History of Cosmetic Procedures

The search for youth, vitality and beauty was as common thousands of years ago as it is today. People are still enchanted by the possibility that there is a fountain of youth. In fact there is such a desire to never loose youthful looks that science has come up with ways to 'improve' beauty. Going under the knife, dyes, suctions, injections, and chemical peels are just a few of the many modern disfiguring manipulations. As a Cosmetic Acupuncture practitioner I am continuously amazed at the types of procedures people allow modern medicine to perform on them in hopes of capturing that elusive fountain of youth.

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Coming Soon - Before and After Photos of Cosmetic Acupuncture!

Although I've been doing Cosmetic Acupuncture on many clients I have no before and after pictures to show potential clients Cosmetic Acupuncture results. All of my clients are in the public spot light on a regular basis and would rather keep their Cosmetic Acupuncture a secret. Since Cosmetic Acupuncture does not create drastic changes like Botox, face lifts, Restalyne, Juvederm and other cosmetic procedures often people don't even know an individual has had any type of cosmetic procedure. Comments such as, "You look extremely well rested!" or "Are you going backwards in age?" have been a few that clients receive on a regular basis. All of my new clients have come from current client referrals. The new referred clients, due to their public life, have also chosen not to have their before and after photos shown to others. So what does one do in order to get pictures that show the amazing positive changes that Cosmetic Acupuncture can produce?

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How Does Extra Body Fat Lead To Disaster?

It is now a new decade and although there have been many medical breakthroughs obesity in the United States continues to rise. Why? We've been told by the media we are fat because we eat too much fat and carbohydrates. Low carbs and no fat diets were the fad of the 90's and 00's. Eating more protein and less or no carbs and fats were supposed to make the population thin so we all should have physiques of Greek Gods and Goddesses. A simple scan of people during our day or a glance in a mirror will confirm that fad diets don't work.

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Babies Being Fed Bugs. Yum, Yum!

I was skimming the Quad-City Times online and found an intriguing very short article entitled 'Bugs in baby formula? Parents worried about recall'. This article contains 5 sentences and is below. From Quad-City Times BUGS IN BABY FORMULA? PARENTS WORRIED ABOUT RECALL By Lindsey Tanner and Ed White| Posted: Thursday, September 23, 2010 1:11pm Worried parents are bombarding drugmaker Abbott laboratories with phone calls about millions of containers of infant formula recalled because they might contain parts of beetles.

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SHOT AND FLU SEASON APPROACHING...LET YOUR BODY HEAL ITSELF!

It is still amazing to me that immunizations are still considered a deterrent for any kind of virus. It is as if the medical field has forgotten that the body deals with viruses innately. In other words the reason we have existed for such a long time is because we have all of the immune mechanisms onboard.

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