About the problem of excess weight

Is it enough to stick to a diet alone? Or should you seek the help of plastic surgeons right away? And are you ready to completely change your life in order to get the figure of your dreams? 

An integrated approach

Any changes in the body are the result of a malfunction in a complex mechanism of physiological processes. Local fat deposits and excess weight are the visible result of disturbances in the system of regulation of energy metabolism. To choose the right methods of exposure, it is necessary to determine which changes in the mechanism led to the appearance of excess weight. The most common cause is an imbalance in the intake and assimilation of food ingredients, which did not manifest itself until a certain age due to the increased work of hormonal systems that control energy metabolism (hormones of the pancreas, thyroid gland, steroid group of hormones: cortisol, testosterone, estrogens, progesterone, etc.).

Unhealthy diet, age, toxic effects of the environment: alcohol, smoking, food stabilizers, dyes, cosmetics, herbicides and pesticides used in food production sooner or later lead to disruption of hormones. As a result, a complex mechanism that maintains a harmonious balance of metabolism will fail, which will lead to fat deposition and will not be the biggest health problem. 

It is necessary to completely change the way of life, nutrition, take medications, food correctors, and change the level of physical activity.

Which way should I choose?

Surgery seems to be the easiest and fastest solution when you can't change your lifestyle and diet. More than 200,000 bariatric surgeries are performed annually in the United States alone. However, bariatric surgeons have one unpleasant secret that they are reluctant to share with patients. The weight of every 5th patient still returns to its original weight some time after the operation. The body cannot be deceived by such "surgical tricks". Therefore, only an integrated approach is the key to balancing metabolism, and proper metabolism will result in weight loss and the acquisition of desired shapes. 

Each patient has his own difficult path that led him to excess weight. The doctor should identify abnormalities in the work of hormonal systems, digestive system, metabolic and energy systems, only then can we expect a stable long-term and effective result. In this case, the treatment should be safe. There are many weight loss techniques that are often more dangerous to health than being overweight. Sometimes "losing weight" leads to even more serious health problems. 

Hormonal status correction

There is no single program for everyone. The classical medical approach is used: collection of complaints and medical history, clinical examination, preliminary diagnosis, laboratory and instrumental diagnosis, final diagnosis, preparation of a treatment plan, monitoring during treatment. Each stage is unique and contains individual events for each patient based on the principles of evidence-based medicine and protocols used by leading foreign clinics. But the components of each stage are certain "know-how" that are included in the LifeSpan program, among them the determination of biological age, the use of volumetric sphygmometry and impedance measurement, and an expanded assessment of hormonal status. We apply innovative protocols for correcting the levels of male sex hormones in women and female hormones in men. It sounds strange, but the division of hormones into "male" and "female" is also strange.  This is the hormonal mythology that underlies the screening schemes for men and women used in Russia. There is no division into male and female hormones. Every person has all the hormones, the question is about their proper balance and quantity.  

A little bit about the philosophy of LifeSpan

 

The LifeSpan program includes hormone therapy, individual nutrition, the use of food correctors, a detailed exercise plan, and aesthetic medicine techniques ranging from cosmetic procedures to plastic and bariatric surgeries. 

The result is consolidated by strict monitoring of the implementation of the program stages in the future in order to achieve and maintain the desired result for a long time (Health coaching). It is important to dispel a persistent myth that exists among patients and is strongly supported by advertising weight loss methods: "Losing weight is easy and simple!". People come to the doctor with the conviction that they will receive some kind of treatment, go on a diet for a couple of months, order special meals from "star" nutritionists, and their figure and health will become perfect, while their lifestyle will remain the same. This is utopia. 

You will have to completely change your life. Everything you did before that: how you lived, ate, rested, worked, had fun - all this led you to obesity. The success of the program is 50% dependent on the patient himself. As Ab-ul Faraj used to say in the 13th century: "There are three of us: the Disease, you and me. If you side with the disease, then I alone cannot defeat it!".