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Laser hair removal, is it safe?

Unwanted hairs cramping your style? Shaving, waxing, and hair removal gels of course do the trick, but laser hair removal claims to zap away unwanted fuzz forever. On December 22, health and medical news website MyHealthNews offered a few health-minded pointers before trying it for the first time. Laser hair removal works by destroying hair follicles when pigment molecules within absorb the energy of a laser beam. But the treatment works best on people with a combination of light skin and dark hair. Until recently, the treatment didn't work on people with darker skin, states the report, because the pigment absorbed the laser's energy and resulted in burns. Now new equipment makes treating darker-skinned people possible, but still there is a risk of burns. Other hair types that don't hold up well to laser treatments include blonde and gray. But Dr. Russell Kridel, US-based plastic surgeon and laser expert, suggests trying electrolysis, which kills hair follicles by zapping them with a needle that delivers mild electric current. Pain level for laser hair removal is compared to that of a snap of a rubber band against the skin, but for some, results are mixed. Hair sometimes grows back, but usually thinner and wispier than before. Want to try something gentler? Threading is most popular for grooming eyebrows, considered the healthiest option because no chemicals are applied, plus it can be done very fast and can damage hair follicles preventing hair growth. Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBhboBYxHPA You can read the entire article here http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/laser-hair-removal-is-it-safe-2168815.html

The Undisclosed Truth on Laser Hair Removal

April 28th, 2010

Dr. Russell Kridel was consulted by Amanda Koehler for Healthy Aging and AdvancedWeb.com this week on his expertise with laser hair removal:

To clear the body of unwanted hair, women have used just about everything: razors, hot wax and even chemical depilatories.

All of these solutions, while successful, need to be repeated to get results. Now, many medical spas and physicians offices are promising more permanent hair reduction with laser treatment. Providing a more long-standing solution, laser hair removal comes with some caveats, nonetheless.

Amanda Koehler spoke with Houston Plastic Surgeon Dr. Kridel to learn more about laser hair removal, including costs and what to expect from a procedure that promises to rid the body of unsightly hair.

You can read the entire article here

http://healthy-aging.advanceweb.com/Patient-Resource-Center/Skin-care-and-Aesthetics/The-Undisclosed-Truth-on-Laser-Hair-Removal.aspx?RPID=51

Rodeo Rhinoplasty Houston Texas 2010

"Lemme get a gander at that there schnozzle under your Stetson, partner" might be overheard this week in Houston during Rodeo Rhinoplasty, four days of physician training on every aspect of the nose job.

Houston's racial and ethnic diversity - providing an international range of noses - makes the city an ideal location for a seminar exploring surgical techniques and modern beauty standards, said Dr. Russell Kridel, a Houston plastic surgeon who founded the annual conference last year.

"What we think is beautiful is changing," he said. "We have to know that so we can achieve what that beauty is. You can't think that everyone wants to have a long, thin nose.

Read the story here: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6909552.html

By CINDY GEORGE
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
March 11, 2010, 10:13PM

Rodeo Rhinoplasty Houston Texas 2010

Same-sex couples face higher health costs

By Anya Martin DECATUR, Ga. (MarketWatch) -- Each year as the April 15 tax deadline nears, Shane Snowden is reminded how much more she pays for health coverage for her same-sex partner than her heterosexual colleagues pay for their spouses' benefits.

While exchanging vows doesn't guarantee access to health insurance, marriage makes having it both more likely and less expensive -- if your spouse is of the opposite sex.

Even in states where same-sex marriages are legal, employers may exclude partners from coverage. When they do provide benefits, federal tax laws mean that workers spend more to insure their same-sex domestic partner and children than their heterosexual counterparts do.

Dr. Russell Kridel was mentioned in marketwatch.com for his opinion on health disparities in same-sex partnerships. Dr. Kridel is a member of the AMA Council on Science and Public Health which issues reports on important health topics.

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Dr. Kridel congratulated for a landmark study in the November- December issue of AMA Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

From the 10th anniversary issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, editor Wayne Larrabee Jr, MD: “Long-term Use and Follow-up of Irradiated Cartilage Grafts in the Nose epitomizes the meticulous clinical observation that we all should strive to achieve in our practices. Russell W. H. Kridel, MD and colleagues performed a meticulous study of 357 patients with a 24-year follow up.  This study by Kridel et al is important not only for the standard it sets in careful clinical evaluation, but also for the importance of the subject.  Their results will cause many to reevaluate the role of irradiated cartilage in their practices.”

Dr. Kridel was recently interviewed by Houston Chronicle's Ken Hoffman on AM 1560 THE GAME

You may listen to an MP3 of the radio interview here by clicking on the link below:

Interview with Dr. Russell Kridel [mp3]

Ken asks:  "Dr. Russ Kridel, are you there?...  You are just the guy I want to talk to.  I am just fascinated by the whole steroids thing and I understand what steroids do, that they are synthetic and artificial, I understand all that stuff.  Everything I read about human growth hormone, I read about it and I am thinking why is this not sold at CVS over-the-counter right next to the lip balm?  This seems to be a fantastic thing to keep people alive and functioning and vital well into their 70's and 80's.  What is wrong with HGH?"

Dr. Russell W. H. Kridel, member of the Council of the American Medical Association Council of Science and Public Health answers these questions and discusses the pros and cons of Human Growth Hormone (HGH), Testosterone, steroids, and other anti- aging medicines; possible benefits and risks, and what you can do to stay looking and feeling young.

Dr. Kridel has been invited to serve as a participating physician at Methodist's new Center for the Performing Arts Medicine. This is the first group of its kind to serve the medical needs of performing artists. Dr. Kridel has been involved with caring for the Alley Theatre's actors for years and is delighted to be a part of this exciting new program.
Click here for more information on this program or call (713) 394-6088.

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