Wayne Rooney before Hair Transplant

It’s a sad fact that a lot of celebrities undergo surgery and cosmetic enhancements, but the deny having them or try to hide the evidence. Whether it be Fern and her gastric band, Dannii and her Botox, or Gordon and his injectables.

So we were delighted to see footballer Wayne Rooney happily talking on Twitter about his recent hair transplant.

Well known for his balding pate for a number of years, it seems that Wayne has finally decided to do something about it and restore his follicles to their former glory. And good on him, we say! In this day and age there’s no need to be balding unless you want to be.

The majority of men are affected by premature hair loss, commonly caused by an irreversible inherited condition known as male pattern baldness (MPB). Typically with this condition, hair is lost gradually from the top of the head but continues to grow at the back and sides. Generally, men accept the condition with varying degrees of resignation, but increasing numbers have decided to take action – not surprisingly given the vital importance of one’s personal appearance in today’s work and social situations.

Wayne Rooney after Hair Transplant

We can’t give you Rooney’s football skills, but we can give you a hair transplant like his!

We carefully assess your hair loss with a personal consultation in either London or Hertfordshire. If you have your mind set on a medical procedure then usually the most convincing way of recreating the perfect hairline is through a surgical hair transplant and we have several methods of performing this dependent on your needs at this time. With a surgical hair transplant procedure, hair follicles are extracted from the back of the head under local anaesthetic and re-implanted individually in the thinning or balding areas. Once these hairs activate, they will continue to grow permanently, leaving a head of hair which looks and feels perfectly natural like your hair used to do.

Not sure you want to go the transplant route?

If you’re just starting to lose your hair, then why not think about hair loss medication? Something that many men are not aware of is that there is an 80% chance of maintaining and improving upon the hair that you have at this moment using an advanced medication such as Finasteride which is not available over the counter. Hair Loss medications can work very effectively for younger patients who are looking to keep a full head of hair and for men who want to prevent against further hair loss.

So whether you’re looking at hair transplants or hair loss medication, let Riverbanks Clinic help you restore your hair to its former glory now.

We’re delighted to announce that celebrated Hair Transplant Surgeon Dr Richard Rogers has joined the Riverbanks Clinic team.

Dr Richard Rogers has been performing hair transplant surgery since 1996, and has a considerable reputation in his field, both in the UK and Worldwide.

With over 4000 hair transplants under his belt, we can truly say he is an expert in his industry, and we’re very happy to have him on board!

As well as the thousands of hair transplants Dr Rogers has performed, he has also dedicated himself to high standards, overseeing the training of 6 other doctors at his hair transplant clinic. His hair transplant technicioans have recently formed the British & Irish Hair Transplant Society, ensuring highly trained staff for hair transplant clinics.

Dr Rogers is a member of a number of societies including The International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery
The European Society of Hair Restoration Surgeons
, Past Vice President of the British Association of Hair Restoration Surgeons, Founding Member of the Trichological Society
, Past Member of the Institute of Trichologists
, Founding Member of the British & Irish Hair Transplant Society. He is fully registered with the GMC as a GP.

Dr Rogers has appeared in many media, as a hair transplant expert specialist including: BBC1, BBC2, Channel 4, Bravo, Channel 5
, Radio 1, Radio 5 Live, Worcester BBC radio, Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Mail, The Mirror.

Dr Rogers is also a hair transplant patient himself and fully understands how it can affect confidence, having had hair loss since the young age of 18 years. He understands the trepidation that patients can feel, when undergoing their first hair transplant procedure. Having taken Finasteride very successfully for 13 years, Dr Rogers had his own hair transplant.

Riverbanks Clinic is one of the most modern, superbly equipped and surgically advanced hair restoration centres in the UK. If you are concerned about hair loss or any other scalp condition, then make an appointment to visit Riverbanks Clinic for a friendly, professional and informed consultation and see how we can help you.

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We’re often asked whether women are suitable for Vaser HiDef and the answer is a resounding YES!

Most women do not want a six pack, but would prefer the muscles to be defined along the borders of the stomach muscles, from the bust down to the groin, without the horizontal lines.

Women´s waistlines can be transformed in to hour glass figures, and we can even increase the definition around your breasts as well.

Your Hi Def specialist will discuss with you your goals and ensure you have enough information to take with you to make an informed decision. It is important that, your skin tone is good, as saggy skin wiill not shrink back enough and cling to the muscles. Your suitability will be determined at your consultation.

What do I do now?

If you would like to book a doctors consultation to find out if Vaser or Vaser Hi Def is suitable for you, please call our friendly team on 0844 704 7752 or fill in our Vaser Hi Def contact form.

We know that VASER already gives amazing results to thousands of people around the world. The HiDef technique now takes those results even further to a level you could have only dreamed of.

At Riverbanks Clinic, our approved VASER HiDef specialists use advanced VASER techniques to reveal your hidden muscle definition around your abdomen, chest, upper arms, back and even legs, being personally trained by the innovator of the technique, Dr Alfredo Hoyos from Colombia. Dr Ravi Jain was so impressed by Dr Hoyo´s technique, that following his Hi Def training, he visited Dr Hoyos´s practice in Bogota, Colombia to gain even further experience.

The results are truly amazing, as the pictures below show!

Vaser Hi Def was developed to create an athletic look in both men and women. It is not reserved for high-level fit people, but for normal people that desire to look the-best-ever.

Consider this as body sculpting to the highest level. Only VASER High Definition Liposelection can offer these results with minimal recovery and complications. Previous methods (such as etching) caused significant risks of complications with a much slower recovery period. With VASER HiDef, you will be back at work within a few days.

What do I do now?

If you would like to book a doctors consultation to find out if Vaser or Vaser Hi Def is suitable for you, please call our friendly team on 0844 704 7752 or fill in our contact form at the bottom of the Vaser HiDef page on our main website.

Manboobs is a pretty horrible word. It is a fairly derogatory term which is usually used in a joking or ribbing fashion, but men are really sensitive about. Considering that over 60% of men will have suffered from ‘manboobs’ in their lifetime, it is almost surprising that the term is used so easily.

Most of the time we use manboobs to describe someone who is overweight and that has developed excess fat in that area, occasionally causing a drooping, breast like effect. This kind of manboob can be worked off in the gym, or treated with a cosmetic procedure.

However there is another side to the manboob – Gynecomastia. This is the abnormal growth of mammary glands or breast tissue in the chest leading to swelling and what can look like breast development.

It isn’t entirely clear why men develop gynecomastia although it is believed that it is predominantly down to hormonal changes on the body. For example, during puberty, a lot of boys will develop gynecomastia and experience the development of breasts or swelling in the chest area. By the time they leave their teens it has usually completely disappeared – although for some it can last in to adulthood.

Some bodybuilders who take steroids or supplements may also develop manboobs from the hormonal make-up of the drugs they are taking. Men carry a small amount of the predominantly female hormone oestrogen. If the levels are raised then the body will react to it and use it in the same way as in a female body.

Before you can effectively treat manboobs it is important to know which type you suffer from. If it is pseudogynecomastia (from being overweight) then beginning an exercise regime or heading to a cosmetic physician should be enough – it is always helpful to speak to your expert when you’re concerned about your manboobs. You may find there is underlying gynemocastia there anyway which you should consider having removed for your comfort and to try to stop it from getting any worse.

If you have been taking ay steroids, medication or other supplements which you think may have increased your oestrogen levels or imbalanced your hormones than it is a good idea to speak to your GP about changing doses, stopping medicating and tracking changes.

If you are still in puberty then it is most likely to ease off as you get older but if you are particularly concerned, uncomfortable or feel upset about your appearance then you should speak to someone for help. The same would go for any older men who have never been able to lose the shape they gained during puberty or who have always found themselves heavier in the chest area. There are things that can be done to help you regain your figure, your confidence and take control of your body.

If you are unsure about why you may have developed manboobs or are looking for more advice then you should speak to an expert. It is very common and it is nothing you should be concerned about or ashamed of.

Need to speak to an expert about manboobs or gynecomastia? Visit www.riverbanksclinic.co.uk or call 01582 762 877 today for a consultation.

Sun damage clearly visible (c) Wikipedia

It is incredible to look back over the centuries and find out how all the different attitudes that people had towards sun and tanning have changed.

At one point being tanned was only for the lower class who worked outside on the land and the more wealthy people would prefer to remain pale, as an indication of the status. This is still the case in some Far Eastern countries too.

Then we started to see the ‘healthy glow’ of a tan as a positive thing – although some people took it too far and did irreparable damage to themselves through excessive sun exposure.

It doesn’t just take lying for hours in the sunshine or visiting sunbeds regularly to cause skin damage. In fact, every single day your skin is exposed to UV (Ultra-Violet) light and causes some kind of damage – even when you can’t see the sun itself. You can’t even feel the UV rays so it is difficult to understand exactly what is happening.

Most people are aware that sun damage increases the chance of skin cancer but how many also think about:

• premature aging
• wrinkles
• sun spots, pigmentation, uneven skin tone
• skin dryness
• yellowish skin

But how does this happen?

The UV light from the sun penetrates deep into the skin. It damages the fibre called elastin which keeps your skin flexible, healthy and strong. The more it breaks down the more (and deeper) wrinkles and sagging you will see.

To protect itself from rays, the skin will also produce melanocytes which produce the brown coloured melanin – which gives the tanned effect. However, this is often produced unevenly leaving sun spots or brown marks and patches over the skin.

Collagen which is also essential for healthy skin reproduction is also damaged by exposure to the sun, again increasing the appearance and growth of wrinkles and preventing regeneration from occurring.

There is a common misconception that there is a ‘good’ UV light and a ‘bad’ UV light. You may have heard of them named as UVA and UVB rays. The truth is they are both damaging to you! There is no good UV rays at all! Any sunlight (or daylight as we call it in the UK!) is damaging your skin on a daily basis.

Your best defense against the unsightly signs of skin damage is to maintain healthy skin, keeping young and fresh and reducing your risk of skin cancer and other serious conditions is to protect yourself with a high factor SPF sun cream.

There are plenty of these available for cosmetic use (and built into foundations and other skincare products) which are not the same as your regular gloopy sun cream. If you would like any advice on protecting your skin then please get in touch. We would be happy to talk you through the importance of coverage and find the right products to suit your skin type. At the same time, if you already have been marked by the signs of sun damage, we have a range of cosmetic treatments to reduce these and help you regain your confidence.

Some Vaser Lipo sites you see are full of pictures of gorgeous slim models who have clearly never had anything done in their lives (yet!)

We’re not like that here at Riverbanks – we give you real life before and after pictures to ensure that you can be realistic about the results we can achieve.

Most people visiting us know they’re not going to be turned into supermodels overnight, but Vaser Lipo can help them to be the best they can be.

Hating your wobbly chim and neck? Vaser Lipo can help.

Here are real life examples from our clinic:

Not liking your flabby arms?

Not many people like having ‘bingo wings’ and Vaser liposelection can help get rid of them:

Here are real examples from real people:

Fed up with your floppy chest, guys?

You guessed it, Vaser can help get rid of those man boobs:

Wish you had a flat tummy again? With Vaser you can:

Slimmer hips are what you dream of? Let Vaser Lipo take care of it!

Remember, these are real people like you or I, who have come to visit us to make the most of their bodies.

At Riverbanks we don’t lie to you about the results you could achieve, we give you realistic expectations, and then we achieve (and exceed them) as our testimonials prove.

BOOK A CONSULTATION NOW!

Make an enquiry or call our friendly team now on 0844 704 7756  who will be more than happy to arrange a  consultation with our Vaser lipo Specialists to see how we can give you the shape you want.

Riverbanks Clinic are proud to announce that Dr Ravi Jain, the clinic’s lead cosmetic physician, will be speaking and getting involved with live deomonstrations and workshops at this year’s prestigious Cosmetic News Expo at the Business Design Centre in London on the 7th May.

The expo, which is on both the 6th and 7th May, is one of the country’s leading exhibitions for aesthetic treatments, offering visitors and delegates the opportunity to hear about all the latest treatments and aesthetic treatment news.

Attracting 450 delegates in the field, the Cosmetic News Expo features industry leaders including plastic surgeons, cosmetic doctors, dermatologists, aesthetic nurses, dentists and aestheticians, this year including our very own Dr Jain.

Speaking in the Body Aesthetics session from 10am-12:50pm, Dr Jain will be focusing on High-Definition VASER from the start of the session for 20 minutes. Dr Jain will be giving this presentation to fellow industry practitioners, speaking about High-Definition VASER which is designed to reveal the hidden muscle definition around the abdomen, upper arms, chest, back and legs, and which is available at Riverbanks Clinic.

After speaking on High-Definition VASER, Dr Jain has agreed to give the Galderma sponsored workshop on Emervel between 11am-12pm in the workshop area. This is later followed by a presentation and live demonstration from 2:50pm in the Facial Aesthetics: Volume and Contouring session alongside Dr Beatriz Molina during the A Full Facial Approach to Aesthetics – Cheeks, Lips and Tear Troughs section.

Dr Ravi Jain is not only the medical director of Riverbanks Clinic, but also an industry leading cosmetic physician in a wide range of body and facial treatments, as well as the UK’s most experienced VASER surgeon. This is why, unsurprisingly, he has been invited to speak in front of industry practitioners at this year’s Cosmetic News Expo.

We’re delighted to let our patients know that Dr Ravi Jain of Riverbanks Clinic has been featured in the Tatler Beauty and Cosmetic Surgery guide.

His entry is featured below – click on the image to see a bigger version and read how they described Dr Jain as ‘clean cut, softly spoken and extremely knowledgeable’, and Riverbanks as ‘possibly the cosiest clinic in the UK’

If you can’t read the image, we have transcribed the copy below:

“Clean-cut, softly spoken and extremely knowledgable, Dr Jain is a rare breed: a country doctor with a big-city pedigree. He runs Riverbanks, possibly the cosiest clinic in the UK. Set in a converted 250-year-old pub in rural Bedfordshire, it boasts five state of the art treatment rooms and an on-site operating theatre. A lot of Dr Jain’s patients are mothers form his daughter’s school – a good endorsement, we think – and consultations are done over coffee, which puts nervous first timers at ease. He is an expert on VASER, a body sculpting technique that uses ultrasound to breakdown fat. You can also seek him outing town, as he visits London weekly to consult at smart rooms in Chelsea*. Consultation £50, Vaser from £2000. Ring 08447047761 or visit riverbanksclinic.co.uk”

*Since this article was written, Dr Jain’s London consultations are in Harley Street.