NEW TREATMENT FOR AXILLARY HYPERHIDROSISEXCESS SWEATING IN THE ARMPIT AREA

In the past the only effective treatment for excessive perspiration in the armpit area was the use of Botox™ injections. Not only are these Botox injections expensive ($1000 plus per treatment) but the benefits were short term, usually six months. It was accidentally discovered by Palomar Medical that SlimLipo™ laser lipolysis will abolish the sweat glands in the armpit area for a more permanent result. Since the sweat glands reside in the axillary fat cells then the SlimLipo laser platform is an effective ablative treatment. This treatment may be performed under local anesthesia with no down time. The fee for this procedure is usually around $2000 and if performed with another SlimLipo procedure then the cost is reduced to about $1200.

DR JOHN MURRAY UPDATE

Dr. Murray has been busy, as co-chair, of designing the educational program for the Fourth Annual Breast Cancer Symposium. This symposium will take place in Peoria, IL (also the home of Susan G. Komen) on September 29-30, 2011. Dr. Murray chaired this symposium over the first three years, before relocating to Jacksonville, FL. Since joining Dr. Lewis Obiʼs practice he has been active with the Comprehensive Breast Care Centers at Memorial, Baptist and St. Vincentʼs Hospitals. Recently Memorial and St. Vincentʼs were awarded full accreditation by the American College of Surgeons.

DR. LEWIS OBI PRESENTED 28 MONTH 280 PATIENT RESULTS AT ADVANCED SYMPOSIUM IN DALLAS ON MARCH 12, 2011

Dr. Lewis Obi was featured as one of the key presenters at an advanced plastic surgery body sculpturing this past weekend in Dallas. In addition to his results with the Slim Lipo platform, Dr. Obi shared his initial experience with the Lipokit fat grafting system. Many aspects of adult stem cell fat and its potential in plastic surgery was reviewed at the symposium. Dr. Mark Berman, president elect of the cosmetic society, also shared his long term results of fat grafting as well as his research into the area of therapeutic stem cell therapies.

THE USE OF ADULT FAT FOR BREAST RECONSTRUCTION

The potential for fat-derived stem cells in reconstructive and aesthetic surgery is promising and slowly becoming a reality. Already numerous centers in both Europe and Asia are exploring this concept and have been performing breast reconstruction with minimally invasive fat grafting techniques for many years. Recently the FDA approved a Fat Processing Unit developed by Dr. He Young Lee of South Korea (Medikahn™) which was imported by Palomar Medical Technology under the name of Lipokit™.

In January, Jacksonville Plastic Surgeons Drs. Lewis Obi and John Murray were provided with the first FDA approved Lipokit™ unit in the United States. Already within the past six weeks they have fat grafted nine patients in areas including the breasts, face and upper extremities. Most of these procedures may be performed without general anesthesia nor open surgery. A significant number of breast cancer patients are candidates for this innovative new technique thus avoiding the use of breast implants and/or complicated flap procedures. Next week Dr. Lewis Obi is presenting in Dallas his tentative fat grafting results along with his presentation of his 27-month experience with the Slim Lipo™ fat lipolysis platform. At the same time that unwanted fat is recycled to other areas of the body, the donor sites such as abdomen and thighs may be simultaneously tightened with the Slim Lipo laser device.

DR. LEWIS OBI AND DR. JOHN MURRAY ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

Last month Dr. Lewis Obi attended the Breast fat grafting seminar at the Baker-Gordon Annual Symposium in Miami. World leaders in the area of adult stem cell fat presented a large series of cases performed worldwide. During the same week Dr. John Murray presented a joint study conducted by he and Dr. Lewis Obi at the Breast Cancer Symposium at Amelia Island. Last week Dr. John Murray also presented a comprehensive paper on breast reconstruction at the Downtown Baptist Medical center On the 12th of March Dr. Lewis Obi is one of the keynote speakers at an advanced body contouring and rejuvenation symposium in Dallas. His presentation reviews his 28 month experience with Palomar’s SlimLipo platform and also he will share his tentative clinical results with the Lipokit™ fat grafting unit. During Dr. Lewis Obi’s Dallas trip he plans to visit one of the world’s largest stem cell research laboratories which is affiliated with the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School.

OBI PLASTIC SURGERY CLINIC UPDATES

Since our last blog in January, our website has been replete with enhancements plus updates on new plastic surgery services and procedures . The Lewis Obi Plastic Surgery Clinic was the first plastic surgery center in the United States to introduce the FDA approved Palomar Lipokit™ system. This unit allows the plastic surgeon to remove fat from unwanted areas, condense the fat into a stem cell rich filler for use in the face, breasts and other areas of the body. During the past month we have performed more than 10 procedures with the Lipokit™ autologous fat grafting system.

Here are some amazing before and after photos of a Lipokit patient:

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Since January, we have also introduced monthly clinic newsletters on our website.

Of current interest is the revolving banner titled “March Renewal Specials” which provides our patients a 20% fee reduction for some of our major procedures.