Analysis of a Knowledge Hitchhiker

If we desire to live our lives giving happiness to our communities, every new day is worth trying to accomplish something better than the previous one.

A Guide to Healing and Beautification

Sharing knowledge is a wonderful thing, physicians live a life based on being inspired from knowledge and advancing techniques which are currently applied. If we want to live our lives giving happiness to our natural environment, it is worth trying to do something better than the previous day, every new day.

That's why I try not to miss conventions. Although I share my experiences in some congresses, many congresses are my ongoing schooling, my never-ending specialization training, so to speak.

I wish to compile topics I recently learned in some congresses I went to this year, I follow their developments with excitement.

The area I am most interested in are the advancements in the evaluation of our patients with a holistic perspective in anti-aging applications. Although I am a dermatologist with a keen interest in injection methods and laser applications, I am also investigating how we can age healthily in my daily practice at the clinic - for my clients and for myself.

Genetics is one of the fields that I am most interested in and it is one of the fastest growing areas. Recently, I am hearing a lot about genetic tests from my patients who reside abroad. I also had a skin test performed here, in Turkey. The results revealed that I have a tendency to skin spots as well as tendency to loss of elasticity. I had already learned this by experience, as I had been dealing with my troublesome spots for years, but the loss of elasticity that awaited me came as a surprise. Consequently, I scheduled firming treatments on my agenda. So, I would like to state that a tracking program which will be designed specifically for the person according to genetic dispositions may be a very wise thing to have done. It can save us from wasting money on useless dermo cosmetics to determine our priorities. It can even determine which nutritional supplements we should use. It's definitely an area I'll be following with interest.

There are other very interesting topics. For example, we should prefer aerobic sports as the most compatible form of sports for healthy aging. An important issue debated was how much posture affects the dynamics of both physical and internal organs. I reminisced about my mother's struggles with my posture, and how right she was. The new posture brought about by the use of smartphones can even accelerate the formation of double chin (jowl).

Antioxidants and nutritional supplements have become an essential support for people living in metropolitan areas. There is a lot of emphasis on resveratrol. If two glasses of red wine is consumed, a very sufficient amount of antioxidant supplement can be obtained. Sample surveys were also included in a presentation. Secondly, Turmeric was also a popular antioxidant. The emphasis on importance of antioxidant support hormone replacement (estrogen, growth hormone, testosterone) provisions was very inspiring.

One of the important topics that was discussed for hours was, how to prevent the effects of carbohydrate metabolism end products responsible for significant damage to the tissues, known as AGE (an abbreviation of the initials of Advanced Glycation Endproducts). Frankly, this AGE issue is an issue that I have been able to understand better and better with each case in my clinical practice throughout the years. I have had a hard time solving it. I would like to give an example: I could not achieve the same rate of success with some of my patients who had similar acne in the same age group, although I applied the same treatment, up until I learned about the mechanism this AGE formation could create. We have observed that, the success rate of my patient who can discipline nutrition regime increases very rapidly, and acne can heal without leaving a trace. Or, the success of my micro-focused ultrasound application for loss of elasticity can provide a faster and more dramatic improvement in a patient who chooses between carbohydrates and consumes them in a controlled manner. With topically applied creams, the damage caused by AGEs on the skin can be eliminated specifically. This even contributes to maintaining a healthier skin flora.

Maybe I'm a dermatologist, but during the recent years I have been assigning more importance to holism, I try to take good care of each of my organs, they all need to function properly; for my patients, for my family, and a little bit for myself.

I wish you a comprehensive view of yourself and life.