AIMA - Academy of Integrative Medicine and Aesthetics

Paradigms in Antiaging Medicine: Prejuvenation, Rejuvenation and Age Reversal  Dr. Thet Lwin MBBS, MSc (Cardiology and Stroke) UK Medical Consultant/ Academic Clinical Fellow, European Wellness Villa Media, Germany and Thailand Medical Director, Soul Clinic, Myanmar Medical Advisor, IV LYFE Wellness, Thailand Abstracts Aging, a progressive loss of physiological integrity leads to impaired function and increased vulnerability to death. In updated aging science, there are a lot of major contributing factors in aging process and many cellular, intercellular and intracellular disarray of important mechanisms and processes have been researched very well. In this article, these contributing hallmarks and related conditions will be explained and updated interventions for the process of reversing age-related degeneration will be briefly described.   Aging is a progressive loss of physiological integrity leads to impaired function and increased vulnerabilit...

A New Era of Treatment for Rosacea: My Taiwan Experience Jeng-Hsien LIN, Dr. LIN’s Dermatological Clinic, TAIWAN Rosacea is a very complicated skin problem which is difficult to cope with. Even now, the drug that can result in quick improvement and long-term stabilization without recurrence is still lacking. The clinical subtypes include: erythrotelangiectatic rosacea (ETR), papulopustular rosacea(PPR), rhinophyma, and ocular rosacea. Among them, the former two types are the most common. The clinical symptoms of rosacea is versatile, including persistent erythema on the cheeks, which is easily worsened by various exacerbating factors, such as sun exposure, excitement, nervousness, hot or spicy food, or alcoholic beverages. Recently, the treatment plan has shifted from targeting the different subtypes to aiming at different phenotypes. In recent years, many studies have shown that the pathogenesis of rosacea is very sophisticated, including genes, immune systems, vascula...

Novel Treatment of Melasma Patients with  Oral Tranexamic Acid: a case series  I. Jane Hidajat , 1,2 Veronica 1 1 Department of Dermatovenereology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia,  2 Youth & Beauty Clinic Jakarta ABSTRACT Introduction : Melasma is a common, relapsing, acquired, symmetrical facial hypermelanosis, and had been recognized for centuries as it was initially reported by Hippocrates . The treatment of melasma is still challenging, various modalities from topical treatment to laser/light therapy have been developed, without satisfactory results, due to side effects and recurrences. Recently, there is a promising novel therapy in treating melasma with tranexamic acid (TA). It can be administered through topical, intradermal, microneedling, and oral routes. The response to oral tranexamic acid was reported to be more efficacious than other administration routes. Here we report the efficacy and s...