Dr. Darm, Medically-monitored Weight Loss Video Testimonial

Patients Rick and Kathy share their weight loss success stories with Dr. Darm's Medically-monitored Weight Loss program at Aesthetic Medicine in Portland, Oregon.

Dr. Darm, Treating Spider Veins

Treating Spider Veins
as shown on Fox 12 Oregon's Good Day Oregon show
December 13, 2011

As we get older, almost everybody gets some, but nobody wants to talk about it, those big blue spider veins. It makes it hard to wear short or that little black party dress and it turns out it's also bad for your health. But there is something you can do about it. We're here with Dr. Darm at Aesthetic Medicine.

"So in her leg where we see just one spider vein, there are tens of thousands of veins here that you really can't see that are functioning completely normal. So this vein actually that you can is see is not functioning normally, it's sluggish where the blood flow in veins that you can't see is normal. These are aberrant veins, the ones that you actually can't see. They're not functioning and you actually improve the functioning of the legs by getting rid of the unsightly spider veins."

Dr. Darm says over half of the women have spider veins. They can be caused by heredity, pregnancy, or standing for long period of time. You can prevent some veins by wearing fix support stockings but if you're past prevention and looking for the cure, a treatment of injections called "Sclerotherapy" is the best option.

"There are lots of laser out there. I've purchased over 5 or 6 lasers to treat spider veins but really the best treatment is the Sclerotherapy. It's actually the chemical that we put into the vein that causes the vein to collapse. Once the vein collapses then there's no blood flow in the vein then within about 72 hours that vein will die. We also put very tight stockings on afterward to help enhance the collapsing molecules with the injection."

The stockings stay on 2 weeks to a month after each treatment. Between 50 and 80 percent of all problem veins can be treated in 2 sessions. Dr. Darm says this high percentage rate is special do at Aesthetic Medicine. Because of the unusual way they perform Sclerotherapy.

"We usually do an hour of treatment and unlike many centers we'll have 2 or 3 people injecting at one time. We'd like to get as much as done in one sitting as we can."

The pain is not too bad and the recovery time is fairly quick. You might be wondering why you need to worry about Sclerotherapy and showing off your legs in the dead of winter.

"Winter is the great time to do this and you should consider the winter months as the months where you can wear these tight fitting stockings for two weeks. Summer, hundred degrees, forget it. That's when everyone wants to do the treatment but really winter thinking ahead say 'I want to look good for spring and summer' now is the time in the winter to do this treatment."

Planning in advance will get you these beautiful legs this summer but Dr. Darm said that looking good is really half of the benefit.

"For a lot of people it's about appearance but really it's about their health, long term as well. In terms of some patients who develop bulging veins or so called varicose veins."

For more information on Sclerotherapy you can log on to www.drdarm.com or call at (503) 697 9777 for a free consultation.

Treating Spider Veins

Aesthetic Medicine shows how to get rid of those big spider veins

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Dr. Darm, Laserlift Testimonial with Jan

Patient Jan shares her experience with Dr. Darm's Laserlift at Aesthetic Medicine and tells us how she has exceeded her expectations.

Here is the transcript of her video testimony:

"Dr. Darm is so good at explaining what I could expect that I was really confident that the results would be as he said and it really exceeded my expectations. Having this procedure has given me the confidence that when I look away I want to look then I would not think about it."

Our exclusive Laserlift procedure can significantly reduce fine lines and wrinkles.

If you want to look as young as you feel, visit drdarm.com then call us at (503 697 9777 for a free consultation.

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Dr. Darm, Medically-suvervised Weight Loss by AMNW

Dr. Darm, Medically-supervised Weight Loss (Weight Loss Management Program)
AMNW show
May 23, 2011

Thanks for watching AMNW on this Monday morning. Unresolved personal issues can often stand in the way of serious weight loss. Here’s Janice Bangs with more.

I am with Dr. Darm this morning at Aesthetic Medicine to talk about their weight management program. What is involved in your weight management program?
Our weight management program is medically-supervised weight loss program and it’s very carefully monitored, it’s very aggressive. The average patient loses 40 to 60 lbs. and many of the patients go away from food, take a food holiday for a while and go to the shakes. It’s extremely effective. The reason is because people lose their appetite as their fasting as if they’re doing it fast. And so it’s not unusual to lose 100 lbs or even more in this program.

And we do have patient Patsy Marquardt this morning. Patsy, what brought you to Aesthetic Medicine?
I had reached a point in my life where I just felt a completely down, the depression, not feeling like I really belong in the society. I’d go on a trip in an airplane and I’d have to be embarrassed to ask for the seatbelt extender. I mean, heaven forbid, going to the restroom and fitting to the door. And going in to a restaurant then wondering where they’re going to sit me, am I gonna fit in that booth and just the embarrassment of all that I think I kind a hit me at a point where “No, I’m not to take this anymore.” I value myself too much.

You also had some personal experience that contributed to you not been able to get below a certain weight point.
Yes, I did. When I was 19, 20 years old I was raped and had some sexual abused after that. Then I gained the weight, kind a protection type of a thing regardless of my family and my loving husband, it just consumed me. And so I decided that I would get some other therapy and the 200 pounds was like when you got below that I would feel attractive and sexy and that was very scary for me, it was a protective mechanism. And between Dr. Darm, Nancie and Marge just compassion and their concern for me and my outside therapy, I’ve been able to get passed that point and it has been a just like great feeling to feel within myself that I am worthy of this. I am worthy of looking like this and that’s been a big load lifted off my shoulders.

And how much weight have you lost overall?
I have lost overall a 142 lbs. I’m not finished yet so I’m not in maintenance yet but the classes I attend with Nancie and Marge getting to this point are fantastic and the help from the other people, the sharing that we do is just remarkable. I can’t say enough about the people here.

And that is an incredible testimony. Dr. Darm, do you see other patient like Patsy?
Absolutely, we are very supportive, we acknowledge these issues, we ask them to get special counseling for their special needs but a lot of people like Patsy have done fabulously here.

And I believed that Patsy is a great testament to the weight management program here at Aesthetic Medicine so call (503) 697 9777 for your free consultation with Dr. Darm and his staff.

Visit www.drdarm.com for more information about the medically-supervised weight loss program at Aesthetic Medicine.

Dr. Darm, Skinny Becky (Help for Sagging Necks) by AMNW

Skinny Becky (Help for Sagging Necks)
AMNW show
November 3, 2011

A double neck or sagging neck skin doesn’t just make a person self conscious, it could also be very uncomfortable and here’s to tell us about a procedure that can turn back the hands of time. Welcome back from Aesthetic Medicine Dr. Jerry Darm along with one of his patient Rebecka Smith.

Dr. Darm let’s talk about that (sagging neck) because a lot of people have that (double) chin, the neck where everything kind a bulges out and it would not only aesthetically speaking but a comfort issue it could be bad for people.
It can be from weight or genetics, some people that are thin that have the big necks.

What is the procedure for reducing that?
Well, the laser lipolysis, the Lipolift, is what we do and it’s a very small canula that goes underneath the skin.

When you say a canula, what does it mean is it like a needle?
No, really it’s a canula. There‘s a small incision made in the skin that goes underneath the skin and this laser just melts the fat and then you suck it out. And the chin, it tightens the skin as well as reducing the fat. It is a relatively permanent solution.

It removes the fat cells.
Yes. It melts the fat and sucks it out through a very small hole in the skin.

And Rebecka, that’s the procedure that you had for your neck and chin. Why did you decide you wanted to have this done?
Yes. I personally lost 78 lbs. from my own and I’ve seen great gratification all through my body. The face just never went anywhere and skinny Becky wanted it out. I did a lot of research, and Dr. Darm, it was just their office - they’re so calm, they’re nice – I love it!

So you decided to have this procedure because, you said, skinny Becky wanted out, how long did the procedure take?
My appointment was at 11:00 am and I was wrapped and out the doors at 12:30.

What are you friends and family said to you?
I went to Zumba…and this girl keeps on looking at me and I keep on looking at her and she looks familiar. Finally she said “Becky?” and I am like “Yeah”. “You look so different, you look incredible.” I feel incredible.

I can tell you’re happy.

So Rebecka as she describes it, it doesn’t take long time to do.
No, it’s very short and the healing time usually a week or two. There can be a little bit of bruising, a little bit of discomfort but usually very short.

And when those fat cells are removed, they don’t come back.
It really shouldn’t come back unless she were to gain a lot of weight back then it’s possible.

I think anybody who is trying to lose weight, there are parts of the body that just don’t want to play along.
You want a long term solution and that’s what this is.

If she hadn’t lost the weight she lost, would this procedure be a successful?
Yes, it would. You could still do it. You don’t have to lose weight for this procedure to be successful.

If your skinny you wants to get out and get a free consultation with Dr. Darm at (503) 697 9777 or visit www.drdarm.com.

Dr. Darm, Turns Back Hands of Time with the Lipolift

Turn Back Hands of Time
AMNW Segment
Story Published: Nov 17, 2011 at 10:00 AM PST

So we’re ready for the holidays or are we? Do you want look better and look slimmer and more well rested during this hectic holiday season. Well Dr. Darm has the answers called Lipolift. We welcome from Aesthetic Medicine Dr. Jerry Darm along with patient Gretchen Baker.

So this is a procedure that melts away the fat so we could fit into the tighter jeans if we want to.
Absolutely, it’s a laser that goes underneath the skin, melts the fat, the fat is sucked out. A couple of days of downtime and your back at it, back to work.

When the fat is sucked out, how invasive is that?
Well, it’s just minimal. It’s a small canula about the size of the straw.

And that fat does not come back?
No.

So Gretchen, let’s take a look at your before and afters and have Dr. Darm tells us about the before and afters as well.
You can do your tummy, you can do your thighs, and in Gretchen’s case we did her tummy, her thighs and her love handles as well. We can see that significant, well, reshaping and resizing here, basically.

So Gretchen, what’s been the difference for you?
One of the difference for me is just feeling better, feeling more confident. Also I said, like Dr. Darm said, very little downtime I basically went in have my two days off like my normal 2 days scheduled off. Then just went back to work.

Physically what do you see, are you able to get into the smaller size pair of pants? Are things feeling better?
Things are feeling better. I have lost 2 pants sizes so just by doing the procedure. The reason I went in to see Dr. Darm is I saw something on his website and it intrigued me because it was so non-invasive and it was just one of those things – I just wanted to get rid of the you know like the ‘muffin top’.

I would assume for a lot of people when they had this procedure they’ve tried diet, they’ve tried exercise but we’re talking parts of the body that it’s hard to get those places sculpted to the shape they want.
So many people, they exercise, they diet and they just have that little bit left basically. And so you know the chin for example.

In just a short recovery period of time you can have these results, are they long lasting?
They’re long lasting. You’re killing the fat cell. The fat is not gonna come back in that area and so it’s really a very long term minimally invasive procedure.

Was there any pain involved?
There was discomfort. I wouldn’t call it excruciating pain I would call some minimal discomfort for a couple of days.

What are your friends say to you now?
As time goes on, it’s more noticeable just like ‘Oh I’m starting to see some curves there’ as time goes on because it’s a process. I mean, I didn’t just go just walking at the hospital out of his hospital ‘Oh yeah you look fantastic’. It was a process and one of the great things about going to Dr. Darm’s office was the fact that those expectations were set. It wasn’t like ‘OK well I see you here your 48 now you’re gonna go walking out size 2’. That there was no unrealistic expectations. Dr. Darm and his entire staff were just fantastic.

You look great, you feel great that’s what it’s all about. If you would like to see more of Dr. Darm visit www.drdarm.com or call at (503) 697 9777 for a free consultation.

Dr. Darm, Sleeveless in Seattle

If you can't exercise away those problem areas and fat consider the Lipolift.

"We took a 2-week trip to Hawaii last month and I don't think I wear any clothing with sleeves the whole time we were there. And today I told Dr. Darm that next week I'm going 'Sleeveless in Seattle'. "

Visit drdarm.com and call (503) 697 9777 for a free consultation.

Reshape and resize with the Lipolift.

Dr. Darm, Make Sun Damage and Rosacea Disappear

Make Sun Damage Disappear with Dr. Darm
AMNW Segment
Story Published: December 1, 2011

With the latest non-invasive treatment there's no really reason not to have perfectly looking skin and here to tell us more from Aesthetic Medicine in Portland, OR, Dr. Jerry Darm along with one of his patients Libby Mahedy Burkle.

What causes sun damage?
"Well, sun damage is obviously the exposure to the sun and excess exposure without protection. Tanning is bad but sun burns are worst and tanning beds can actually cause cancers in young people."

So you have sunburns earlier in you life, when do you see the negative results of sun burns?
"You might see the results 40 or 50 years later. So once the skin has been damaged to some degrees it is damaged forever and you may have to treat it forever."

Is rosacea hereditary?
"Rosacea is a hereditary disorder but it can actually be made worse by sun exposure and over exposure."

Libby, you were treated by Dr. Darm by both sun damaged skin and rosacea. What treatments did you received?
"Initially, I went to Jerry (Dr. Darm) to have the sun damage and rosacea taken care of and the most prominent change was with the sun damage, which is predominantly in both side of my face along with something a kin to pregnancy mask discoloration and it was amazing that the treatments were done in 10 days almost to the day that Jerry (Dr. Darm) said it would happen. Dr. Darm said it will all flaked off from after having the laser treatments done and beautiful skin."

How's the laser treatments work?
"It is an intense pulsed light device (IPL) with the radio frequency (RF) added and so it helps with the rosacea, it helps with the flushing, it helps with the redness, with the spider veins and for the sun damage the little "brownish spots" or "liver spots" are what targeted basically."

Is it painful of you to have these treatments?
"No, not at all. Its just feel like a little zap, the description given before the treatment is that it feels like a rubber band snapping and that's pretty much on target. A gel is placed on and there's a cooling air that keeps the skin at the good temperature. You don't really feel much at all."

What is that laser doing to the skin, is it taking away that skin cell or reversing something?
"The technical term is selective photothermolysis. The light heats up the target so the red vein or the brown spot while sparring the white skin. And we actually have treatments now for darker skin as well."

Will that treatment lasts forever or do you do maintenance?
"You got to do a redo every so often because remember once the skin is damaged it is damaged forever so you've got to come back. You might be three treatments initially and maybe once or twice a year."

What difference you have after you had it done?
"Oh the comments were, people will drop their jaws like when I went to work that week is like "what happen" and ever since I just love having what I called peaches and cream skin. I don't have ever to wear make-up again and that was my goal. I don't wear any make up at all, my skin is just wonderful."

If you would more information visit Dr. Darm or call us at (503) 697 9777 for a free consultation.

See our special offer for sun damage this holiday. Get 3 free liquid nitrogen with the purchase of Sun Damage package.

Dr. Darm, Treating Sun Damage

Sun damage can occur through direct sunlight or by over exposure in a tanning booth. Over exposure causes premature aging, wrinkles, loss of skin elasticity, brownish spots known as "age spots" or "liver spots" and several types of cancer. Even dark skin can be damaged by the sun but very light skin is the most.

Intense pulsed light (IPL) devices used at Dr. Darm's Aesthetic Medicine, such as the Syneron IPL can target damaged areas while sparing undamaged areas. Biopsies of these areas have shown actual reversal of scarring, inflammation, broken capillaries, and pigmentation which characterized sun damaged skin. By adding a very small amount of liquid nitrogen to pinpoint precancerous and pigmented areas, significant rejuvenation can be accomplished with minimal down time. Several treatments are required to achieve desired results but rejuvenation can be dramatic. The combination of these two noninvasive modalities is much more effective than any single treatment. These treatments are relatively painless.

FREE 3 Liquid Nitrogen treatments with the purchase of a Sun Damage package. Call us at (503) 697 9777 for a free consultation.