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DERMATOLOGY & SKIN SURGERY BEACH CITIES DERMATOLOGY M E D I C A L C E N T E R Say Goodbye to Stubborn Fat.... Buy One, Get One FREE William J. Wickwire, M.D. Certified, American Board of Dermatology Neal M. Ammar, M.D. Certified, American Board of Dermatology Two Coolscuplting Devices to Treat Two Areas at Once! Specialists in Skin Cancer Detection • Skin Cancer • Mole Removal & Mohs Surgery • Reconstructive Facial Surgery and Scar Revision • Acne & Accutane Treatment • Warts, Rashes and Cysts • Leg Vein Sclerotherapy • Hair Loss & Propecia • Restylane, Radiesse, Perlane, Juvederm & Sculptra • Botox and Dysport Injections • Age Spots & Sun Damage • Laser Surgery • Microdermabrasion • Glycolic and Chemical Peels • Ultraviolet B & PUVA • Pediatric Dermatology 310-798-1515 www.beachcitiesderm.com South Bay’s best equipped Dermatology Center! Redondo Beach — 520 N. Prospect Ave., Suite 302 Palos Verdes — 827 Deep Valley Drive, Suite 101 All PPOs Accepted Evening & Sat. Appts. Available Parker Hearing Institute Prides Itself on Professional and Empathetic Care When Dr. William Lee Parker of Hermosa Beach, was only nine months old he formed the letter “L” with his thumb and index finger, then touched his tiny thumb to his forehead, and signed his first word, “daddy.” Though William Parker had normal hearing, both his parents were deaf. He didn’t begin to speak orally until he was three-years-old. The Parker family lived in Hawthorne. “My language structure, which began with sign language, was right on target,” he said. Neighbors and other deaf families taught Parker how to communicate with his voice. Dr. Parker has become the teacher, not only helping the deaf and hard of hearing, but showing them and their families how to cope in a world that isn’t always compassionate and just. Parker is an audiologist. His patients at the Parker Hearing Institute in Torrance, which he founded in 1975, range from infants and children to adults and senior citizens. His children Josh and Andrea followed him into the business after years of study in audiology. Josh is now in charge of the Institute, with offices in Torrance and San Pedro. Every working day Josh battles adversity. He tests the hearing of a little girl who was born deaf, then counsels her parents on how to overcome their anxieties and fears about raising the child. Through speech therapy, he teaches a hearing impaired youngster to articulate words and sentences properly. He convinces a cantankerous senior citizen to quit brooding and accept the fact that he must, at this late stage in life, wear a hearing aid. The Hearing Loss Association of America estimates that 48 million Americans are affected by hearing loss and 1 out of every 1,000 children is born deaf. One fifth of the population has hearing loss, and only one fifth of THOSE persons seek hearing help. The vanity issue (looking old) keeps 38.4 million people from wearing hearing aids. Modern digital aids are invisible and highly adaptive to noisy environments. Parker Hearing Institute prides itself on professional and empathetic care. Dr. William Lee Parker is proud of the practice he built and is doubly proud of his children, now adults, who carry on the high standard of hearing care that he brought to Southern California. Together with their hand-trained audiologists, Parker Hearing Institute has helped over 40,000 persons achieve greater hearing health. Parker Hearing Institute | 4201 Torrance Blvd, Suite 140, Torrance CA 90503 | (310) 540-4327 | www.ParkerHearing.com SPONSORED CONTENT 56 Peninsula • February 2017
A ward-winning physician Essam Taymour is seeing remarkable results with a breakthrough outpatient treatment that rejuvenates women’s vaginas and urinary tracts, ending age-related problems of dryness, itching, painful intercourse, frequent urination and recurrent urinary tract infections. The treatment uses gentle laser pulses to revive tissues at the cellular level, thickening and lubricating the vaginal wall, restoring elasticity and blood flow, and balancing the bacterial ecosystem. The treatment is commonly referred to as MonaLisa Touch, after the trade name for the laser apparatus. An overwhelming majority of the women Taymour has treated with MonaLisa Touch have seen their symptoms disappear after three painless five-minute sessions. “The results are absolutely astounding,” said Taymour, a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist with full privileges at two hospitals, including Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, where he was named Doctor of the Year in 2010. The new treatment is bolstered by positive studies. One study tracking 50 women found an 84 percent satisfaction level, with no adverse effects. Of the women who had been refraining from sex because of pain, 85 percent were able to resume sexual relations. After treating about 100 women, Taymour’s results have outstripped those of the study. Among his patients, all of those who had complained of painful intercourse have been able to resume normal sexual functioning. Some of Taymour’s patients have taken to Yelp.com to laud his treatment. “Three treatments helped rejuvenate things down there, and even helped with better bladder control,” said a Palos Verdes woman, who also praised Taymour’s knowledge and technical skill. Taymour was a pioneer of the laser treatment in Southern California. He began offering it two years ago, when the closest colleague to keep pace was located in Beverly Hills. The symptoms that are treated by MonaLisa Touch, grouped under the term Genital Urinary Syndrome, affect some 50 percent of postmenopausal women, and about 15 percent of pre-menopausal women, Taymour said. But despite the prevalence of the syndrome, it is significantly underdiagnosed. “Surveys have found that only about 25 percent of women can even identify this set of complaints with menopause. The great majority of Dr. Essam Taymour Helping Women with Breakthrough Treatment DR. ESSAM TAYMOUR | 3550 Linden Ave., Suite 1, Long Beach | 562-595-5331 | gynomedgroup.com women don’t even put two and two together, that their complaints are linked to menopause,” Taymour said. “The syndrome progresses, and symptoms get worse, as women get older,” he said. “With human lifespans getting longer, Genital Urinary Syndrome is having a greater impact on quality of life.” Women often address the symptoms with over-the-counter creams and gels, which provide a limited, “Band-Aid-like” solution, or estrogen medications, which carry health risks and cannot be used by all women. “We really were challenged in treating these symptoms,” Taymour said. Then in 2014 the FDA approved the new treatment, which uses a fractional laser to heat certain tissues just enough to activate dormant cells, triggering a host of rejuvenating effects in the vaginal and bladder areas. In addition to MonaLisa Touch, Taymour provides a broad spectrum of obstetrical services including laparoscopic and robotic-assisted surgeries. He has championed minimally invasive gynecological surgery since it began to evolve in the 1980s. He is currently involved with a new innovative procedure using a radio frequency probe to shrink benign tumors called fibroids in the uterus. The treatment, called Acessa, replaces surgeries that can scar and weaken the uterus, requiring births by cesarean section. Taymour’s Yelp rankings are off the charts, with comments such as: “Best doctor ever…He made it possible for me and my fiancé to have an opportunity to have children. Hardly any marks after my surgery. He did it all laparoscopically [as non-invasively as possible] and with minimal pain.” “Dr. Taymour was my third opinion on my options of fibroid reduction or removal surgery. The Acessa procedure was a fantastic option for me. I had little to no pain…He was everything I needed in a doctor to handle this challenge and keep my body intact.” “He is a skilled surgeon [and] performed a hysterectomy laparoscopically with little swelling or bruising, and virtually no scarring.” “He saved me from a close call emergency C-section!” “The most kind and efficient doctor...He makes you feel as if you’re his only patient that day!” The patients’ comments often dwell on his caring and compassionate approach. “I don’t think this is a job,” Taymour said. “It’s a mission. You are there for others.” SPONSORED CONTENT February 2017 • Peninsula 57
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