those who were asymptomatic.

“Decisions regarding delaying surgery should be tailored for each patient, since the possible advantages of delaying surgery for at least 7 weeks following SARS-CoV-2 diagnosis must be balanced against the potential risks of delay,” said study author Aneel Bhangu, from the University of Birmingham, in a statement.

Dr. William Li, the co-founder and medical director of the Angiogenesis Foundation, told Healthline it’s unclear why more postoperative danger comes at 7 weeks.

“But we know that COVID affects blood vessels, which are critical for healing and overall recovery from surgery,” Li said. “It also causes inflammation through an autoimmune phenomenon, as well as nerve damage and more. All of these problems make recovery from surgery more challenging, especially the vascular problems.”

Dr. Terry Fouts, a senior clinical advisor for Denver-based surgical care provider BridgeHealth, told Healthline the surgical decision depends on so many factors still being discovered.

“The decision to go forward with surgery depends on things like comorbidity, severity of the infection, and duration of the illness, which may be different for everybody,” Fouts said.

“Some people could just have pulmonary symptoms, or some people might have permanent heart damage, while others could have prolonged brain damage. So, whether and when surgery is appropriate after COVID-19 needs to be determined on a case-by-case basis.”

 

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Healthline

Key considerations for ensuring optimal laser tattoo removal outcomes include skin type, nature and color of tattoos, and careful selection of laser parameters, according to a comprehensive, literature-based overview of laser tattoo removal published in Dermatologic Therapy.

Considerations for Laser Tattoo Removal

In their paper, dermatology experts from the Universitas Hasanuddin in Indonesia indicate that there are several considerations involved in laser parameters with laser tattoo removal. These parameters include pulse width, fluence, spot size, and repetition rate. In terms of pulse width, the researchers wrote that a minimum of nanosecond pulse is necessary to achieve an optimal tattoo removal with a laser approach.

They also noted that high fluence of energy density is needed in laser tattoo removal of faded tattoos “or when the amount of target chromophore is less while low fluence is used in tattoos with intense color or layered tattoos.” According to the study authors, it is recommended to choose the lowest fluence that is effective for achieving immediate whitening. Clinicians can increase fluence in subsequent sessions as the density of the ink decreases.

For recommendation on spot size, the investigators wrote that a larger spot size is associated with greater photon preservation and increased dermal penetration, ultimately reducing the risk for epidermal injury. In regard to repetition rate, the writers of the paper note that a high rate of repetition is employed in broad and flat lesions to reduce the duration of therapy, whereas low repetition rates are used in cases that need high levels of precision.

Before Intervention

Before removal, experts agree that clinicians should first determine whether a tattoo was created by a professional tattoo artist or an amateur artist. This may help gauge differences in ink composition, depth, and density. These factors may predict the number of therapies needed, with professional tattoos often requiring more sessions compared with amateur varieties.

In addition, the age of the tattoo should be determined before intervention, as older tattoos may require fewer sessions due to ink fading. The number of colors in a tattoo should also be determined, as tattoos with more than 1 color may require the use of more than 1 wavelength. Clinicians should also identify whether the patient developed an allergy during the making of the tattoo, as the allergy may recur during laser tattoo removal.

 

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Dermatology Advisor

A whopping 125 million people worldwide are living with psoriasis, so you'd think there would be more comprehensive info out there about it. Unfortunately, nope. There's still plenty of confusion...not to mention skewed representation of the condition as only really affecting people with white skin.

In fact, psoriasis affects 1.9 percent of the African American population in the U.S. and 1.6 percent of the Hispanic population, as compared to 3.6 percent of Caucasians, according to one study published in the Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology. But despite the fact that the condition can affect anyone, examples of psoriasis in medical textbooks and references are often shown on lighter skin tones, leaving a gap in understanding how psoriasis shows up on deeper skin.

“While many psoriasis patients can point to a family history, others report no one in their family that is afflicted with psoriasis,” says board-certified dermatologist, Corey L. Hartman, MD, the founder of Skin Wellness Dermatology in Birmingham, Alabama. The skin condition can develop at any time and in anyone.

Ahead, two board-certified dermatologists break down how to better understand how this chronic skin condition affects Black skin specifically—from how it appears on darker skin to how to keep it under control.

 

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Women's Health

Typically, aesthetic medicine providers are focused on treating patients’ skin from the outside. They might use surgery to tighten skin, lasers for resurfacing, fillers for volumizing or neurotoxins for relaxing. But some insist that is only half the battle, and that clinicians should look at what is going on inside, specifically at gut health and how it may be affecting skin and aging.

“Gut health and skin health go hand in hand,” said Shelena C. Lalji, MD, founder of Dr. Shel Wellness & Aesthetic Center in Sugar Land, Texas. “What happens on the skin is literally a symptom of what is going on deeper in the gut and the body.”

Shelena C. Lalji, MD Founder Dr. Shel Wellness & Aesthetic Center Sugar Land, TX

J.D. McCoy, ND Naturopathic Doctor Contour Medical Gilbert, AZ

Mayha Patel, DO Dermatologist Torrance, CA

Mark J. Tager, MD CEO ChangeWell Training Academy San Diego, CA

Paying attention to the skin-gut connection should be a given in the field of aesthetics, according to J.D. McCoy, ND, a naturopathic doctor who specializes in aesthetic medicine in Gilbert, Ariz.

“Cosmetic medicine clinicians have the potential to change people’s lives for the better,” Dr. McCoy stated. “We want to make sure that we are doing everything possible to not just make someone look better but also feel better.”

Where Better to Start Than the Gut?

Gut health influences immunity, hormones and helps regulate inflammation. Whether gut health is good or poor can reveal itself on the body’s largest organ, the skin.

The gut microbiome has trillions of different kinds of bacteria living symbiotically within it. An overgrowth of bad bacteria in the gut due to poor diet, stress, over medication or lack of sleep, results in the skin becoming inflamed. “These patients present with skin diseases such as acne, rosacea, sensitivity, eczema, psoriasis, decreased elastin or collagen leading to sagging skin, and much more,” said board certified dermatologist Mayha Patel, DO, of Torrance, Calif.

 

There are so many barriers to good gut health, including the low nutritional content in store-bought foods that are part of the standard American diet, and exposure to toxins. Even the medications people take can deplete nutrients and increase gut permeability. For example, H2 antagonists for acid suppression deplete calcium, folic acid, B12, iron and vitamin D, noted Mark J. Tager, MD, CEO of ChangeWell Training Academy in San Diego, Calif., who presented on skin health from the inside out in November during The Aesthetic Show 2020.

“If you have a healthy and balanced gut microbiome, it reduces inflammation in the body and maintains the health of your intestinal barrier, which prevents harmful toxins from entering the bloodstream. However, when our diet and nutrition is lacking, it can result in that lining deteriorating, leading to leaky gut syndrome and gut dysbiosis,” Dr. Shel explained.

With leaky gut syndrome, gut microbes produce harmful byproducts that then leak through gaps into the bloodstream. The body’s immune system jumps into action, which can actually create autoimmune and chronic conditions including several skin issues, according to Dr. Shel.

A poor diet is one of the most common causes of this overall dysregulation between the skin and gut, Dr. Patel pointed out.

“A poor diet that produces bad bacteria in the gut leads to inflammation that triggers the release of inflammatory cytokines throughout the body. Our skin responds to this release of inflammation by breaking out into the various skin diseases we see in clinic on a daily basis,” Dr. Patel continued.

Foods high in sugar, dairy and gluten, as well as processed foods and vegetable oils are chronic inflammatory skin triggers. Ingesting foods with probiotics and prebiotics has the opposite effect. It allows the gut to produce good bacteria and can help prevent and treat skin disease and skin aging.

“Our skin is quite amazing. It acts as a true window to and reflection of our health and wellbeing on the inside,” Dr. Patel said. “It also protects us from the outside world and plays a large role in our immune system. It absorbs and secretes to stay hydrated to regulate our body temperature and detoxify various metabolites and waste it may come in contact with. It not only produces hormones like vitamin D, but also plays a role in regulating hormones within our body.”

Addressing the skin from the inside out not only helps patients feel better but can improve outcomes from their cosmetic procedures. Hormones and inflammation are good predictors of how well the skin works and how it will heal, according to Dr. McCoy.

“This is really relevant in cosmetic medicine since a lot of the treatments we do on the skin initiate injury, whether on the micro or macro level,” Dr. McCoy said. “In a nutshell, there is a direct connection between the gut and wound healing. And things you can do to optimize gut health will influence the skin and the way a patient potentially can respond to a treatment.”

What to Look For; What to Ask

Gastro-intestinal symptoms are among the signs that a patient’s gut health is poor.

“If somebody comes in and says they have bloating, constipation, reflux, or have been diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or Crohn’s, these are signs that there is inflammation in the gut microbiome and we have to look deeper,” Dr. Shel explained.

What clinicians hear in a patient’s history can help, as well as what they see when the patient presents in the office. According to Dr. Patel, the skin offers specific clues to what is happening with a patient’s gut health. For example, excessively dry skin indicates an unhealthy intestinal lining.

“Due to this dry skin, our body tries to compensate by triggering our oil glands to start producing oil, and oftentimes this can subsequently lead to problems of overproduction,” Dr. Patel said.

Tips for Treating Beyond the Surface

Dr. Tager recommends three clinical strategies for building skin health and beauty from the inside out: countering oxidative stress, decreasing intestinal permeability and improving dysbiosis.

Oxidative stress and assaults on skin arise from not only bad diets but also from environmental toxins. These toxins can lead to reactive oxygen species, altered DNA, cellular protein damage, collagen breakdown and more, according to Dr. Tager.

“The skin defends against these attacks by synthesizing enzymes, with uptakes of vitamins C and E and by utilizing antioxidants,” Dr. Tager said.
Dr. Tager cited research suggesting that to counter oxidative stress, clinicians should look for supplements that provide vitamins E and C, carotenoids, pycnogenol, resveratrol, selenium, magnesium, zinc, silicon and pure astaxanthin.

To help patients decrease intestinal permeability, clinicians should examine what the patient might be doing to increase the permeability.

“The gut lining is actually just one cell thick,” Dr. Tager explained. “It is easily damaged by long- and short-term non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) use; opiates and other pain medications; toxins, such as glyphosate; and gluten or wheat for those who are sensitive. Other offenders are alcohol, birth control pills and antibiotics.”

To address intestinal permeability Dr. Tager cited the positive effects of bovine immunoglobulin, L glutamine, zinc carnosine, liquid herbal blends, digestive enzymes and herbal teas.

“Once you have addressed the gut permeability issues, clinicians can help patients with dysbiosis. The microbiota has 10 to 100 trillion symbiotic bacteria cells that have protective, structural and metabolic functions. They ferment dietary fiber into short-chain fatty acids, synthesize vitamins and produce neurotransmitters. Spore-based probiotics can help to restore the balance of helpful bacteria” Dr. Tager noted.

Dr. Tager encouraged aesthetic physicians to incorporate stool microbiome testing.

“A number of studies show that probiotics and prebiotics have a beneficial effect on skin health and disease. Two that we tend to focus on are Lactobacilli and Bifidobacterium,” Dr. Tager said.

Dr. McCoy makes some general recommendations to his patients. He tells them that from a preventative standpoint, eating diets that are rich in natural, non-processed foods will tend to have higher nutrient content. Nutrient dense foods that are not processed are important because good gut microbes need nutrition and eating healthy foods is like giving energy to the gut cell, he said.

“I’d say one of the big things that is lacking in North America is fermented foods,” Dr. McCoy added. Fermented foods, including miso, sauerkraut, pickles and Kombucha, can re-inoculate a lot of the good bacteria in the gut.

Dr. McCoy also recommends supplementation. At the top of that list is a good probiotic. “There are specific strains of good bacteria that can have specific effects on certain conditions and pathologies. For example, there is a strain of bacteria Bifidobacterium breve B3 which was studied in Japan that has been shown to directly affect skin inflammation, improve acne and make the skin look better,” he shared.

A supplemental probiotic is especially important if Dr. McCoy prescribes an antibiotic as prophylaxis after a full-field laser resurfacing procedure, for example. Antibiotics are among the medications that kill good gut bacteria. Dr. McCoy suggests that patients take the probiotics at a different time than the antibiotic to minimize side effects and improve outcomes.

Dr. Patel recommends patients nourish their bodies with nutritious whole foods and balance blood sugar levels with protein and good fats, such as omega-3s. She also recommends a few supplements for patients, including vitamins D and C, green tea (for its potent polyphenols and protective effects against UV and environmental toxin exposure), as well as supplemental probiotics.

Dr. Shel offers options for advanced testing at her practice to evaluate gut health. One is the previously mentioned stool-based gut microbiome testing on patients to check their micro-environment, checking for inflammation, leaky gut and dysbiosis. She also checks for nutritional deficiencies, thyroid, adrenal and hormonal imbalances and heavy metals and mold to determine the true culprit of her patients’ symptoms, both inside and out.

“Once I have all the information, I come up with a customized protocol to enhance their gut health, achieve hormonal balance and lower toxicity and inflammation, which then leads to incredible skin health and vitality,” she said.

Dr. Shel has co-formulated and markets her own product line, specifically to address gut health and skin health. She often recommends patients take the products in her Digestive Wellness Pack, including probiotics, digestive enzymes and protease, which breaks up the inflammation in the body, gut and skin, she said. Dr. Shel also incorporates her Omega Beauty product, which features omega fatty acids, coriander seed oil and more to increase antioxidant levels, along with GI Revive, which includes agents that heal leaky gut syndrome.

A Win for Patients & Providers

Incorporating gut health testing and treatment in practice can be a practice builder and most patients are candidates, according to Dr. McCoy.

“From my experience, unless they are actively doing things to support their gut through diet or supplementation, we can always improve it,” Dr. McCoy declared. “But especially if patients have skin dryness, erythema, poor wound healing or acne, there is a lot we can do to optimize skin health.”

Aesthetic providers should care about addressing nutrition and gut health for four reasons, according to Dr. Tager. Doing so responds to patient interest, creates better outcomes, distinguishes practices and adds a revenue steam. He recommends that practices consider an online dispensary for gut and skin health products.

Dr. McCoy not only educates patients on how to make healthier choices but also makes specific recommendations that he believes help achieve optimal gut and skin health and better post-procedure outcomes, such as much shorter recovery times.

It is a practice differentiator, Dr. Shel reiterated, who said her patients are happy and grateful that although they might come in for skin tightening, body sculpting, wrinkle treatments or collagen support, she also addresses the body’s “ecosystem and terrain.” A more complete approach to care helps patients not only look great but also feel more energetic, rested, lean and vibrant in the long term.

“I’m a huge fan of using many different lasers and have just about every laser you can think of in my office, but I combine that into an inner vitality, outer rejuvenation approach,” Dr. Shel revealed. “If you just focus on the outside, you may not give your patients all they need to make them feel overall happy, healthy and harmonious. With this combined approach, you will win over your patients’ trust for life.”

 

Skin-Friendly Snacks

Dr. Patel suggests and even offers her patients some of these easy and accessible nutrient gut boosting snacks that can help leave skin radiant and nourished.

Chia seeds and flax seeds: Packed with antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids.

Nutritional yeast: High in fiber, vitamin B, thiamine, folate, niacin, magnesium, copper and manganese.

Avocados: This super-food regulates the release of sugar into the bloodstream and is high in vitamins C and E. This healthy fruit will help keep your skin radiant and youthful.

Spirulina: A small algae packed with nutrients. It is full of vitamins, minerals and amino acids, which help support gut health by providing good, healthy bacteria.

Greek yogurt with blueberries: Gut- friendly Greek yogurt mixed with blueberries, which are loaded with fiber and disease-fighting antioxidants serve as the perfect breakfast.

Dark chocolate-covered almonds: Rich in magnesium, which is vital for cellular func- tion, and packed with antioxidants to boost complexion and strengthen hair and nails.

Bananas, nuts, whole grains and legumes: High fiber, prebiotic- and selenium-rich foods decrease the growth of harmful bacteria in the gut.

The aesthetic devices and treatments in this edition of Hot Products meet every aspect of soaring consumer demand for quality outcomes with little downtime and risk. Body sculpting devices are chiseling physiques while helping to build stronger cores and straighter postures. The latest in skin tightening technology offers aesthetic providers real-time knowledge, metrics and data, as well as the ability to treat all skin types and perform rejuvenation procedures off the face. An off-the-shelf alternative to autologous fat transfer; a skincare line that uses a patient’s own platelet-rich plasma; an exosome-rich facial serum that offers next-generation rejuvenation with stem cells; and a device that temporarily reduces the appearance of cellulite and even helps to relieve minor muscle aches and pains. With these innovative and advanced technologies, today’s aesthetic practices can make patients not only look better but also feel better. And, with the pandemic inching closer to a potential end, who doesn’t want that?