The European Aesthetic Guide - Spring 2012 issue - IMCAS

“Now in our 14 th year, IMCAS has taken
a leadership role in Europe, offering a true
educational interface of aesthetic surgery and
dermatology,” stated Benjamin Ascher, M.D.,
a plastic surgeon in Paris, France, and IMCAS
course director.
Benjamin Ascher, M.D.
IMCAS Course Director
Plastic Surgeon
Paris, France
Dr. Ascher pointed out that, “the real aim of the Congress is bringing dermatologists
and plastic surgeons together to share research and experience. We
also welcome oculoplastic surgeons; ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialists; facial
plastic surgeons; and other aesthetic practitioners.”
This year’s congress offered more than 60 scientific sessions, 30 sponsored
symposia, 27 live demonstrations, 12 teaching courses and over 160 exhibitors.
In addition there were a variety of lively formats including open debates, lectures,
intensive sessions focused on a single aesthetic medicine indication, or the business
of running a practice in the current economic climate.
Day one opened with a new set of interactive workshops – an anatomy workshop
on cadavers and a breast lipofilling training course. The former aired through
a live video conferencing feed from the Paris surgical school: Fer à Moulin, which
featured surgeons performing treatments, while attendees commented and posed
questions, followed by panel discussions.
Now in its fifth year, the IMCAS Anti-Aging Course covered a wide-range of
anti-aging and regenerative medicine trends. Subjects included how fatty acids
affect brain aging and contribute to neurodegenerative diseases, and how practitioners
can learn to evaluate and optimize key nutritional parameters to prevent
premature aging of the brain.
Course co-director Professor Vincent Castronovo, M.D., Ph.D., head professor
of the Metastasis Research Laboratory at the University of Liège in Belgium, presented
clinical cases describing how to optimize brain aging through nutritional
intervention. Olivier Coudron, M.D., an alternative medicine specialist in Paris,
France, served as the other co-director. In his presentation he discussed how to
clinically measure and evaluate the effects of stress and premature aging.
According to Dr. Ascher, an important theme at IMCAS this year was dealing
with patient complications. In one session titled: Focus on Laser and Energy-Based
Device Complications, chaired by dermatologists Michael H. Gold, M.D., and
Christine C. Dierickx, M.D., several experts described how they avoid, identify
and manage adverse reactions. The presentations covered laser resurfacing using
traditional CO 2 lasers, vascular lesions, tattoo removal, and guidelines on the
safety of light-based, home-use hair removal devices.
Other sessions covering complications included topics such as chemical peels,
rhinoplasty, dermal fillers, seroma management in breast surgery, facial surgery,
blepharoplasty, and a How Should I Treat series devoted to general surgical and
medical-related complications.
Following this theme, the IMCAS 2012 Live Demo series of events revolved
around real-world applications of various products, techniques and technologies.
Teaching course subjects included lower blepharoplasty optimization; working
with resorbable and non-resorbable dermal fillers; chemical peels and mesotherapy;
neck lifts and hand rejuvenation. Another series covered topics currently
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“Now in our 14 th
year, IMCAS
has taken a
leadership role in
Europe, offering
a true educational
interface of
aesthetic surgery
and dermatology.”
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