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Crooked Finger Fix -Recently the FDA has approved a non surgical option for the treatment of Dupuytren’s contracture. The collagenase enzyme has been around for a long time experimentally.  The clinical use of this biochemical agent involves an injection performed in the office to digest the cord collagen.  Patients who have contracture at the MCP (the knuckle) or at the PIP (the first joint) from Dupuytren’s fibrosis are candidates for the injection therapy.  The fibrosis in the palm is not as responsive to injection therapy and may require excisional surgery using tourniquet anesthesia.  Patients who have the finger contracture can be injected monthly up to three times.  The patient is seen the next day for a mobilization maneuver to hopefully break the cord.  Tendon rupture is a small risk of the injection, because it contains high collagen content and is in close proximity to the fibrotic cord in the finger.  I am credentialed in the safe use of Xiaflex™ collagenase injection.  The procedure is not cosmetic.

PS.   This injection therapy is ideal for elderly patients who might be on anti-platelet or Coumadin agents who don’t want to have surgical intervention.

Concord, Ohio TriPoint Medical Center

On Thursday, March 25, 2010 Dr. Vanek presented a power point presentation

on “What’s Hip, What’s Hype to the ladies of the What Every Woman Needs to

Know… Series at TriPoint Medical Center.  The presentation discussed

Facial Rejuvenation, VASER lipo of the Neck, Endobrow, Blepharoplasty, Laser (including Profractional, MicroLaser Peel, BBL, Skintyte and Hair Removal)

Fillers, Sculptra and Skin Care.

We had a great time with the ladies and they asked some inquisitive questions about our services such as spider veins, recovery for surgical procedures & non-surgical procedures and also will the Laser help with liver spots on my grandmother.  We also provided door prizes for the event including microdermabrasion treatments, Colorescience Pro and skin care.   Thank you TriPoint and the Women’s Series for allowing us to come and share our information and presentation with them.

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI -  AESTHETICARE Kansas City’s Premier Medical Spa

Dr. Vanek and our office staff recently traveled to Kansas City to participate in a Laser Symposium.

After work on Thursday we left the office and drove to the Cleveland airport for our

departure flight to Kansas City.  We stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn in Overland Park a beautiful town.  The Aestheticare office was located about 4 blocks away where we spent all day Friday.  A great facility with the most advanced equipment, including 18 FDA approved lasers and a staff that had an endless wealth of knowledge.  We enjoyed ourselves immensely. Thank you Matt and staff of Aestheticare!!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Lake County, Ohio  United Way of Lake County 7^th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebrity Server Luncheon held at LaMalfa Centre.  Dr. Vanek was asked to serve at this event in recognition of his efforts and contribution to the Haiti relief.  The St. Patrick’s Day event is a fun and festive way to bring family, friends, colleagues and the community together for a great cause.  Our office staff was there to support Dr. Vanek, who proudly wore his Irish green and served our table with traditional Irish food and Irish coffee.  The crowd was lively and monies were raised for the United Way cause. Dr. Vanek is co-chair of the United Way for Lake County with Dr. Juhasz.

Some people may think that a Quick lift is something new. It is a repackaged name for a skin lift, called a Mac lift, that has been around since the early 70’s. Most board certified plastic surgeons agree that the SMAS lift is the gold standard lift against which all other rejuvenation procedures are compared. A skin lift under local anesthesia can be performed by me in a minor surgical setting. It requires no drains and has indeed a little quicker recovery than a more extensive architecture suspension seen with the SMAS lift. A short scar face lift is an even more limited procedure that has an incision that starts at the earlobe and stops at the top of the ear in the hair. This too can be done under straight local anesthesia. How much recovery time you may need and how much result you want will be discussed at the time of our consultation.

PS Some patients who have a few more days available for recovery can have their skin laser resurfaced at the same time as a facelift.

Celebrate your Beauty! Contact my office for a consultation at 440 205 5750. Board Certified by The American Board of Surgery and The American Board of Plastic Surgery. Check out PaulVanekMD.com for results you’ll love

Mirror Imaging™ software has been a feature of my consultation process for facial rejuvenation procedures for years. I have found that showing you your image with the changes we have discussed allows us to create mutually attainable goals. I will listen carefully to you, examine you and make recommendations based upon your discussed priorities. Your digital photographs are then obtained for review and study. These photographs can be “morphed” or modified in order to simulate the outcome after swelling has subsided and healing has occurred. Your pictures in several views can be shown next to the digitally changed photographs for side-by-side comparison. My ability to obtain a surgical result is then discussed in the context of your features compared with the results seen in the before and after photographs of other actual patients with similar concerns who have already healed. In this combined method, you will be educated about the architectural features of your face and the results you wish to obtain. Many patients remark that they can see their own areas of concern in the photographs of others, and are reassured that the proposed facial rejuvenation procedures will address those concerns. Check out my website! www.paulvanekmd.com